What to do if hair starts to fall out on the top of your head

Hair loss is very distressing for many people. Some people even start losing hair at a very young age. And most people with hair loss start from the top of the head. So what should you do if you start losing hair from the top of the head? Hair loss is a problem that is highly hereditary and can be passed down from generation to generation. When hair loss occurs, it can be treated through diet therapy. Red ginseng, aloe vera and coconut oil have good effects on hair loss.

Diet therapy

Red Ginseng

fatty acid

Geranium oil: You can try adding it to shampoo or hair care oil.

Rosemary Oil

Aloe Vera

Coconut Oil

Significantly reduces protein loss in damaged and non-damaged hair

Diet therapy is not suitable for everyone. Each person is different. The key is to analyze the specific living conditions and decide which diet therapy method to adopt! In short, diet therapy is to supplement various elements that are beneficial to hair growth in the diet, thereby promoting blood circulation of the hair, hair growth, and preventing or improving hair loss.

[Warm reminder] Dietary therapy can only play an auxiliary therapeutic role. If you want to completely get rid of severe hair loss troubles through dietary therapy, this is basically impossible.

Drug treatment

To date, there are only two types of medications that have been proven to be effective for male-pattern and female-pattern hair loss.

Drugs that directly promote hair growth

Drugs that affect androgen metabolic pathways

In each of the above two categories of drugs, only one drug has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Minoxidil

Also known as Mandi (5% Minoxidil), Spisen (2% Minoxidil), and Dafexin (3-5% Minoxidil), it is the first drug in the world approved for the treatment of male pattern baldness. Mechanism of action: It targets hair follicle atrophy and necrosis, thereby promoting blood circulation to make the atrophied hair follicles grow healthier and restore the fine and soft hair to a thicker and stronger state.

Patients should pay attention to the two "pitfalls" of minoxidil:

1. Drug resistance. Just like a cold, you may get better by taking some medicine the first time, but there may be no effect the second time. Antibodies will be produced after taking the medicine for a long time. Some hair may have significant effects when taken early, but there may be no sustained improvement after one year. Some people will indeed experience this situation, so you should pay more attention. Even so, you should not stop taking the medicine rashly. Otherwise, you will lose the nourishment of minoxidil, and your hair will fall out again and rebound.

2. Side effects. Every hair friend who takes medication will consult me ​​countless times. Needless to say, the shedding period will occur to almost 80% of people. The shedding period is inevitable for about a month of taking the medication and when you stop taking the medication. What falls out is the hair approaching the resting period, and new hair will grow after a period of time. When you stop taking the medication, just reduce the dosage and frequency regularly and everything will be okay.

Finasteride

It is also called Baofazhi and Qi Yue. The FDA approved finasteride in December 1997, which is the first oral treatment for androgenetic alopecia approved by the FDA in history. It was originally used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia; the FDA approved finasteride in December 1997, making it the first oral treatment for androgenic alopecia approved by the FDA in history.

Suitable for men, not for women (it will cause endocrine disorders). Propecia in the United States and Qiyue in China are drugs that a generation of people love and hate. They are effective in inhibiting hair loss, but they affect male sexual function, emm...

Pharmacological action: Inhibitor. I mentioned before that hair loss is related to dihydrotestosterone. So what is it inhibiting?

It inhibits the reductase that releases dihydrotestosterone. This drug is a powerful agent for treating hair loss. It is generally recommended to be used in combination with minoxidil. It is like farming, which requires both weeding and fertilizing, thus stopping hair loss and promoting hair growth at the same time.

[Warm Tips] The disadvantages of drug treatment for hair loss are that it takes a long time, is expensive, and has strong side effects (long-term use of drugs containing hormones will have strong side effects and will also affect men's sexual health), but it can also be effective in the long run. The above two drugs, finasteride is used to stop hair loss, and minoxidil is used to promote hair growth. They are the mainstream treatment methods now and are internationally recognized, not only because they are FDA certified, but also because of their significant efficacy and ease of use.

Hair transplant treatment

Healthy and long-lived hair follicles from the back of the human head are used as the hair source. After separation, they are divided into single or multiple hair follicle units. Through sophisticated microsurgical techniques, the hair follicle units are transplanted to the parts that need transplantation, such as the head, eyebrows, eyelashes, beard, chest, eyelashes, pubic area, etc., allowing them to survive and grow naturally in the new part, thereby achieving the purpose of repairing the local hair distribution density, in order to achieve the effect of treating hair loss or aesthetics. To summarize it in one sentence, it is an autologous hair transplant surgery that takes a portion of healthy hair follicles from the back of your head and transplants them to the area where hair is falling out.

Hair is the hair that grows on the human head. Hair is not an organ and does not contain nerves or blood vessels, but it does contain cells. In addition to making people more beautiful, the main function of hair is to protect the brain. Soft and fluffy hair is elastic, can withstand lighter collisions and help evaporate sweat on the head. The average person has about 100,000 hairs. Among all the hairs, head hair is the longest, especially on women with long hair. Some can grow to 90-100cm, or even 150cm, but generally do not exceed 200cm.

From bottom to top, hair can be divided into four parts: hair papilla, hair follicle, hair root and hair shaft. Hair follicles are sac-like tissues that wrap around hair roots due to the depression of the epidermis of the human head (about 3-5mm). Usually one hair grows in each follicle, and some have 2-3 hairs.

Generally speaking, each person has 90,000 to 140,000 hairs on their head. Like other human organs, hair also undergoes metabolism, which mainly refers to the cycle of hair growth, resting, shedding and regeneration. Generally speaking, each person loses about 50 hairs a day, and new hair grows in the hair follicles at the same time to maintain a dynamic balance in the overall number of hairs. Once this balance is disrupted, signs of hair loss will appear.