Hair growth is a complex biological process. You need special proteins called growth factors that stimulate cells to make new hair follicles and another set to enable the new hair follicles to grow into thicker, fuller and darker hairs. You
How Men Deal With Hair Loss
It’s a significant riddle technology has yet to completely solve, but there’s definite progress. Male pattern baldness is that mysterious condition that has enormous social significance but almost no medical significance… and it’s been a great boon to the baseball
Hair Loss (Alopecia), Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter
While there are many causes of alopecia the most common by far are hormonal (male/female or androgenetic alopecia). Male/female androgenetic alopecia is extremely common and appears to be due to an increased sensitivity of the hair follicle to testosterone (male
Hair Loss in Men and Women, Winter/Spring 2016 Newsletter
Regardless of the time of year, hair loss is always one of the most frequent complaints in the dermatology clinic. At some point in life, hair loss affects over half of all individuals for one reason or another. Sometimes, hair
Hair Loss Fall 2013 Newsletter
Hair loss is a sore subject for those who suffer from it. The most common types of hair loss are telogen effluvium (stress or medically induced hair loss) or alopecia areata (autoimmune hair loss), androgenetic alopecia (male or female pattern
Non-Scarring Types of Hair Loss
There are a number of types of hair loss. The non-scarring hair loss types consist of female/male pattern hair loss (androgenetic alopecia), telogen effluvium (stress hair loss) and alopecia areata. Androgenetic alopecia is the most common type of hair loss.
Female Pattern Baldness – Hair Loss
About 1 in 4 women suffer from hereditary hair loss or androgenetic alopecia, also known as female pattern baldness. This is characterized as a thinning of hair over the crown of the head. Unlike male pattern baldness, women tend to