Bad Hair
There are many kinds of hair loss or alopecias but I am going to look only at the two most common ones, the ones that most people are bothered by - male pattern baldness and female diffuse hair loss. These are the forms of hair loss that the scalp exercise and a nutritious diet can help - maybe.
These forms of hair loss may be caused by genetics (the most common cause), the environment (toxins, empty calories, etc.), sickness, and a poor life style (no exercise, smoking, drinking). It's hard or perhaps impossible to change your genetic predisposition to hair loss. The other factors can be changed though if there is high motivation.
A differential diagnosis is often difficult to make. When does telogen effluvium become chronic or when does it border on pattern baldness? Or when does female diffuse thinning become a more serious type of hair loss. Even skilled dermatologists sometimes find it hard to make a definitive diagnosis. And often there is little financial incentive to get involved with the treatment of hair loss problems. A recommendation to use Rogaine or Propecia is the probable prescription. And these drugs do work for a percentage of people using them.
Click on the dropdown menu topics to explore these hair loss problems. There's a lot of material on the following pages presented without too much jargon. It's always good to understand a problem before trying to deal with it.
"I did all I could but nothing seems to work."
Continue to - Male Pattern Baldness
