Hair loss affects psychologically

LONDON - April 17, 2014 - PRLog -- Hair loss hardly causes any physical issue. Its more profound effect is invisible and cannot be seen with naked eyes. Only the experienced knows the anguish and pain of observing his or her gradual hair loss. You believe it or not; most of us associate our good looks with hair and with its fall the person tends to lose his or her self esteem. It’s equally true in case of both men and women. In fact men suffer more from hair loss than women. Hence it’s called male pattern baldness.

The clinical name for hair loss is alopecia; it is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects hair follicles and can be diagnosed by a dermatologist. There are three subtypes of alopecia-

·        Alopecia aerate which causes loss of patches of hair from the scalp and it is the only type of alopecia which is the most responsive to treatment

·        Alopecia totalis which causes the loss of hair on the scalp

·        Alopecia universalis which causes the loss of hair of the entire scalp and body

These types of alopecia are neither life threatening nor painful or physically hazardous. Although there can be irritation of the skin or physical problems resulting from the loss of eyelashes and eyebrows. However, such extreme cases are rare. Research is still going on to find out the exact cause of baldness. According to doctors, both genes and environment have roles to play in a person’s hair loss.

The hair restoration specialists of Harley Street Hair Transplant London (http://www.hshairtransplant.co.uk/) have shared their experiences of treating alopecia patients with us. They say that hair loss affects everybody differently, but there is a large portion of people who are severely affected by it from the psychological perspective and it’s almost devastating for them. Loss of hair takes away their self esteem and confidence and by bringing it back they give the patients almost a new outlook towards life. This clinic is one of the most well known clinics of London, as far as the hair transplantation is concerned. The specialists also share their experience of treating copious number of men in the clinic. It’s a myth that men are not conscious of their looks. Men are now extremely self conscious and they are overwhelmingly opting for hair transplantation surgery.

And it’s not only about looks; hair transplantation plays a pivotal role in a man’s psychological uplift. Anxiety and depression are common responses to hair loss and it can become a vicious cycle. The more hair a person loses, the more he/she withdraws himself/herself from the society. Statistical study shows that psychiatric disorders are more common in people with alopecia than in the general population. The patients affected by alopecia may develop anxiety disorder, social phobia or paranoid disorder. People tend to hyper focus on hair loss and tend to lose personal and professional life in the process.

FUE Hair transplant (http://www.harleybodyclinic.co.uk/hair-transplant/fue.html) by professionally sound surgeons in a well equipped advanced transplantation clinic can be a solution to all these hair loss worries.