Hair transplant in Los Angeles

Baldness, also known as alopecia, is a very abundant problem seen in both men an women, even if the first are much more prone to suffer any kind of this disease. This means a gradual loss in hair be it complete or partially. For those that have any type of baldness, there are several methods they can go to, one of them being the most efective, which is the hair graft in Los Angeles or hair transplant. Hair graft supposes a surgery in which the area affected by baldness is replaced with a donor area from the same patient, in which the hair follicles are exchanged do the growth in places where it didn’t occur anymore is now stimulated.

There are many factor to consider when practicing hair graft surgery in Los Angeles, as is the patient’s age, the state and the density of their hair in both the donor area and the area to be treated, and some other important points. Firstly, the reasons that cause alopecia in both genders must be known:

• Age: As white hairs, which appear due to the loss of melanin and are a visible sign of aging, the protein fibers that form the hairs also diminish, in a way that weakens the hairs beside making them lose color.
• Stress: Stress is a great influence in hair loss, being the cause of at least three types of alopecia. These are the types of alopecia where the person does not surfer a total or permanent loss if it does not become a cronic problem, as it only shows a lack of density while the stress is present.
• Bad nutrition: If a person removes vitamins and proteins from their diets, it is likely they will eventually suffer from nutritional deficit alopecia, because it is harder for the body to produce new hairs. Having a healthy, strong hair gors hand in hand with consuming the right food, specifically meals like fish and dark chocolate that help in this area.
• Weight loss: Joining bad nutrition with excessive weight loss, be it because of the diet mentioned or also constant intense exercise, it accelerates the loss of protein in the body due to sweating, generating more grease in the hair, which is already weak because of lacknof protein, making it more vulnerable to falling.
• Carelessness in hair trearment: Carelessness in the hair can be seen in different ways, be it on the quemicals used in it like in hair dyes, that weaken hair fibers, or when usong heat on it like with hair driers or straighteners. It can also be seen in the called alopecia by traction, ohappening when a person uses hairstyles that put too much tension on the hair for long periods of time,
• Diseases: Some times, alopecia is not a individual affliction, instead is the consequence of a bigger disease that produces hair loss. We can name diabetes, hich helps this loss due to high levels of glucose in the blood. We can see alopecia in lupus too, which attacks the hair and this becomes fragile and thin. It can also be cause by medication of said diseases, like antidepressants, birth control, beta blockers, antiinmflamatory, and others, and by the consequences of quemotherapy, as this completely stops the hair growth while the treatment continues, and lastly, radiotherapy on the head, depending on how much radiation was used in the zone.

In women, alopecia can appear due to a couple of reasons:

• Pregnancy: Even if during the pregnancy opposite occurs, due to hormones that promote hair growth, after this ends the effect is reversed, when said hormones diminish significantly, causing such an abrupt change that the scalp is weakened. This cases of  alopecia are very common and represent a big prt of women who have given birth.
• Menopause: This time, the hormones released are known as androgenic or masculine hormones, and because of them, the hair’s life cycle becomes shorterwhich makes it fall more often than usual..

In men, alopecia is much more common than in women, and is mainly generated by the genetic predisposition they may have. If a man has a direct relative that suffers from baldness, in most cases he will eventually develop it too when he reaches a certain age. Besides, they show large amounts of androgenic hormones which can increase or accelerate the loss.

Any of these reasons can start alopecia,  so the next step is determine the specific type of baldness that a person is suffering from. Among the types of alopecia we find:

• Androgenic alopecia: It is, by much, the most common kind of alopecia, representing the 90% of all cases of balding in men younger than 21, and 50% in men older than 40. It is a gradual loss of hair in which this turns thinner and limper, reaching the point it falls completely in areas like the crown and inlets, creating the shape known as “horseshoe” or “M” shape in men. In women, in is usually shown as diminished density. Androgenic alopecia is also known as pattern hair loss or hereditary alopecia because is can be shown along the family tree of the person that suffers from it.
• Alopecia areata: This type of baldness is not hereditary, besides, the presence of it cannot be explained by any factor like this, but others like stress. The scalp of those who suffer from alopecia areata is swollen, and the hair loss can be found in round patterns that grow gradually. It usually appears in younger people, of around 20 years old.
• Telogen effluvium: This type is also known as diffuse alopecia, and just like alopecia areata, the hair is thinner and more brittle, but this one focuses mostly on the density of the hair, as there are not any patches to be seen, it is the lost of strenght in the hair the person already has until this falls and does not grow back. It is the type sern in patients that go through chemotherapy and other treatments, and also in people with malnutrition.
• Scarring hair loss: Being the least common but the one that holds the most consequences, in this type of alopecia, usually cause by other diseases, the hair follicles are replaced with scarring tissue, and makes it impossible for the hair to grow back if this is not treated in time. It can also appear with inflammation, redness, peeling and pain in the scalp.
• Fibrosin alopecia: The hair affected by fibrosin alopecia can last years without showing visible signs, and it slowly turns weaker, specially in the frontal and lateral areas of the scalp. It is mostly seen in women during menopause.
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