What are causes and risk factors for hair loss?

• The hormone responsible for androgenetic alopecia is DHT(Dihydrotestosterone). It leads to the death of hair follicles.
• Most hair loss is not associated with a systemic or internal disease. Hair may simple thin as a result of predetermined genetic factors and the overall aging process.
• Illness, emotional traumas, protein deprivation (during strict dieting), and hormonal changes like those in pregnancy, puberty and menopause my cause hair loss.
• Several health conditions, including thyroid disease and iron deficiency anemia, can cause hair loss.

what care should I take at home for the treatment to be more effective?

• Regular straightening, coloring, blow drying should be avoided as these commonly cause hair baldness treatment hair loss.
• Wear a cap or scarf while going out in the hot sun or traveling through a polluted area.
• Shampoo your hair frequently, can use RO water.
• Can apply oil before you wash them (preferably non-coconut oil)
• One of the root causes of hair fall is stress and tension, relaxing your mind and leading a stress-free life can help reduce hair fall.
• Keep your schedule regular. Take enough sleep. Don’t skip breakfast. Take proper diet.

What diet should I follow?

Vitamins and minerals are vital id you want healthy hair.

• Vit-B complex – required to help the hemoglobin supply oxygen to the scalp and hair follicles and hair baldness treatment. The lack of vit B-complex can lead to weak, undernourished and damaged hair. You can get this form non–veg foods or can eat vitamin tablets.
• Zinc – our scalp contains oil glands which need to function adequately to produce enough oil, the lack of which can lead to a dry scalp, dandruff and eventually hair loss. Nuts, whole grains, lentils (Urad), meant seafood.
• Iron –  iron helps produce hemoglobin. The lack of iron can weaken your hair right from the roots which will cause them to break very soon. Spinach, soybeans, dal, jaggery, pistachio, chicken, meat, eggs and fish.
• Vitamin c – collagen production is very important. To hold the hair tissues together In place and vitamin c helps do the needful. A lack of this can lead to frequent split ends, hair fall and brittle hair. Oranges, lemons, tomatoes, aawala, watermelon, berries, sweet lime.
• Protein – very imp. Nutrient which acts as the building block of every tissue in our body including the hair and scalp. Helps in the production of new hair to replace the ones lost. Lock of protein can lead to thinning of hair, dry and brittle hair as well as eventual hair loss and hair baldness treatment. Nuts, grains, milk, cheese, beans, fish, eggs and chicken.

What diet should I avoid?

• Avoid smoking and alcohol.
• Too much of fatty and fried foods (contain saturated fatty acids and trans fats may cause hormonal imbalance and thus hair loss, hair baldness treatment)
• Caffeine.
• Packaged foods.
• Refined foods such as cake, white bread, cookies.
• Eating unhygienic food.
• Sugar-free foods(aspartame-artificial sweetener)
• Whey protein, if it is leading to rainfall.

What are treatment options available for hair baldness treatment?

• Nutritional medications.
• Minoxidil solution – work by helping the blood flow to the hair follicles and increasing follicular size and hair shaft diameter, stimulating and prolonging hair growth.
• Finasteride, dutasteride – specific inhibitor of type two 5 alph – reductase, an intracellular enzyme that converts the androgen testosterone into 5 alph – dihydrotestosterone(DHT)
• PRP(platelet rich plasma) – PRP for hair regrowth is an in office, non – surgical, autologous treatment derived from the pts own blood that can be performed in about an hour. Special techniques and equipment are used to separate and concentrate the platelets and plasma from a small sample of the peripheral blood. PRP contains growth factors and cytokines that have been shown to be responsible for stimulating and enhancing hair follicle function (hair baldness treatment). Small injections of the PRP deliver the powerful platelet – derived growth factors into the skin at the level of weak follicles. A session of low level laser therapy is performed before or after the session of PRP.
• Mesotherapy – Mesotherapy solution contains a special combination of specific vitamins, minerals, amino acids, nucleic acids and co-enzymes.
• LLLT – applies low – level lasers or light – emitting diodes (LEDs) to the surface or orifices of the body. They stimulate and enhance cell function.
• Hair Transplantation – it is a procedure in which a dermatological surfeon moves hair to a hair baldness treatment area of the head. Surgeon usually moves hair from the back or side of the head to the front or top of the head (hair baldness treatment).
• Cosmetics – tattoo, wigs, hair pieces, pigmented fibers.

how do I know that I have to start some procedure / therapy in addition to medicine?

Any procedure / therapy is “add-on” therapy. If want to enhance the effectiveness of the medication therapy, when it is proved not to be fully effective, you can start some procedure / therapy.

How long my treatment is likely to continue?

• There is no complete cure for androgenetic alopecia but medical and surgical treatments which are available may improve the condition.
• You can continue one or other form of therapy to maintain the result like we recommend four to six treatment of PRP, four weeks. Apart for best results for most people with thinning hair as the initial treatment (hair baldness treatment). You will need maintenance treatments every one to two years. Thereafter to maintain the results of you PRP hair regeneration treatment.
• Don’t stop your treatment suddenly. We should actually taper the treatment.