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What is Trichology?

This para-medical approach to treating hair loss might well be a first step in addressing baldness. It’s a holistic way of keep your hair “up there.” The things that can cause hair loss – genetics, toxins, medications, illnesses, grooming techniques, stress, and mental illness – illustrate how multifactorial hair loss can be. And, it showsContinue reading “What is Trichology?”

Rogaine for Women: Does it Work?

More women acknowledge the relatively common problem of female hair thinning and loss than ever before, perhaps because now there are treatments. A number of female celebrities have begun to come out as people who have hair loss in recent years. That includes Arianna Grande, Tyra Banks, Viola Davis, Rosie O’Donnell, Sarah Hyland, and JadaContinue reading “Rogaine for Women: Does it Work?”

Short Term Solutions for Cancer-Related Hair Loss

Being a cancer patient is temporary, so is the hair loss that often comes with treatment. Approach it with a strategy: control it so it doesn’t control you. A cancer diagnosis is generally hardest on patients in the first week or two when it’s new. This is a time when a lot of questions needContinue reading “Short Term Solutions for Cancer-Related Hair Loss”

Wigs Versus Custom Hair Systems: The Difference

There are all kinds of wigs to fit all kinds of occasions. But a custom hair system has a difference purpose and is more convincing as it achieves it. Perhaps the Moira Rose character on the hit award winning sitcom, “Schitt’s Creek,” has done the world of hair replacement systems a huge favor. This isContinue reading “Wigs Versus Custom Hair Systems: The Difference”

Six Ways for Women to Prevent Hair Loss

There are things women can do to control hair loss, yet sometimes one must accept what nature hands us. In many cases, prevention may be the cure. While male hair loss is more common – and more commonly featured in hair loss solution advertising – female hair loss is far from rare. According to theContinue reading “Six Ways for Women to Prevent Hair Loss”

A Brief History of Hair Transplant Surgery

Hair loss is a long-feared phenomenon. But in the past 200 years, the last 20 in particular, hair transplantation science has advanced considerably. To understand the history of hair transplant surgery, it really helps to also give thought to the history of surgery, as well as what archaeology and literature tell us about the seeminglyContinue reading “A Brief History of Hair Transplant Surgery”

Non-Surgical Hair Systems: An Effective Cosmetic Hair Loss Solution

The hair supplementation and replacement industry has millions of customers. Hair DOES matter, and non-invasive weaves are one choice. There are many solutions to unwanted hair loss. Medications, applied topically (Minoxidil/Rogaine) or ingested (Finasteride/Propecia), work for some people. However, side effects of medications are worrisome to many. Hair loss surgery, while costly and sometimes painful,Continue reading “Non-Surgical Hair Systems: An Effective Cosmetic Hair Loss Solution”

Understanding the Emotional Side of Hair Loss

For some, hair loss can result in painful emotional side effects, affecting both self-confidence and self-esteem. Hair loss affects 35 million men and 21 million women around the world. Although it is most common in older people, it can strike as early as the teenage years, shocking teenagers with thinning hairlines as early as 18,Continue reading “Understanding the Emotional Side of Hair Loss”

Choosing the Right Hairbrush Can Help Prevent Hair Loss

The type of brush matters, but so too do technique and timing. Hair brushing daily DOES have benefits – but it has to be done right. … 97, 98, 99, 100! Brushing your hair 100 times a day still works, right? Well, yes and no. It depends. It’s true that long hair in particular canContinue reading “Choosing the Right Hairbrush Can Help Prevent Hair Loss”

How to Choose a Hair Loss Solutions Provider

Who to see about thinning hair probably depends on the cause. First get a diagnosis, then consider your options for medications, systems, or a hair transplant. Hair loss happens for a variety of reasons across the broad swath of humanity at different ages. For some, it’s just part of aging and genetics. For others, itContinue reading “How to Choose a Hair Loss Solutions Provider”