Hair Loss Base

Time and over hair has always been recognized as the symbol of beauty. History tells us that beautiful hair have always been dragging one’s attention be it in a public or professional place. Hair be it of a man or a woman ultimately add on to a person’s personality. Even in the past in countries like India women were considered beautiful and attractive if they maintained good long hair and similarly men were preferred to keep short smart hairstyles, Things are still the same even today though there has been some difference in the preferences of people but ideology remains the same. Hair remains a personality and first impression symbol for people. And in this case it becomes necessary for everyone to maintain their hair. However today we observe that hair loss of late is so common nowadays that we no more consider a doctor or a specialist and disregard it thinking it is not a disease indeed it is!! Hair loss is one such disease which disturbs one’s outlook to a large extent. A person who suffers hair loss often lands up frustrated because of the certain imbalance which appears in his personality.

The scientific term used for this disease is Alopecia . alopecia occurs in various forms like when a person loses hair due to an injury or hair gets torn out it is called Traumatic alopecia, whereas losing hair because of medication process is termed as Drug –induced alopecia. Then there is another form where people suffer patches in some parts of the head this is known as alopecia areata which one can easily overcome. Next comes the androgenic alopecia which is nothing but male pattern baldness.

An estimated sixty percent of men and ten to twenty percent of women experience hair loss.  Some of these people address the problem by allowing themselves to go bald naturally.  Others may decide to use wigs or toupees to disguise the hair loss.  Still others look to medical science for hair restoration methods.

There are multiple hair restoration methods available including topical ointments (e.g., Rogaine), oral medications (e.g., Propecia), and multiple types of minor surgery. Rogaine works by expanding shrunken hair follicles to thicken and increase the volume of the hair.  Occasionally it helps to re-grow hair as well, though this is not guaranteed.

The cost of hair restoration and hair transplants varies between surgeons who perform the procedure.  Some surgeons will charge per session and some will charge per graft.  A graft is the amount of hair they can restore in one spot on a person’s head.  The amount of hairs you get done by the surgeon at one time also varies.  On average, each graft can range from 1-5 hairs.  In one clinic, 1,000 grafts will replace 2,000-4,000 hairs.  But in another clinic, 1,000 grafts may only replace 1,000-1,500 hairs.