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Hair Loss and Replacement For Dummies

What are the causes of hair loss? Can you prevent it? Can lost hair be restored? Hair Loss & Replacement For Dummies helps you understand why men and women lose their hair and offers thorough, objective… (More)

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William R. Rassman, MD, Robert M. Bernstein, MD, Jae Pak, MD, Eric S. Schweiger, MD

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Sections

Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You’re Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Part I: Getting to Know Your Hair
Part V: Advanced Hair Loss Solutions
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Chapter 1
Who Cares About Hair? Everyone!
Hair 101: What exactly is hair?
Hair 102: Why do we have hair?
Hair and ethnicity: How race impacts hair
The many possible causes of hair loss
Society’s emphasis on hair
Why men worry about losing their hair
The devastation of hair loss in women
Keeping Your Hair Healthy
Surveying Hair Replacement Options
Minimizing or hiding hair loss
Wearing a wig
Pharmaceutical, laser, and topical treatments
Considering hair restoration surgery
Looking at the Future of Hair Loss Prevention
Splitting Hairs: Growth, Loss, and Change over Time
Under the Microscope: Hair and Scalp Anatomy
Going beneath the skin
Dissecting a hair follicle
The layers of a hair follicle
The layers of the hair shaft
The dermal papillae
How hair grows
Linking Ethnicity with Hair Type and Loss
Aging Hair: How It Changes with Time
Change of texture
Loss of hair
Hair through thick and thin
Admiring the Adaptable Qualities of Hair
Stripping away the coating: Inside your hair
Cutting into a hair
Combing the cuticles
Breaking the hair bonds
Keeping it greased: Sebum’s role in healthy hair
Choosing and Using the Right Products
Looking at today’s hair care products
Attracting positive products to your hair
Getting the tangles out
Adding chemicals
Keeping things slippery with surfactants
Picking the proper shampoo
Washing and drying your hair correctly
Thickening your hair
Reshaping hair
Changing Your Natural Look: Dyeing and Processing
How nature colors hair
How dyes work
Settling for semi-permanent
Going platinum
Putting on permanent coloring
Perming your hair
Relaxing your hair
Avoiding Hair Damage
Maintaining a Healthy Scalp
Caring for Children’s Hair
Defining Different Types of Hair Loss
Examining uniform hair loss
Identifying dying hair cells
Saving dying hair cells
Common Causes of Hair Loss
Looking at Grandpa’s head
Hormonal influences on hair
Testosterone and DHT
Steroids and similar products
Hair loss over time
Stress
Lack of blood supply
Environmental issues
Looking at Male Pattern Thinning
Early evidence of pattern thinning
Regular male pattern thinning
Type A pattern thinning
Examining Hair Thinning in Women
Differentiating between possible causes
Genetic hair loss in women
Medical causes of female hair loss
Underlying medical conditions
Baby blues: Postpartum hair loss
Menopause-related hair loss
Without a Trace: Non-scarring Alopecia
Seeing circular bald spots: Alopecia areata
Diagnosing the disorder
Exploring treatment options
Hair today, gone tomorrow: Telogen effluvium
The fungus among us: Tinea capitis
Thyroid conditions and hair loss
Diseases of the thyroid gland
How thyroid conditions affect hair growth
Living with a thyroid condition and hair loss
Thyroid disease treatments
Other diseases that can cause hair loss
A Potentially Permanent Change: Scarring Alopecia
Lupus: A Scarring and Non-scarring Disease
May Cause Side Effects: Medications and Hair Loss
Other Causes of Hair Loss
The demographics of TTM
Treating TTM
Prolonged hair pulling: Traction alopecia
Enduring Hair Loss with Chemotherapy
A Brief History of “Rugs”
Today’s Hair Replacement Systems
Weighing the pros and cons of hair systems
Keeping your hair from falling apart
Setting up a cleaning schedule
Creating a natural-looking frontal hairline
Attaching Your Hair
Gluing it in place
Snapping and clipping
Sticking it on with tape
Tips for keeping your hair tied down
Attaching extensions: Weaves and wefts
Weaving a system in place
Using wefts
Attachment no-nos
Sewing it on
Tunneling grafts into the scalp
Planting artificial fibers
Women and Hair Systems
Adding Up the Costs of Hair Systems
Starting with financial costs
Assessing your psychological costs
Maintaining Your New Hair
Staying active — and keeping your hair on!
Keeping up with regular care and maintenance
Recognizing when it’s time to replace
Getting Wiggy with It
Going Shopping: Where to Start?
Deciding which wig fits your needs and budget
Finding a specialty shop
Choosing a style
Buying online: Worth the risk?
Choosing a Human Hair Wig
Choosing a Synthetic Wig
Understanding How a Custom-Fit Wig Is Made
Measuring for a wig
Tools of the trade
Picking Up Your New Hair
Trying it on for size
Attaching your hair easily
Adjusting to wig wearing
Going Public with Your Hair
Caring For Your Wig
Maintaining human hair wigs
Maintaining synthetic wigs
Wearing a Wig for Temporary Hair Loss
Styling Some Basic Hair “Thickening” Tricks
