Avoid   Baldness

Botox is popularly known for busting wrinkles and for other anti-aging treatments. What you probably did not know was that Botox can also be used to treat hair loss problems. According to a study carried out recently, Botox plus a custom vitamin cocktail, when injected around twice or thrice a year could actually cure hair loss.

These injections, administered to the scalp could possibly be effective hair loss treatments and might even be able to cure baldness. This treatment has been tried out and tested by Dr. S. Ourian, Medical Director of Epione, Beverly Hills for around three years or so. His testing was carried out on patients who volunteered to try out the treatment, and Dr. Ourian says he is confident regarding the effectiveness of the injections and will be offering it to his patients.

The brand new hair loss treatment has the same side effects as getting Botox injections. These include bruising, pain and temporary swelling. The cocktail of vitamins added along with the Botox injection helps to stimulate the growth of hair. The vitamins help to improve the scalp area, provides nutrients to the tissues surrounding the hair follicles, reduces tension in the scalp and thus helps to improve the blood flow.

Baldness takes place when your hair follicles shrink so much that they can no longer generate new hair follicles. Hair follicles regenerate once every two to six years – making baldness a slow process. This probably explains patchy hair loss.

Apart from getting Botox injections, there are other hair loss treatments as well. One route of treatment that you can take includes resorting to prescription medication. This will mean taking drugs such as Minoxidil or Finasteride.

Hair loss in kids is not as common as that found amongst adults, but can be far more serious. Most cases of hair loss in kids involve the hair growing back on its own in time. To encourage hair growth, synthetic ointments and even topical steroids are used. Instead, try to opt for treatments that are more natural – in order to combat hair loss in kids. If the hair loss continues, then it would be a good idea to refer a medical professional for some expert advice.

Contrary to popular belief, hair loss in children has nothing to do with cancer. While radiation or chemotherapy does cause hair loss, it is not the cancer itself that is responsible for it.

Tinea Capitis which is better known as ringworm of the scalp is one reason that causes hair loss in kids. It is a fungal infection which affects the scalp and is contracted via the use of shared combs, towels, etc. This kind of infection is not really life threatening, but causes a fair amount of hair loss in kids.

Another kind of hair loss experienced amongst kids, especially girls is called traction alopecia. This can happen if the child’s hair is always tied up in tight braids or ponytails. Hair loss is mostly experienced from the sides and front part of the scalp.

Overuse of shampoos and hair products can also cause considerable damage to a child’s hair. The same applies to constant brushing, blow drying and even combing.

Some children tend to constantly tug on their hair, and end up pulling it out, which sometimes causes a patchy kind of hair loss. This is brought on by stress, mostly emotional.

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A new study shows links between a gene and a very rare condition which develops ‘peachy fuzzy’ hair, which could possibly provide a lot more information into baldness, especially in males.

The co-author of the study, Angela M. Christiano, Director, Center for Human Genetics, Columbia University says the new finding might not mean an immediate new cure or treatment for baldness, but it is just a tiny bit of information that might help solve the problem. She said that the new information gives researchers more insight into shrinkage, which is one part of male pattern baldness.

Baldness in most cases does not mean that hair stops growing altogether. Instead, hair growth is much lesser, and the hair that grows is very fine and short – which is almost like the fuzz on a peach. This means that the hair follicle is not dead, and functions to some extent – having the potential to grow some kind of hair.

This exact problem is also part of a rare disease – hereditary hypotrichosis, which begins right from birth.

The study conducted by Christiano and other researchers involved them scrutinizing the genetic makeup of three families who had inherited hereditary hypotrichosis. During the research carried out, the team of researchers found a gene which showed a mutation responsible for the rare condition.
Named APCDD1, the gene is situated close to chromosome 18 which in other studies shows a connection to hair loss. It also seems to block a pathway that has been proven to control the growth of hair in mice, but has not been linked too closely to humans.

Lots of sportsmen seem to have a thing towards hair re-growth treatments. Ryan Giggs is one such sportsmen recently photographed walking out of a hair clinic, clutching on to a report.

Other sportsmen to get hair replacement treatments include cricketers such as Shane Warne, Michael Vaughan and Graham Gooch, while rugby players Wayne Rooney and Austin Healey have also resorted to similar treatments, all costing around £6,000-£10,000 each.

Giggs’ treatment involves a laser therapy session lasting 40 minutes which will encourage the re-growth of hair follicles, while a special re-growth formula and shampoo is rubbed into his scalp at least twice per day.

Vaughan’s hair re-growth option is far more expensive than Giggs’ and costs around £10,000 for a remedying thinning hair. Vaughan’s thinning scalp is woven in with Russian hair which is carried out over a number of treatments.

These hair loss treatments might sound fancy, but they all do not provide the expected results. One such salon was censured twice last year for misleading advertisements which featured Gooch and Warne implying that this salon was able to curb hair loss and re-grow lost hair.

A consultant dermatologist, Dr. Andrew Messenger from the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield said he advised those suffering from baldness to think twice before resorting to a private clinic that made claims that sounded too extravagant to be true. According to him, there is nothing that exists that could possibly grow hair back on bald spots. The only two medicines – Minoxidil and Finasteride used to treat baldness are only capable of increasing hair density by 5-15%.