Types of Hair Loss
Genetic Hair Loss (Androgenetic Alopecia/Female Pattern Hair Loss), Telogen Effluvium, Alopecia Areata/Totalis/Universalis, Trichotillomania, Traction Alopecia and Cicatricial Alopecia.
The different types of hair loss and hair growth disorders can often be difficult to distinguish for a sufferer and sometimes even for a healthcare or industry professional (doctor, pharmacist, hair professional or other).
Common Types of Hair Loss
Proteoglycan Follicular Atrophy can lead to a reduction in the size of the affected follicles, which results in a reduction in the diameter of the hairs they produce. This is an essential feature of this type of hair loss, which accounts for the thinning of the hair and the widening of the partings.
Female Pattern Hair Loss affects over 30% of women. The hair loss is typically diffuse (evenly spread over the scalp) and affects the frontal and vertex (crown) areas with similar severity. This sometimes creates what is referred to as a ‘Christmas Tree’ pattern. Often a band of slightly denser hair is retained along the frontal hairline. Also, women can exhibit a normal amount of hair in the front area of their scalp which gradually thins out as you look further back near their crown.
Telogen Effluvium (TE) usually presents itself by excessive shedding (also called acute TE). However, it can also manifest itself with a normal amount of hair loss leading to gradual thinning (also called chronic TE).
It is therefore essential for anyone experiencing even the first onset of hair loss symptoms to use a Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy as an immediate and baseline treatment. This restores the balance in the levels of proteoglycans needed to help normalise the Hair Growth Cycle and restore healthy hair growth.
Alopecia Areata has a rapid onset but tends to spontaneously reverse especially if the Hair Growth Cycle is normalised by replenishing proteoglycans that may have wasted away.
It is therefore essential for anyone experiencing even the first onset of hair loss symptoms to use a Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy as an immediate and baseline treatment. This restores the balance in the levels of proteoglycans needed to help normalise the Hair Growth Cycle and restore healthy hair growth.
Supporting the normal Hair Growth Cycle to produce new, healthy hair growth is critical.
It is therefore essential for anyone experiencing even the first onset of hair loss symptoms to use a Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy as an immediate and baseline treatment. This restores the balance in the levels of proteoglycans needed to help normalise the Hair Growth Cycle and restore healthy hair growth.
The clinical feature of Trichotillomania is plucked or broken hair in patches from the side of the scalp favouring the dominant hand. Occasionally, the entire scalp is affected. In rare cases, other body sites are involved.
Once the obsessive-compulsive impulses are under control, it is important to support the Hair Growth Cycle to produce new, healthy hair growth.
It is therefore essential for anyone experiencing even the first onset of hair loss symptoms to use a Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy as an immediate and baseline treatment. This restores the balance in the levels of proteoglycans needed to help normalise the Hair Growth Cycle and restore healthy hair growth.
The skin often has a translucent or de-pigmented look which at times can be accompanied by inflammation; and the hair loss can be patchy or diffuse.
It is therefore essential for anyone experiencing even the first onset of hair loss symptoms to use a Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy as an immediate and baseline treatment. This restores the balance in the levels of proteoglycans needed to help normalise the Hair Growth Cycle and restore healthy hair growth.
Hair Loss Facts
There are many different types and causes of hair loss. However, the specific types and causes related to your individual situation are often difficult to pinpoint without professional counsel.
It is important to always be aware that no matter the hair loss cause or type, the Hair Growth Cycle is always negatively affected and often an underlying Proteoglycan Follicular Atrophy can be present.
Therefore, knowledge about normalising the Hair Growth Cycle, Proteoglycan Follicular Atrophy and ultimately Proteoglycan Replacement Therapy is vital for a successful outcome of any treatment approach.
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