It’s estimated that over 80 million Americans struggle with hair loss, so you can see why there are so many rumors out there about what causes it. That’s why, in honor of National Hair Loss Awareness Month, we’ve compiled some of the biggest myths surrounding hair loss and uncovered the truth behind them. Have you heard any of these?
Myth: The mother passes down the baldness gene to her child.
Truth: The inherited form of thinning hair is passed down by both sides of the family, like pieces of a puzzle, that fit together and form the gene. How that puzzle assembles will dictate if your hair will stay or go.
Myth: Only men suffer from hair loss.
Truth: Women are also at risk for female patterned hair loss, typically called androgenetic alopecia. It most common begins in a woman’s 50s, but can also start as early as the teens. Female pattern hair loss is a hereditary condition that affects approximately 30 million women. When a hair is shed, it typically grows back by a hair that is equal in size. However, for women with female pattern hair loss the new hair is finer and eventually quits growing altogether.
Myth: Washing your hair too much will cause thinning.
Truth: It’s typical to shed about 100 hairs per day—new ones will replace these hairs during the growth cycle. However, if you notice more hairs come out, it’s most likely caused by something like Alopecia, stress or genetics—not your shampoo. See your board-certified dermatologist for advice to find out the real cause, but don’t cut back on washing your hair. If you cut back on shampooing it may cause buildup on the scalp, resulting in even more hair in the drain the next time you shower.
Myth: Pulling a gray hair out will make more grow.
Truth: While this isn’t true, you should avoid doing it. It’s good to keep as many hairs intact as possible, gray or not. Accept it or color it, but don’t pluck it.
Myth: Wearing a hat can cause hair loss.
Truth: There’s no truth in this one either. In fact, wearing a hat is recommended to protect your often-neglected scalp from the sun. Sun damage won’t necessarily cause hair loss unless there is a scar caused from a severe sunburn.
If you’re dealing with fine and thinning hair, try an at-home system like Low Level Laser Technology. For those looking to treat hair loss, talk to your doctor about the best hair-loss treatments available for your specific symptoms.
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Se estima que más de 80 millones de estadounidenses luchan con la pérdida del cabello, por lo que se puede ver por qué hay tantos rumores por ahí acerca de qué lo causa. Es por eso que, en honor al Mes Nacional de Concientización sobre la pérdida de cabello, hemos recopilado algunos de los mayores mitos que rodean a la pérdida de cabello y descubrimos la verdad detrás de ellos. ¿Has escuchado alguno de estos?
Mito: La madre pasa por el gen de la calvicie a su hijo.Verdad: La forma hereditaria de adelgazamiento del cabello se transmite por ambos lados de la familia, como las piezas de un rompecabezas, que encajan entre sí y forman el gen. ¿Cómo que ensambla rompecabezas dictarán si su pelo se mantenga o vaya.
Mito: Sólo los hombres sufren de pérdida de cabello.Verdad: Las mujeres también corren el riesgo de pérdida de cabello femenino estampado, normalmente llamada alopecia androgenética. Comienza más común en los años 50 de una mujer, pero también puede comenzar tan temprano como a los adolescentes. Mujer pérdida de cabello es una condición hereditaria que afecta a aproximadamente 30 millones de mujeres. Cuando se elimina un pelo, normalmente crece de nuevo por un pelo que es igual en tamaño. Sin embargo, para las mujeres con pérdida de cabello de patrón femenino el nuevo pelo es más fino y con el tiempo deja de crecer en conjunto.
Mito: Lavarse el pelo demasiado causará adelgazamiento.Verdad: Es típico de arrojar unos 100 pelos por los días de nuevo reemplazará estos pelos durante el ciclo de crecimiento. Sin embargo, si se observa más pelos salen, es más probable que sea causado por algo como la alopecia, el estrés o la genética, no su champú. Consulte a su dermatólogo certificado por el consejo de asesoramiento para encontrar la causa real, pero no recortar en lavarse el pelo. Si se corta de nuevo en el champú que puede causar la acumulación en el cuero cabelludo, lo que resulta en más pelo en el desagüe la próxima vez que te duchas.
Mito: Tracción de un cabo canas hará que más crecen.Verdad: Si bien esto no es así, se debe evitar hacerlo. Es bueno tener tantos pelos intacta posible, gris o no. Acéptalo o colorearlo, pero no arrancarlo.
