Hair Loss In Singapore
Why Do you Experience Thinning Hair?
If you’re losing hair, or going through excessive hair fall and you want to know why, here’s the main culprit.
In men it’s usually an internally produced hormone called dihydrotestosterone. DHT is formed by the reduction of testosterone by the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase (source). DHT in some men acts in a strangulation manner, choking off nutrients and blood off of follicles.
As a result, hairs will appear to become thinner over time and then eventually die-off.
In women, the reasons for hair loss are more varied. There’s post-pregnancy hair loss, there’s stress induced hair loss (for both men and women, although women are more prone to this) and also female pattern baldness.
For both men and women, the norm has been to take Finasteride orally to firstly block-off any harmful hair depleting effects of internally produced hormones. Next would be several rounds of Minoxidil topical spray, which opens up the passage ways for your hairs to receive more blood flow. Which thus creates a scalp nourished with the proper supply of what it needs to grow.
Following that, you’ll be given a course of Nutrafol or Viviscal to enhance your hair’s uptake of necessary nutrients, creating a more “fertile” bed for your hairs to grow from.
Excessive Hair Fall Is No Joke…
To some people losing hairs means shedding their old self. They go through an identity crisis and experience a slide in their self-esteem.
Which is why it is best to seek help as soon as possible. Because once a hair follicle is strangled by DHT, gets choked off and dies out, it simply cannot be revived.
Over time, the more hairs you lose, the more costly the treatment will become.
Male Pattern Baldness
MPB or male pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss in guys. This is a genetically passed on trait affecting about 30% of men globally.
In men, Androgenetic Alopecia causes male pattern baldness, and many treatments have been tested with no results. Men losing their hair is associated with a hormone called Dihydrotestosterone, or DHT that all men carry. The cells are inside the base of the hair root and cause men to lose their hair.
You usually would have to have a genetic predisposition to male pattern baldness before seeing hair fall out excessively.
Some men who have lost their hair use Propecia (Finasteride 5mg) to slow down and reverse hair loss. This drug is approved by the FDA, which was originally designed as a prostate gland shrinking medication for men. It is now used as an anti-hair loss treatment. However, the impact of Finasteride 5mg is usually present only upon consumption of the medication.
Once a hair loss sufferer stops the medication, the effects of anti-hair loss disappears.
Because of this, to permanently combat MPB (male pattern baldness), many men have sought treatment through hair transplant.
Which have been clinically proven to provide for a thicker and natural head of hair. As the transplanted hairs are of the patient’s own.
Hair which is transplanted are considered permanent. However, if you would like to opt for an even more non-invasive procedure, Regenera Activa is all the rage at this point.
In particular because it’s a procedure which is completed at a much faster pace then hair transplant and also at a lowered cost.
Bear in mind, Regenera Activa is mostly suitable for those who want to stop excessive hair loss in its tracks, and not to reverse already advanced stagese of balding.
Female Hair Loss
Women lose hairs for a wider range of reasons, among them would be post-pregnancy hair loss and stress induced hair loss. However, the effects suffered by women seem to be much more deeper. As it is usually the case that women hinge more of their self-image to their outward appearances. And hair being one of those expressions of most women is a critically important aspect of self-image and self-confidence.
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