Hair (replacement, restoration, and transplants for hair thinning treatment)

hair Loss – Therapeutic Options!
General scientific information and useful advice on available therapeutic hair restoration options to treat hair loss.

Alopecia Areata
This condition generally causes coin-sized bald patches on the scalp (or other parts of the body). Alopecia areata causes inflammation in the actively growing hair follicle.

hair growth and hair loss are then influenced by several hormones.

The Modified Norwood/Hamilton Scale
This chart illustrates the standard stages used by hair styles professionals when discussing the progression of male pattern hair loss treatment.

Catagen Stage (resting)
During this stage the hair stops growing and the hair root shrinks. The base of the follicle breaks down and the hair moves upward in the follicle, away from the root and the blood vessel supplying it with nutrients.

Telogen Stage (regrowth)
The mature hair is now only loosely anchored to the hair root. It usually falls out after a few months or is pushed out by the next hair growing up below it.

From here the anagen cycle begins again and a new hair grows from the base of the follicle. hair growth and hair loss are influenced by several hormones. Although the exact mechanism of action of minoxidil in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia is not known, minoxidil may stimulate hair growth by working in a variety of ways.