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Hair loss usually develops gradually and may be patchy or all over (diffuse). You lose roughly 100 hairs from your head every day. The average scalp contains about 1,00,000 hairs.

Each individual hair survives for an average of 4 1/2 years, during which time it grows about 1/2 inch a month. Usually in its 5 th year, the hair falls out and is replaced within 6 months by a new one. Genetic baldness is caused by the body's failure to produce new hairs and not by excessive hair loss.

Both men and women tend to lose hair thickness and amount as they age. Baldness is not usually caused by a disease. It is related to aging, heredity, and testosterone. Inherited or "pattern baldness" affects many more men than women. About 25% of men begin to bald by the time they are 30 years old, and about two-thirds are either bald or have a balding pattern by age 60.

• Typical male pattern baldness involves a receding hairline and thinning around the crown with eventual bald spots. Ultimately, you may have only a horseshoe ring of hair around the sides. In addition to genes, male-pattern baldness seems to need the male hormone, testosterone. Men who do not produce testosterone (because of genetic abnormalities or castration) do not develop this pattern of baldness.
  
• Some women also develop a particular pattern of hair loss due to genetics, age, and male hormones (which tend to increase in women after menopause). The pattern is different from that of men. Female pattern baldness involves a thinning throughout the scalp. The front hairline generally remains intact.

A sudden physical or emotional stress may cause one-half to three-quarters of the hair throughout your scalp to shed (called Telogen effluvium).

Cause of this type of hair loss (telogen effluvium) are:

• High fever or severe infection
• Childbirth
• Major surgery, major illness, sudden blood loss
• Severe emotional stress
• Crash diets, especially those that do not contain enough protein
• A number of medications, including retinoids, birth control pills, beta-blockers, certain antidepressants, NSAIDs (including ibuprofen) and calcium channel blockers
  Some women ages 30 - 60 may notice a thinning of the hair that affects the entire scalp. The hair loss may be heavier at first, and then gradually slow or stop. There is no known cause for this type of hair loss.

Other possible causes of hair loss, especially if it is in an unusual pattern, include:

• Alopecia areata -- bald patches that develop on the scalp, beard, and, possibly, eyebrows. Eyelashes may fall out as well.
• Autoimmune conditions such as lupus
• Burns
• Certain infectious diseases such as syphilis
• Excessive shampooing and blow-drying
• Thyroid diseases.
• Nervous habits such as continual hair pulling or scalp rubbing
• Radiation therapy
• Tinea capitis (ringworm of the scalp)
• Tumor of the ovary or adrenal glands

• Diet - High protien and carbohydrate, nuts, fruits and low fat, oily and greasy foods and moderate exercis
• Herbal Treatment - Saw palmetto extract has been suggested as a potential treatment for male pattern baldness. It has been shown to inhibit both isoforms of 5-alpha-reductase
• Hair transplantationHair transplantation involves relocating (transplanting) bald resistant hair follicles from the back and sides of the head (the donor areas) to a person’s bald or thinning areas. The transplanted hair follicles will typically grow hair for a lifetime because they are genetically resistant to going bald. In recent years hair transplantation techniques have evolved from using large plugs and mini grafts to exclusively using large numbers of small grafts that contain from between 1 to 4 hairs. The grafting may cause localized loss of existing hair, the graft then typically grows in within a year.
• Scalp massage - A randomized clinical trial of patients with bald patches on their scalp or skin showed a daily scalp massage with essential oils to be a safe and effective treatment for hair loss resulting from alopecia areata, a condition affecting 0.1%–0.2% of humans (mostly women).
• Low-level laser therapy - Some devices claim to use low-level laser therapy to stimulate hair growth through "photo-biostimulation" of the hair follicles.
• Drugs -
  - Minoxidil 2% to 10% for local application
  - Finesteride 1 mg to 10 mg orally
  - Appropriate antibiotic or antifungal therapy locally or systemically.

Numerous clinical trials are going on all over the world, including India using stem cells from various sources.

We, at ReeCure offer you therapy using stem cells using our proprietary technology.

These stem cells could be of various types viz. Hematopetic (CD 34+), Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that are processed and isolated using Good Manufacturing (GMP) and Good Lab Practices (GLP) and in accordance with AABB standards.

These stem cells are procured from various sources including bone marrow, cord blood; fat etc. as per the requirement of the patient.

The treatment of stem cells in hair loss includes

• Numerous studies have shown that stem cells including those present in the bulge of a hair follicle can aid in hair growth. These cells can grow new follicles and produce new hair when transplanted in the skin of the scalp.
• Also scaffolding with the requisite growth factors enriched with stem cells within in can be injected onto the scalp. It could help make the hair follicles develop and orient in the right direction and thus promote hair growth.
• Simply signal follicle stem cells to give off chemical signals to nearby follicle cells which have shrunk during the aging process, which in turn respond to these signals by regenerating and once again making healthy hair.
• The injected stem cells also help improve the texture and quality of hair.
• Prevents recurrence of hair loss after therapy.