What is Trichology? This para-medical approach to treating hair loss might well be a first step in addressing baldness. It’s a holistic way of keep your hair “up there.”   The things that can cause hair loss – genetics, toxins, medications, illnesses, grooming techniques, stress, and mental illness – illustrate […]

Five Ways for Men to Prevent Hair Loss It’s hard to watch television for any length of time without seeing advertising for hair loss solutions. By their nature, they promote a product or treatment therapy that can halt hair loss, reverse it, or replace the hair that is otherwise gone […]

The Thin Spots: Where Hair Loss Concealers Work Best Hair loss in men and women comes in varying degrees and patterns. It might be an overall thinning, as women tend to experience, or most often at the crown on men. Fortunately, for those who wish to combat sparse follicles there […]

UNDERSTANDING ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS Long a mystery and short on treatments, this is a condition that renders the entire body hairless. But one small study shows hope in a psoriasis medication.   To picture someone with alopecia universalis, think of the performers in the popular Blue Man Group company, just minus […]

A Brief History of Hair Systems The urge or need to cover heads with hair that is not our own is as old as civilization. The reasons and methods have changed – and newer technologies are amazing.   Today we call them hair systems. In an earlier era, they were […]

Folliculitis and Hair Loss Not all bald spots are from genetics. A particularly patchy type of loss can result from folliculitis, a condition characterized by eruptions to the scalp.   It comes on, generally in the 30s and 40s, a good dozen years or so after the person thought he […]

5 Ways for Women to be Kinder to Their Hair Just as one exercises and follows good nutrition habits to ensure a healthier body and skin, there are proactive ways to ensure stronger, healthier hair.   Women’s hair loss conditions have become more prevalent in recent years. Many hair loss […]

A Brief History of Hair Transplant Surgery Hair loss is a long-feared phenomenon. But in the past 200 years, the last 20 in particular, hair transplantation science has advanced considerably.   To understand the history of hair transplant surgery, it really helps to also give thought to the history of […]

Exercise and Hair Loss: Is There a Link? Exercise and the lack thereof affects hair and scalp health. Looking at it more broadly, you want to feed your hair and reduce stress, which exercise can do.   When we think about living a healthy life, we think about exercise and […]

DO HATS CAUSE HAIR LOSS? Head coverings of any kind might make a hair loss situation worse, however wearing a hat, helmet or scarf is generally not the main cause.   Look around. Hair loss is everywhere. Every city has a hair loss treatment clinic filled with both men and […]