If you’re heading to the beach, you can’t forget to apply sunscreen on every exposed part of your body. But does that include your head? Your hair offers some protection for your scalp, and there are even sunscreen products like shampoos. Unfortunately, that means...
You’ve probably heard that you inherit your hairline from your dad. Or is it your mother’s dad? Do your genes determine whether or not you’ll go bald? While genetics do affect how much hair you’ll lose, there are also other factors that contribute to it such as...
You might have heard that hair transplants are a temporary solution, and that the transplanted hair will fall out. That’s definitely not true, but there’s also more to it than just being permanent or temporary. A hair transplant moves healthy hair to the parts of your...
As if contracting COVID-19 wasn’t bad enough, it turns out that pandemic is making hair loss more common too. It’s not just hair loss as a side effect of the virus; hair loss has become a problem even for those who are healthy. COVID-Related Hair Loss One symptom of...
Natural hair in humans comes in two varieties based on sex hormones. Male hair patterns have more body hair, while each sex has different patterns of head hair and balding. The onset of puberty is when most people get enough of these hormones to see differences in...
Some hair loss (50-100 per day) is normal and healthy. Healthy hair has a cycle of growth, resting, falling out, and being replaced by a new hair shaft. Even after the hair shaft has fallen, the hair follicle remains under the skin ready to make new hair. Alopecia is...
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