Mito: Usar un sombrero puede causar pérdida de cabello.Verdad: No hay ninguna verdad en éste tampoco. De hecho, se recomienda el uso de un sombrero para proteger su cuero cabelludo a menudo descuidado del sol. El daño solar no necesariamente causa la pérdida del cabello a menos que haya una cicatriz causada por una quemadura grave.
Si usted está tratando con fino y adelgazamiento del cabello, trate de un sistema en el hogar como la tecnología láser de baja intensidad. Para aquellos que buscan para tratar la pérdida de cabello, hable con su médico acerca de los mejores tratamientos de pérdida de cabello para los síntomas específicos.
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Hair Loss News:
A man with a rare autoimmune disease that left him hairless was able to grow hair after treatment with an arthritis drug, Medical News Today reported.
The 25-year-old man has alopecia universalis, a rare autoimmune disease that causes hair loss over the entire body when the immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles. Doctors at Yale University tried an unusual treatment using an FDA-approved drug, tofacitinib citrate, which is designed to treat the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. The patient was able to regrow a full head of hair, eyebrows and eyelashes, facial, groin and other hair.
The drug had been shown to successfully treat a less extreme form of alopecia in lab rats and this is the first reported case of success in a person.
“There are no good options for long-term treatment of alopecia universalis,” Prof. King explains, “The best available science suggested this might work, and it has,” senior author Brett A. King, an assistant professor of dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine, said.
The patient also had been diagnosed with plaque psoriasis, a condition that causes scaly red patches to develop on the skin. Prior to treatment, the only hair he had on his body were on the psoriasis plaques on his head.
After eight months of tofacitinib treatment, the patient has regrown all his hair and has not reported any side effects. Prior to treatment, he did not have any hair on his scalp or face for seven years.
Researchers suggested that the drug works by stopping the immune system from attacking hair follicles. King has proposed a trial using a cream form of the medicine as a treatment for alopecia areata.
There are 2.5 million Americans with alopecia areata, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders. Symptoms typically surface during childhood.
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Pérdida del cabello Noticias:
Un hombre con una enfermedad autoinmune poco frecuente que lo dejó sin pelo era capaz de hacer crecer el cabello después del tratamiento con un medicamento para la artritis, informó Medical News Today.
El hombre de 25 años de edad tiene alopecia universal, una enfermedad autoinmune poco común que causa la pérdida de cabello en todo el cuerpo cuando el sistema inmunológico ataca equivocadamente los folículos pilosos. Los médicos de la Universidad de Yale intentaron un tratamiento inusual uso de un medicamento aprobado por la FDA, tofacitinib citrato, que está diseñado para el tratamiento de la artritis reumatoide enfermedad autoinmune. El paciente fue capaz de regenerar una cabeza llena de cabello, cejas, pestañas, cara, la ingle y el otro pelo.
La droga había sido demostrado con éxito para tratar una forma menos extrema de la alopecia en ratas de laboratorio y este es el primer caso de éxito de una persona.
“No hay buenas opciones para el tratamiento a largo plazo de alopecia universal,” Prof. Rey explica, “la mejor ciencia disponible sugiere que esto podría funcionar, y tiene” el autor principal Brett A. King, profesor asistente de dermatología en la Universidad de Yale Escuela Universitaria de Medicina, dijo.
El paciente también había sido diagnosticada con psoriasis en placas, una condición que causa manchas rojas escamosas de desarrollar en la piel. Antes del tratamiento, el único pelo que tenía en su cuerpo estaban en las placas de psoriasis en la cabeza.
Después de ocho meses de tratamiento tofacitinib, el paciente ha vuelto a crecer todo su pelo y no se ha reportado ningún efecto secundario. Antes del tratamiento, él no tenía ningún pelo en el cuero cabelludo o la cara durante siete años.
Los investigadores sugirieron que el medicamento actúa deteniendo el sistema inmunitario ataque los folículos pilosos. King ha propuesto un ensayo mediante un formulario crema de la medicina como un tratamiento para la alopecia a reata.
Hay 2,5 millones de estadounidenses con alopecia areata, de acuerdo con la Organización Nacional de Enfermedades Raras. Generalmente, los síntomas superficiales durante la infancia.
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FASTER HAIR GROWTH

