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Loss Myths & Facts The Myth:"I can tell how much hair loss I will experience by looking at my mother’s father." The Facts:While baldness is inherited, there is no single dominant gene that causes hair loss; it is a combination of genes passed on from either your mother or father's side of the family. The more hair loss that exists in your family, the more likely the chance that you too will experience thinning hair. Your first-degree relatives will be your best predictor for future hair loss—father, brother and uncles. The Myth:"I’m less likely to go bald because my hair grows so fast." The Facts:Rapid hair-growth may be a sign of good health, but it has no bearing on when you’re likely to lose it. The Myth:"Brushing my hair is better than combing." The Facts:It was once believed that hair loss was due to poor circulation and that brushing or massaging stimulates circulation in the scalp improving blood flow and nutrition to the follicles. There has never been any scientific research to support this. As it turns out there’s no major difference between the scalp circulation of a man with hair or without. The Myth:"Wearing hats or helmets caused my to lose hair" The Facts: "Headwear" such as hats, helmets have no effect on hair loss. However, certain hairpieces are anchored to the scalp-by being woven into existing hair. This method of attachment can cause hairloss in those area called "traction alopecia". The Myth:"It’s important for me to use special shampoos to cleanse or unclog hair follicles." The Facts:Over the years, many products have claimed to help remove excess sebum and oil from the scalp, and thereby improve hair growth. There has never been any scientific proof that flushing follicles prevents hair loss, or that ‘clogged’ follicles are the cause of hair loss. The Myth:"Blow-drying makes my hair brittle and thus more likely to fall out." The Facts:Over-drying or drying with too high a heat setting can make your hair more prone to breakage and can change it's manageability and texture. Unless you happen to be using a blowtorch, it doesn’t really matter how you dry your hair when it comes to hair loss. The Myth:"If I eat a diet that is high in animal fat it won't affect my hairloss." The Facts:A diet that contains high quantities of animal fat can lead to an increased concentration of testosterone in the bloodstream, increasing your risk of hair loss. Remember that in the body, testosterone is converted to dihydrotestosterone, a hormone that has been proven to be a trigger responsible for shrinking hair follicles in the scalp. Propecia® (finasteride) blocks this conversion and has been proven to reverse the hair loss process. The Myth:"The more often I shower and shampoo, the more hair I’ll lose." The Facts:No amount of soap and water applied to the scalp can cause hair to fall out. The Myth:"Bad lifestyle decisions won't accelerate my hair loss." The Facts:"Drinking, smoking, poor diet can all accelerate hair loss." The Myth:"Using steroids won't cause me to bald prematurely." The Facts:Use of anabolic steroids increases the levels of male hormones that have been linked to baldness. If you have a genetic risk of thinning hair, starting steroids can accelerate hair loss in as little as 3 to 6 months. Sometimes, hair will regrow after steroid use ceases, but in many cases, the hair loss is irreversible. The Myth:"Stress caused my hair to fall out." The Facts:Typical daily stress usually won’t cause hair loss. More likely, severe and traumatically stressful experiences such as divorce, a sudden death in the family, natural disasters, or even crash diets have been linked to hair loss. Hair loss due to stress is most likely to occur if you have a condition called alopecia areata. This usually results in small patches of hair loss, not the typical male-pattern variety. The Myth:"If I use Propecia (finasteride) to regrow hair, the better it works the more sexual side effects I’ll experience." The Facts:The research on Propecia shows that its ability to reverse the hair loss process has no direct relation to the possible side effects. Propecia is known to stop hair loss in 5 out 6 men and regrow a significant amount of hair in 2 out of 3 men. Side effects from taking Propecia are extremely rare, occurring in only one-half of a percent more patients than those just taking placebo (sugar-pill). The Myth:"All hair transplants are obvious, they all look like corn-rows or doll’s hair." The Facts:Corn-rows of large ‘plugs’ are examples of outdated technology in the field of hair transplantation. Today’s transplants are done with thousands of tiny skin grafts, many containing just a single hair, to recreate a completely natural hairline. The naturalness of a hair transplant today depends mostly on the surgeon’s artistic ability and his skill in microsurgical techniques. The Myth:"Hair transplantation is a long, painful process." The Facts:Advances in the field of hair transplantation have made the procedure an efficient process completed comfortably under local anesthesia. Once the medication takes effect there is little, if any, discomfort; allowing the patient to watch videotapes, TV or take a nap during the procedure. Most hair restoration goals today are reached between one to four sessions with the average being two.  |
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