Hair loss and the reasons people go bald
Hair loss is a natural daily occurrence in men and women. Because hair follicles are genetically programmed to grow rest and shed in a cyclical fashion, we rarely notice the loss until the cycle is altered by other factors such as genes, hormones and age.
An average head of hair has more than 110,000 hairs. This works out to be around 220 hairs per square centimeter. Because of the cyclical nature of hair growth, people can lose 50 to 150 hairs a day. Thinning starts to show when hair density falls to about 100 hairs per square centimeter. This is when hair loss can become a problem.
What causes hair loss?
Genes, hormones and age are the three most important factors that determine a person’s rate, density and strength of hair growth.
Hair loss is a very individual experience and some people start balding as early as in their teenage years. Genetically, a person must have inherited specific genes from at least one parent to suffer from hair loss. The same hormones that cause acne and beard growth can also cause hair loss.
Male Pattern Baldness
The most common form of hair loss is known as “Male Pattern Baldness” (androgynous alopecia). In Male Pattern Baldness, the hormone DHT (Dihydrotestesterone) acts on genetically vulnerable follicles to produce progressively thinner, shorter, more brittle hair with a weaker shaft. Over time, the thinning hair may eventually die out completely.
This form of hair loss usually affects a certain area of the head, such as the front or crown, while leaving areas like the back of the head and sides relatively untouched. A typical result of Male Pattern Baldness is a horseshoe of hair growth around the bald patch. Because the remaining hair is unaffected by the DHT, it keeps its characteristics and continues growing even after being transplanted to thinning areas.
Hair loss in women
Hair loss in women is also related to genetics, hormones and age. It is less common than Male Pattern Baldness and therefore the devastating effects can have a tremendous impact on a woman’s quality of life. Female Pattern Baldness often affects a larger area and is slightly more diffuse than for men.
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With a hair transplantation operation scheduled in Stockholm, Sweden on April 20th, he had to find a quick solution for the problem. Not being a person to sit around and wait as airports continued to close all over Europe, he decided to drive to his patient.
The 3.850 km. drive accross Europe took him two and a half days to complete. But he made it to Stockholm on the day of the scheduled operation. If you want to read the whole story of this dash accross Europe, a blog is posted here
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Blog from our UK Patient Advisor about his hair loss and hair transplantation. Contact Tim if you would like to have more information or if you want to read his website.
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