Monday, June 29, 2009

Hair Transplantation Technique and Its Side-effects!!

It is a surgical method to get rid of baldness which involves moving skin containing hair follicles from one part of the body (donor site) to the bald or balding parts (recipient site) This technique is helpful in treating male pattern baldness in which grafts containing hair follicles (genetically resistant to baldness) are transplanted to bald scalp.

You can also restore your eye lashes, eye brows by using this technique. Hair transplantation is the fast and permanent solution to your hair loss but it is associated with few drawbacks including cost issue and secondary side-effects i.e.

Bleeding: - After the surgery, bleeding is likely to occur. However only minimal bleeding will occur but in few cases it doesn’t stop right away.

Swelling: - Swelling may occur in the area around the forehead and around the eyes.

Numbness: - Numbness may occur for few weeks after the surgery. It may be due to the reduced circulation of blood in the capillaries.

Moreover all the above symptoms and side-effects are temporary and almost all of them will disappear in a few weeks

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Most Popular Myths About Hair Loss!!

Hair loss is associated with numerous myths. The most popular myths among them are listed below:

Myth 1: - Hair loss is inherited from your mother’s side of the family.

Fact 1: - It is completely untrue; genes causing hair loss can be inherited not only from mother but from father also. Sometimes hair loss may be due to a combination of inherited genes from both the father and mother.

Myth 2: - By standing on your head, hair loss can be reversed

Fact 2: - Some people think that by standing on the head (standing upside down), they can stimulate their hair growth thereby increasing the blood flow. However this fact has no scientific basis.

Myth 3: - Hair cutting will make your hair thicker

Fact 3: - This is also not true; cutting of hair will make your hair look thicker because mainly hair is thicker at the base than at the tip. After sometime when your hair starts growing, it will give the same appearance as it was before.

Myth 4: - Wearing a tight hat causes hair loss

Fact 4: - There is no scientific basis for this myth. Wearing a hat is nothing to do with the hair loss. Although it is found that most of the people wear hat to hide their baldness.

Myth 5: - Using a Blow dryer results in hair loss

Fact 5:- Everything that is done in excess will be harmful. Normal use of hair dryer is safe but exposing your hair to high temperature may cause damage to your hair.

Myth 6:- Washing your hair regularly causes hair loss.

Fact 6:- It is not correct; on the contrary dirty or unclean hair may cause hair loss. However be careful about the chemicals you are using on your hair.

Myth 7: - You cannot treat hair loss

Fact 7:- It is completely untrue; now there are a number of good medicines available in the market that are effective enough to curb hair loss and triggers hair re-growth. TrichoZed is one among them. It is 100% safe and doctor endorsed hair care supplement for both men and women. TrichoZed not only restricts your hair loss but also stimulates the re-growth of hair within few weeks.