Q:- What is hair loss?
Ans:- Hair loss is the condition when you are deficient of hair where it often grows, especially on the crown area. . Broadly hair loss is classified as male or female pattern baldness.
Male pattern baldness is regarded asa receding hairline and/or hair loss on the top of the head.
Female pattern baldness is characterized by thinning and loss of hair at the vertex (top of the scalp) with no receding hairline.
Q:- What is the hair life cycle?
Ans:- In total, there are three main phases in a hair's life cycle.
Typical appearance of female pattern baldness where the thinning and loss of hair at vertex
1. Anagen Phase (the active growth phase)
During this phase, the hair grows rapidly.The growing phase lasts two to five years and determines the length of our hair.
2. Catagen Phase ( in-between period)
During this phase hair stops growing, the hair follicle shrinks and part of it starts to die. This lasts approximately three weeks
3. Telogen Phase (shedding or losing out- phase)
In this phase all activity stops. Telogen club hair remains in a resting state for 3 to 5 months before being released. The old hair is pushed out by the new hair, and thus the cycle begins
If hair enters the Telogen phase too early, excess shedding and noticeable thinning of the hair can occur. This leads to a situation that we call Hair loss.
Q:- What are the major causes of Hair Loss?
Ans:- In general shedding of hair occurs between 50 to 100 strands a day. However if there is excessive hair loss , this is an indication that there is alopecia and the causes can be due to any of these reasons :
» Hereditary or Genetic
» Autoimmune disease
» Mental stress
» Post Pregnancy
» Fever or infection
» Hormonal changes e.g. metabolic condition like Polycystic ovarian syndrome, thyroid disease
» Nutrition loss e.g. iron deficiency or vitamins deficiency.
» Trauma or scarring
Q:- How can we treat them?
Ans:- At BodyNshape, We treat these conditions by detail analysis of patient and then provide any one or combination of treatments for hair loss. These treatments generally include.
» Medical Treatments . This includes giving
• Oral medications e.g. anti androgens or finasteride
• Topical Minoxidil
• Shampoo or other topical applications including copper peptides
» Treatment with laser Light Therapy
» Meso for scalp
» PRP Treatment
» Hair Transplant Advice.