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Can your hairloss be genetic?

July 03, 2018

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2 effluviums - a must read

Dear readers, There is Anagen effluvium and telogen effluvium. Both of these are not classic male pattern baldness. However, its very important to understand about them. A lot of hair loss happenings/coincidences can be explained if these 2 are understood. First, we shall talk about telogen effluvium Telogen effluvium (TE) In animals, hair/fur goes into synchronized telogen and are shed. This is called telogen effluvium. It occurs in humans during phases of extreme stress, malnutrition, post pregnancy or when under certain drug therapy. For telogen effluvium to occur a significant proportion of hair have to switch from anagen to telogen at the same time. The hair are shed 2 to 3 months later. Telogen effluvium may be acute or chronic. When hair sheds persistently for more then 6 months, its termed chronic. Chronic telogen effluvium is more common in females. Acute Telogen effluvium is seen in many infants as a band of hairloss around the occiput that occurs 2 t...

Pain in hair transplants

� I want to know on a scale 1 to 10, how painful is hair transplant with 10 � being the most painful? The pictures I see on this board look horrifying � as if someone is being stabbed thousands times in the head. I think this question would be best answered by patients who have already got the procedure done. However, in brief - 1. Injections of local anaesthesia are given in the donor and recipient areas to render them numb/ pain-free. So, the actual surgical procedure itself is pain-free (even though it may look messy or horrifying in the pictures). 2. In strip FUHT, the sutured donor area will be tender after the effect of anaesthesia wears off at the end of the procedure. Painkillers are prescribed for the same for 5 days. 3. The recipient area is usually pain-free at the end of the procedure. 4. The donor area of FUSE/fue is usually pain-free even after the effect of anaesthesia wears off. There may be minor discomfort or soreness for a couple of days. Most patien...

Is my hair loss genetic?

This is another oft-asked question. Many people want to believe that their hair loss is due to a disease and will be reversed completely by curing the disease. That may be the case in some. Unfortunately, not in all. I have found an easy way to help differentiate and explain the type of hair loss is by understanding the concept of pattern hair loss. Androgenic alopecia or the commonest form of balding follows a pattern. The hair loss starts in the temples, hairline and/or the crown. There will be variations, but it almost never effects the sides and the back of the scalp Diseases usually do not follow the same pattern. Some diseases where you may experience hair loss but which are not androgenic alopecia are - * Alopecia areata, globalis and universalis . For further reading see this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alopecia_areata * Psoriasis . Additional pictures and information is available at https://www.psoriasis.org/home/ * Hormonal imbalances (es...

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