Follicles don’t Die, they’re just out numbered

New studies show that the problem associated with hair loss has little to do with the actual hair follicles dying off rather the unequal shift of more active to more inactive ones. Expanding on this, it has been found that hair follicles themselves do not die off rather they shift into producing more transparent hairs [...]

Hair Facts 101

Hair is made up of the same material your fingernails are made up of, collagen. It can be considered as a form of organic plastic for it comes from living tissue that is produced by the hair follicle. As the fetus develops inside the womb, an average of about 5 million hairs develop all over [...]

Hair Loss, embarrassing to many

Many people experience the natural fallout of hair but some do loose them prematurely. Now who do you approach for suggestions and recommendations if you�re embarrassed by the fact you are loosing your hair? You can try to find a local hair loss specialists through the IAHRS or the American Hair Loss Association for more [...]

Wigs

The wig industry is a actually a multi-billion dollar industry. This is because wigs are intricate, fragile things. It is made out of real human hair, put together by real hardworking slender fingers and therefore priced quite accordingly. Wigs are also not meant to last. One would be lucky to own a wig that would [...]

Follicular Unit Extraction

The National Hair Institute, which has been on the lead in the fight againsta baldness in many Americans has created and patented a procedure which can be done in small sessions or in one big go. Their patented procedure called “Fox Megasession”, requires a whole day of procedures utilizing some of the best equipment around [...]

The Cost of Hair Transplants

The average cost in the United States is from $8.00 down to a more manageable $3.00 per implant. That price may vary with the volume and amount of treatments that may be required to complete the treatment procedure. There are also some precautionary procedures that are taken to avoid the many complications during the surgery [...]

New choices in Hair Treatments

The first hair loss treatments involved mere spray able materials that you sprayed on your top to cover up the ever widening gap in between your hair follicles. They were hailed as miracles for balding men got to go out on the town as if they were years younger. Then came scalp transplant where surgeons [...]

Hair Transplant History - A look back

Did you know that the first documented treatments that gave birth to modern hair transplant techniques were born in the 1930�s? Yes, they have been around for quite sometime but they were rather used to repair hair loss due to injury and the events of the Second World War which had people disfigured loosing hair [...]