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Discoveries and New Treatments
Premature hair loss and baldness can be extremely upsetting to some. The myths and old wives tales surrounding premature hair loss are plenty and often carry a social stigma that can be hard to bear; some believe that a "dirty scalp" leading to blocked hair follicles causes baldness. Others blame the condition on everything from skin mites to an overactive sex life!
Treatment Options Explained
None of these myths are true. Yet every year, thousands of people sink their hard-earned money into hair loss remedies with scientific or medical basis in an effort to slow or reverse their balding. These include surgical hair transplants, hair restoration medications and the countless non-surgical hair restoration choices out there such as wigs and hair pieces.
With the dazzling array of technological advances in hair loss restoration, solutions to the problems are getting steadier with time. One of the breakthroughs in advancing hair regrowth and reversing baldness is Tricomin, a topical medication that has copper as its active ingredient, which has been proven to stimulate the cells that are responsible for collagen production. In addition, these coppers contain protein that works directly at the base of the hair follicle in advancing growth. It also slows down the production of DHT producing hormones that help to severe hair follicles over time. In essence, copper peptides have achieved critical acclaim for reversing the effects of aging on the skin by providing the right proteins for damage.
Other new discovery for hair regrowth and baldness are hair implants, scalp reductions, and flaps. Hair implants are procedures where hair from a plentiful area of the scalp is transferred to the desired region. It involves creating tiny incisions into the bald area to insert the hair grafts in. In about two months, these grafts fall out and new hair covers the bald patches. The second latest discovery of scalp reductions are a fairly recently discovered procedures that are used on people who have bald patches on their crowns.
Medical Breakthroughs
Many breakthroughs in hair loss science are actually refutations to myths that have been circulating around for years. The relationship between genetics and hair loss has been better understood from day to day. Now, many scientists believe that there is no exact mode of inheritance when it comes to hair loss. Hair loss is a complex trait that requires DNA from multiple family members, and not just on the maternal side of the family as myth dictates. In essence, male pattern baldness is due to multiple genes and this requires intense work at the chromosome level for these researchers. The rate of progression of hair loss is also dictated by genes, and its influence is not limited to the possibility alone.
Medical information in the biological structure of hair along with new treatments and medications has evolved in recent years. Today, the active ingredient found in Propecia (finesteride) is now available as generic brands over the counter since the company had its patents expired last year. This will allow people to buy it for a lot cheaper and contemplate using pill cutters to save even more money. All in all, hair loss science has come a long way in the availability of its treatments and their versatility.
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