Light in its various forms has been used for healing from the time of the ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations. The negative effects of the absence of light on the human body are well documented (e.g., seasonal affective disorder, also called SAD; lack of vitamin D production; rickets, etc.). Therapy using LASER, an acronym for “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation,” is based on the beneficial use of light for healing.
Recent advances in laser therapy devices and more research into the appropriate dosages have dramatically improved the results of this therapy.
Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) is the use of red and near-infrared monochromatic light to enhance the body’s natural healing processes. The light source is placed in contact with the skin, allowing the light energy (photons) to penetrate tissue where it interacts to increase circulation and help restore normal cellular function. LLLT does not break the skin as do surgical lasers.

Pattern balding

Androgenetic alopecia can affect up to 70% of men (male pattern balding) and 40% of women (female pattern balding) at some point in their lifetime. While men typically present with a distinctive alopecia pattern involving hairline recession and vertex balding, women normally exhibit a diffuse hair thinning over the top of their scalps. For both men and women, losing their hair is a frustrating experience.
The current treatment standard for pattern balding is therapy with minoxidil and finasteride, with hair transplantation as a surgical option. However, low level laser treatment for hair loss is now also promoted as a safe alternative or additional treatment.

Benefits of laser therapy for hair loss

  • Low level laser thereapy can be used in both men and women
  • No adverse effects have been reported
  • It is painless
  • Low level laser hair therapy is relatively inexpensive
  • It requires minimal time commitment
  • Hair growth may occur on the top of the head/crown and along the hairline of forehead

Improvement is reported in at least some users after 12 to 26 weeks of use, with reduced hair fall and noticeable hair growth.
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The low- level laser therapy treatment is also known as “The Cold Laser”. The laser light generated by low-powered (cold) lasers has recently come into use as a non-surgical hair restoration treatment for patten hair loss.
Laser Hair Therapy is a non-chemical and non-invasive treatment being used around the United States of hair loss.  Like other treatments (such as Propecia and Minoxidil) some patients tend to respond better than others.  Laser therapy has been proven to have the best results when combined with other medical therapies such as Propecia, minoxidil or finasteride.  Patients that have more hair tend to have better results.  Men and women both are seeing great hair response to these treatments.

“Once viewed with skepticism by some in the medical community, low-level laser therapy has since proven itself to be a safe
and highly effective treatment for male and female pattern hair loss.” Dr. Alan J. Bauman
 
Many patients experience significant improvement and report benefits such as:

  • Reduction of excessive hair loss
  • Improvement of hair shaft quality
  • Repair of damaged hair follicles
  • Thicker, easier-to-manage hair
  • Reduction of excess oil production in the scalp
  • Relief from itchy scalp symptoms

Low Level Light Therapy is a great treatment that can be used also have a hair transplant.  The treatment cost is $3500 for 48 treatments.  Please call our office for more information at (817) 473-2120 or visit our website at www.MarkBisharaMD.com.

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By Age and Gender

  •   In 2012, 86.3% of all hair restoration surgical patients worldwide were male
  •   In 2012, 13.7% of all hair restoration surgical patients worldwide were female


* Since 2004, the proportion of female surgical hair restoration patients worldwide increased 20% — from 11.4% in 2004 to 13.7% in 2012

  •   In 2012, 66.8% of all non-surgical hair restoration patients worldwide were male
  •   In 2012, 33.2% of all non-surgical hair restoration patients worldwide were female
  •   In 2012, more than half of both male and female surgical patients worldwide fell between the ages of 30 to 49 years old, 59.6% and 55.9% respectively

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