Hair Loss Facts and Hair Restoration

One of the most comment affects of hair loss is that it completely destroys one's confidence. Without confidence, it is really hard for men or women to approach every day life without that feeling of you're looking at my hair, what's wrong, or feeling looked down upon?  You're not alone.  Millions of men and women are faced with the embarrassment. 

You are not alone in the search for stopping hair loss.

Hair restoration is the process of growing hair in the areas of the scalp that are thinning or balding.

There are several methods to stop balding in its tracks. The first method involves stimulation of the hair follicles.  If you think about it, the follicle is the place for hair to start growing hair again. The other method involves hair transplants from areas of the scalp where hair is growing healthy, to areas that are thinning or balding that just can't grow hair. The former method works well for people in the early stages of thinning and balding, while the latter is more suited for people who are starting later to try reverse hair loss.

There are a number of known methods to stimulate hair follicles that one still has:

Drugs such as Minoxidil are known to stimulate hair growth in the scalp. Minoxidil was initially used to help with high blood pressure problems, but was found to aid in hair growth as a side effect.

Other drugs and herbal medicines help prevent damage to hair follicles from androgen male hormones. These drugs prevent a substance known as DHT from forming in the follicles. This has been found to affect especially the people who suffer from genetic hair loss. DHT causes the follicles to grow hair that is thinner than before, ultimately causing it to not grow any hair at all. By protecting the follicles from these hormones, these drugs cause the follicles to start growing healthy hair again.

A very well known treatment is the use of low level laser light. Exposure of the scalp to this light has been shown to improve and restore blood circulation and respiration in hair follicles. This causes the follicles to start producing healthy hair again. After the rejuvenation of the follicles, the hair are allowed to be grown again, and then are maintained during their growth to prevent them from shrinking and dying.

For those people who have large bald areas with no hair growth at all, a better method is hair transplant. This is a surgical procedure, and involves transplant of hair from the back of the head. This area of the scalp has been found to always grow healthy hair wherever placed, and is resistant to the effects of DHT which are observed in other areas. Thus, this hair can be transplanted to other areas of the scalp, while new hair will grow again its place.

The hair restoration treatments described above can be carried on as a life long process. This process involves prevention of hair loss, regrowth of hair, and then maintenance of hair follicles to allow for the growth of healthy hair throughout one's life.