Researchers at McGill University, King’s College London and GlaxoSmithKline Inc. have identified two genetic variants in caucasians that together produce an astounding sevenfold increase the risk of male pattern baldness.
About a third of all men are affected by male pattern baldness by age 45. The condition’s social and economic impact is considerable: expenditures for hair [...]
The state of economy is on the tip of everyone’s tongue now days. You can’t turn on the news or go to work without hearing more doom and gloom in regard to the down fall of the US Economy.
Obviously every American is being affected. Most US businesses are making changes or downsizing due to the [...]
Medical Hair Restoration
NewImage.com, the premier destination for cosmetic surgery and personal image enhancement solutions, today announced a partnership with industry leader Medical Hair Restoration to provide hair transplantation and restoration services to NewImage.com customers. This partnership will enable NewImage.com to offer consumers even more choices to enhance their physical image, and will ensure customers receive [...]
Hair Loss Disease
Thea Chassin is a bald Valentine and she wants you to notice. %26quot;February is the perfect time of year to lift the curtain of secrecy on the auto-immune skin disease, alopecia areata,%26quot; encourages Chassin, founder and president of the national not-for-profit, Bald Girls Do Lunch Inc. %26quot;Relationships are healthier when women and the [...]
Millions of people around the world have had their lives turned upside down by severe and unexpected hair loss.
This drastic change in their physical appearance was caused by various forms of a noncontagious disease generally known as alopecia, which presently can be treated but not cured.
Many of them have never met or spoken with someone [...]
If clumps of your hair start to fall out from a common form of baldness, a new review of existing research unfortunately offers little comfort.
Patients who are afflicted by the condition known as alopecia areata – patchy hair loss – should understand that there is %26quot;no reliable, safe, effective, long-term treatment,%26quot; said review co-author Dr. [...]
Weight-lifting causes baldness and hair loss. According to British scientists, lifting weights can cause baldness because weight training increases testosterone levels immediately after a session, rising 25 percent after 45 minutes.
About 30 minutes later, testosterone levels drop as the hormone is converted to dihydrotestosterone or DHT, which shrinks hair follicles and roots. “We have seen [...]
Let’s be honest, with the exception of Michael Jordan and a few others, the bald look is a tough one to pull off.
You see so many hair loss treatments advertised on late night television that all promise to work with great success. If this was in fact the case, then no one would be [...]
Every day, women worldwide look in the mirror, and where they used to see healthy hair, they now see an increasing proportion of scalp. Agonizing over their hair loss, they try to hide it with make-up, creative hairstyles, or sometimes even hair extensions, which can actually further damage already stressed-out hair.
Ironically, stress itself is the [...]