Fooling Around with Fibers
Watching hair grow before your very eyes
Facing the elements
Making fiber cover ups part of your routine
Taking the time to apply the product
Spray-on Hair
Feeling like the real thing
Applying Foundation
Coloring your head
Accepting the limitations
Taking the time to paint
Comparing Cover-ups
Trying Thickeners
Using Concealers after a Hair Transplant
Managing Expectations
Inhibiting DHT with Finasteride (Propecia)
How finasteride works
Testing the efficacy of finasteride
Does finasteride work for women?
What are finasteride’s side effects?
Checking finasteride’s effects on the prostate
Proper dosing of finasteride
Combining finasteride and minoxidil
Dutasteride — Another Inhibitor of DHT
How dutasteride works
Assessing the efficacy of dutasteride
What are dutasteride’s side effects?
Stimulating Hair Growth with Minoxidil
How minoxidil works
Does minoxidil work for women?
What are minoxodil’s side effects?
Comparing minoxidil to finasteride
Applying minoxidil
Medications for Women Only
Spironolactone
Cyproterone acetate
Eating Your Way to Healthy Hair
Pumping up calories and proteins
Fitting in the good fats
Getting your daily vitamins
Vitamin A
B-complex vitamins
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Minding your mineral intake
Oiling it up
Helping hair with herbs
Saw palmetto
Traditional Chinese medicine
Ayurvedic remedies
Additional herbal remedies
Potions, Mixtures, and Other Dubious Products
Discovering Lasers
How laser therapy works
Low-level laser therapy
Who benefits from LLLT?
Looking at the clinical data
Finding a Physician
Doing It Yourself: Hand-held Home-use Lasers
Understanding the Potential Risks of LLLT
Taking the Long Road to Modern Hair Transplantation
Looking at early attempts for a cure
Punching out plugs
Flapping it over
Moving to the scalp reduction technique
Finding ways to produce more natural results
The Newest Transplanting Techniques
Avoiding the “hair transplant” look
Small versus large hair grafts
Minis, micros, and more
Hybrid grafting techniques
Follicular unit transplantation
Harvesting Your Hair
Single strip harvesting
Follicular unit extraction
The Hype About Hair Cloning
“Inducing” new hair growth
Multiplying hairs
Are You a Candidate for Hair Transplant Surgery?
Those who don’t qualify for a hair transplant
Psychological Considerations for Hair Transplantation
Having Enough Hair for a Transplant
Planning for Possible Future Hair Loss
Assessing the Costs
Choosing a Doctor
Finding a doctor
Meeting for the first consultation
Asking the right questions
Seeing results for yourself
Before the Surgery
During the Surgery
The Night and Morning after Surgery
Possible Complications of Hair Transplant Surgery
Anesthesia reactions
Wound healing
Pain
Numbness
Swelling
Infection
Preventing Hair Loss Acceleration: Shock Loss
Having Surgery to Repair Unsatisfactory Results
Grafts that are too large or look pluggy
Hairline problems
Unrealistic area of attempted coverage
Ridging
Scarring
Hair wastage
Homeward Bound with a New Head of Hair
Recovering after anesthesia
Keeping your head crust-free
Hiding your head
Limiting your amount of exercise
Handling Complications
Post operative brow and facial swelling
Failure of transplanted hair to grow
Hair loss
Hair loss acceleration: Shock loss
Sun damage
Doing It Again
Hair Loss Comes from Your Mother’s Side
Wearing Hats Causes Hair Loss
If You Don’t See Hair in the Drain, You Aren’t Balding
Hair Loss Is Caused by Decreased Blood Flow
Magnets Increase Hair Growth
Brushing Your Hair Is Better Than Combing It
Hair Loss Is Caused by Clogged Pores
Frequent Shampooing Causes Hair to Fall Out
Hair Loss Stops When You Get Older
The Pros of Hair Replacement Systems
The immediate change
Quick solutions to mask medical problems
Initially lower cost
The Cons of Hair Replacement Systems
Living with the fear of discovery
Chasing the fly-away wig
Disguising the odor
Maintaining a no-touch zone
Adjusting to gray
Continuing regular haircuts
Eating into your expense account
Bald Isn’t Making You Feel Beautiful
You’d Like a More Symmetrical Face
You Don’t Want People Talking to Your Forehead
You Don’t Want the Lifetime Cost of a Hair System
A Bald Head Runs Hot and Cold
You’re Tired of Toupees, Creams, and Other Disguises
You Want to Improve Your First Impression
You’re Ready to Go Au Naturel
You’re Ready to Ditch the Infamous Comb-over
You Don’t Like Using Sun Screen on Your Head
It Doesn’t Approve Shampoos and Conditioners
It Doesn’t Approve Most Permanent Hair Dyes
FDA Gets Help from the Courts to Protect Consumers
It Doesn’t Require Much from Class I Medical Devices
It Requires Clearance for Class II Medical Devices
Dr. Rassman’s Web Sites and Blogs
Other Web Sites Devoted to Hair Loss
General Medical Web Sites
Sites that Contain Specific Drug Info
Sites with Specific Product Info
Professional Web Sites and Journals
Professional Organizations
What the Survey Asked
Who Was Surveyed
What the Survey Showed
Comparing older and younger patients
Comparing different balding patterns
Analyzing the Results
Index

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