Alopecia, or hair loss, is a condition that occurs when the body’s cycle of hair production is disrupted. It’s possible to lose hair anywhere over the body, although it seems to happen on the crown the most frequently. Hair on the scalp grows, rests, sheds, and regrows in a cyclical pattern, with an average of 100,000 hairs.
During a hair growth cycle, there are three distinct stages. When hair is in its anagen phase, it grows at a faster rate. This stage could endure for a long time. This phase occurs when the hair follicle, which is located beneath the skin, is no longer able to develop new hair. It takes roughly 10 days for the catagen phase to complete.
Two to three months later, the hair follicle rests, and the hair falls out. During the growth of a new hair, the anagen phase begins. The average person sheds between 50 and 100 hairs a day as part of this normal process.
Symptoms such as thinning hair, receding hairlines, and hair falling out in patches can occur if the hair follicle is damaged or disrupted throughout this cycle. Today nearly everyone is suffering from hair problems. Thinning of hair, baldness, and early graying are some of the problems to be mentioned. Hair loss (alopecia) can affect your scalp or your entire body. It can result from heredity, hormonal changes, medical conditions, or aging.
Dr. Paul’s offers you effective hair loss treatment in Kolkata. We are a team of dedicated Trichologists and professionals who work round the clock to identify your problem and find solutions to it.
Signs and symptoms of hair loss may include:
- Alopecia is the most common type of hair loss, affecting people as they age older. Receding hairline is an increasing hair loss pattern in older individuals.(frontal fibrosing alopecia)
- Some people lose hair in circular or patchy bald spots on the scalp, beard, or eyebrows. Sometimes itchiness or pain is associated when the hair falls out.
- A physical or emotional shock can cause hair fall. Handfuls of hair may come out when combing or washing your hair, making hair thinning.
- Some conditions and medical treatments, such as chemotherapy for cancer, can result in hair loss all over your body. The hair usually grows back.
- Patches of scaling on the scalp may be accompanied by broken hair, redness, swelling, and oozing, which indicates ringworm.
Probable Causes for hair fall
- The most common cause of hair loss is pattern baldness which is genetic or hereditary. Androgenetic alopecia or pattern baldness starts at any point after puberty.
- Women may experience hair loss after childbirth.
- Severe stress
- If you color, perm, or relax your hair, you could be damaging your hair. Over time, this damage can lead to hair loss.
- Surgery
- Rapid weight loss
- Many people develop psoriasis on their scalp.
- Thyroid problems
- Infection in the scalp
- Certain medications
- Hormonal imbalance
- Chemotherapy
- Fungal infections
- The autoimmune disease attacks hair follicles.
- Extreme diets that are too low in protein and vitamins can sometimes cause excessive hair shedding.
- Ringworm is a fungal infection that can cause hair loss. Ringworm on the scalp, or tinea capitis, can cause temporary bald areas on the head.
- Many females develop it when they are going through menopause.
- Medications and supplements can have side effects on our hair. Drugs for cancer, arthritis, depression, heart problems, gout, and high blood pressure long-term affect our hair loss.
- People experience a thinning of hair after a physical or emotional shock.
- Too little biotin, iron, protein, or zinc may cause hair loss.
Hair Loss Treatment Available
Prevention is one of the best approaches to managing a health condition, especially — hair loss.
Some of the best methods are:
- A well-balanced diet
- Use combs with wider spaces between the bristles.
- To avoid harsh treatments, dyes and hairstyles.
- To avoid pulling or twisting hair.
- Medications are available, which include foams and ointments. The two most common medications are minoxidil (Rogaine) and finasteride (Propecia).
- Therapies involve a combination of drugs, ointments, creams, and shampoos, prescribed by a trichologist.
- In Clinic treatments like PRP, iPRF, Mesotherapy etc are the best options available.
- The only surgery available for hair loss is hair transplant surgery.
- Laser Combs are a newer form of hair loss treatment.
- Wigs and hairpieces offer a way to disguise hair loss.
Painless Hair Transplant At Dr Paul’s
Male baldness is the most prevalent type of hair loss that can be improved by hair transplantation, but it’s not the only type of baldness that can be alleviated. Using hair follicles from the back or sides of the scalp, the surgeon implants them in the bald spots.. The surgeon implants the hair follicles in a way that ensures enough blood flow during the healing phase. For a successful hair transplant in Kolkata, the procedure may take many hours.
A bald scalp may necessitate a few treatments before it is completely covered. Transplanted follicles will produce hair, and the hair will grow. Prior to the surgery, a sedative is administered through a computerized syringe called Dentapen to ensure painless injection. This cutting-edge device, now in use at Dr Paul’s, makes injections comfortable by using a microprocessor to control the extremely low speed and pressure of local anesthetic for a completely pain-free injection.
While these new technologies have made the transplant procedure itself comfortable, it also allows for a faster and easier recovery for patients. Because there are no staples or stitches with today’s advanced FUE transplant harvest techniques, there is no tension on the skin, and most patients can resume regular activities immediately and get back in the gym within just a few days following a hair transplant.
