WHAT IS CENTRAL CENTRIFUGAL CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA? The perception is that younger people, exposed to stress and perhaps poor diets, have more alopecia than their parents did at the same age. That may be true, but the data is lacking.   Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA), a form of hair loss […]

WHAT IS CENTRAL CENTRIFUGAL CICATRICIAL ALOPECIA? The perception is that younger people, exposed to stress and perhaps poor diets, have more alopecia than their parents did at the same age. That may be true, but the data is lacking.   Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia (CCCA), a form of hair loss […]

ARE MILLENNIALS AND GEN Z LOSING HAIR FASTER AND EARLIER? Hot weather can be as damaging a hair dryer. Summertime hair loss can be reversed by cool water – but scalp infections cannot go untreated.   As if droughts, storms, wildfires, and days on end of triple digit temperatures (100º+ […]

Hair Loss from Excessive Heat: What You Can Do About It Hot weather can be as damaging a hair dryer. Summertime hair loss can be reversed by cool water – but scalp infections cannot go untreated.   As if droughts, storms, wildfires, and days on end of triple digit temperatures […]

Alcohol and Hair Loss: Are They Related? Yes, excessive alcohol can cause hair loss. But you can halt or reverse it through behavior modification. It’s mostly a matter of figuring out your priorities.   No one likes to hear of new reasons to cut back their consumption of alcohol. But […]

SUGAR AND HAIR LOSS: ARE THEY RELATED? Indeed, sugar consumption in excess can harm the health and thickness of hair. There are a number of reasons why.   When one begins to lose one’s hair, the first instinct is to go to the local hair loss solutions studio for advice. […]

How to Choose a Hair Transplant Doctor Hair transplant surgery, while cosmetic, is serious business – and needs to be performed by qualified, licensed, and experienced medical doctors.   According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, about 18,750 people underwent hair transplant surgery in the year 2020. That might […]

The Truth About Hair Donations Good intentions don’t always translate into good outcomes. Hair donations have helped many with illness-driven hair loss, but not exactly as expected.   Hair donation charities have been around since at least the 1980s. And without question, they have served a very important function: bringing […]

PHYSICAL TRAUMA AND HAIR LOSS Bodily injury can lead to hair loss, whether on the scalp or elsewhere. Thinning hair is the proverbial insult to injury, but it is most often reversible.   Physical trauma can happen to anyone, and along with it can come hair loss.   Of course, […]

PREGNANCY, NUTRITION, AND HAIR LOSS The demands that pregnancy puts on a woman’s body – and sometimes her emotional state – can take a toll in many ways, including her hair health.   Ah, the joys and quandaries of motherhood. It begins with all the hormonal changes in pregnancy, the […]