Most people need three to four PRP sessions to start, spaced about a month apart, followed by maintenance every few months. PRP doesn’t stop the underlying cause of hair loss, so the early sessions build the result and the later ones hold it. The exact number...
Traction alopecia is hair loss caused by constant pulling on the roots, usually from tight hairstyles or headwear. Caught early, it’s reversible, and the hair grows back once the tension is removed. Left for years, the follicles scar over, and that loss becomes...
The Norwood scale grades male pattern baldness across seven stages, and not every stage calls for surgery. Stages 1 and 2 are usually managed with medication, while stage 3 is where a transplant first becomes a sensible option. Stages 4 and 5 are often strong surgical...
If you have noticed more hair on your pillow, in the shower drain, or on your hairbrush lately, you are not imagining things, and you are certainly not alone. Alopecia in females is far more common than most people realise, and the causes behind it are rarely just one...
Minoxidil isn’t strictly required for transplanted hair to grow, since those grafts resist the hormone that drives balding. What it does is protect the native hair around them, which is still vulnerable and can keep thinning without it. Started at the right...
Wearing a cap does not cause baldness. Hair follicles draw their oxygen and nutrients from the blood supply beneath the scalp, not from the air, so a cap can’t starve or suffocate them. The only real risk comes from headwear worn very tightly over long periods,...
