Every time I wash my hair, every time I comb it, my hair falls out, and if that number keeps increasing, hair loss may already have begun. Female hair loss and alopecia areata are hard to recover from once hair is lost. For people exposed to stress and irregular lifestyles, hair loss is no longer a matter of age or gender.
I felt like I had been given a death sentence, said 38-year-old Choi Su-ho, who first became aware of hair loss in his early 20s after a friend's remark. From then on he tried everything said to be good for hair loss, but nothing worked. While wasting time and money on wrong methods, his hair follicles gradually closed. Once a follicle closes, it is difficult to reverse. We look at the golden time for androgenetic alopecia, the male-pattern hair loss.
Seventy-nine-year-old Yang Yeon said she still holds on to her dream of regaining glossy hair and dancing stylishly. The time you think it's too late may be the earliest time. We will look at the reasons why hair loss treatment should start right now.
Alopecia areata is fundamentally different from common hair loss. Unlike androgenetic alopecia, where DHT (dihydrotestosterone) hormone causes follicle miniaturization, alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease in which T lymphocytes, immune cells, recognize and attack their own hair follicles. The treatments are completely different.
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Forty-eight-year-old Kim Seung-won once pulled off the "Leslie Cheung hair" and a crew cut with ease, but now he can't change his part from time to time or let his bangs down. People say it would be better to save money and get a hair transplant.
The proper name for a hair transplant is "follicular unit transplantation." It involves harvesting healthy follicles from the back of the head and transplanting them to balding areas. But hair transplantation is not an option for all people with hair loss. There is a limit to the amount of follicles that can be transplanted, and continuous drug treatment is essential even after transplantation.
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