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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hair Loss

Good morning Sir. my name is prabin jain and i am suffering from hair loss. i am from nepal and i have came cuttack for higher studies. after coming here i am facing the problem of hair fall. sir my hair is very thin and it it long also not too much as normal. plsz tell me when to oil my hair and when to use shampoo and i should use conditioner or not??? sir plsz suggest me
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Hi,

Having said that, to begin with, hair loss or 'trichology' demands that at the outset, one must assess the 'type' of hair fall & the 'amount' of hair fall. The age-old hair-pull test has given way to more sophisticated scanners & computer-assisted software/hardware based assessment options!

Most people don't realise that a hair loss of 50-100/day is actually quite the norm. Stress (physical, delivery/post-partum, emotional) plays a big role in most folk. Water characteristics & local practices (hair braiding/straightening) & fashion statements too play their part in hair fall!

Beginning in the 1980s, drug therapy has given a very minor improvement option for baldness in both men and women. Minoxidil & its derivatives & Finasteride are still the Gold standards as far as medications go that work even for male pattern baldness.

Then we have hair transplantation as a tool largely centred around strip grafting & follicular transplant units being grafted & various newer tools like lasers are being used to in effect sharpen the same old procedure.

Many laser light therapies (LLT) have sprung up from head chambers to combs that promise much but deliver little. Mesotherapy (injection of various hair-raising cocktails) also is in a similar category!

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Hair Loss

Hi, Having said that, to begin with, hair loss or trichology demands that at the outset, one must assess the type of hair fall & the amount of hair fall. The age-old hair-pull test has given way to more sophisticated scanners & computer-assisted software/hardware based assessment options! Most people don t realise that a hair loss of 50-100/day is actually quite the norm. Stress (physical, delivery/post-partum, emotional) plays a big role in most folk. Water characteristics & local practices (hair braiding/straightening) & fashion statements too play their part in hair fall! Beginning in the 1980s, drug therapy has given a very minor improvement option for baldness in both men and women. Minoxidil & its derivatives & Finasteride are still the Gold standards as far as medications go that work even for male pattern baldness. Then we have hair transplantation as a tool largely centred around strip grafting & follicular transplant units being grafted & various newer tools like lasers are being used to in effect sharpen the same old procedure. Many laser light therapies (LLT) have sprung up from head chambers to combs that promise much but deliver little. Mesotherapy (injection of various hair-raising cocktails) also is in a similar category! Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon