Although perhaps not desirable, hair loss is quite normal. There are many reasons why a person can lose hair but the problem is extremely common an untold millions of people are affected by it worldwide. Alopecia is the general medical term for hair loss of any type. Male pattern hair loss is the most common form, representing close to 95 percent of all cases in men; and due to a hereditary condition: Androgenic Alopecia.

However, it may be that your diet needs attending to if your hair loss is only moderate. The reason for your condition may be at your work place if you deal with chemicals or cosmetics but some others may as a consequence of personal situations such as stress, mental tension or a hormonal imbalance. Please note that if your hair follicles are undamaged then there is a good chance that your condition may only be temporary; it is only when the follicles are damaged that the problem can become permanent. It is not, surprisingly, purely the domain of men as many people think; in a America for example, up to forty in every hundred cases are women.

Many women’s hair loss may be caused by a thyroid condition which seems to affect them more often later in life. Globally, nearly 40 percent of women by age 60 will have experienced some form of the condition. During and after a pregnancy is another time when women may experience a hair loss problem. If you always thought that patterned hereditary baldness was a male problem then you will be surprised to learn that in America approximately 30 million women also suffer from this condition.

A new but a treatment that is becoming increasingly popular is surgical hair restoration; it is considered the ultimate solution for those who suffer with permanent hair loss. The treatment uses a technique to transplant hair follicles from a healthy area of the scalp to an area where the follicles are dead. The whole hair transplant procedure is carried out on an out-patient basis under local anesthetic and is becoming the most routinely used form of treatment for males. Facelift surgery can often leave scarring so many women are using the same hair transplant treatment that men are to disguise these scars; or when they have lost their hair for other reasons.

Remember that the best outcome of hair restoration is to restore your appearance insofar as possible, not change it to make you look like someone else. Before hair restoration is undertaken, the patient’s whole-body status must be considered and any underlying health problems addressed. Even though hair restoration is a cosmetic procedure, aspects involved are different from other forms of cosmetic surgeries. Fortunately, the science of hair loss and hair restoration is constantly advancing, so if you do not respond to other medical treatments, surgical hair restoration may be the only truly permanent solution to baldness.