(MENAFN – Awareness Marketing Management) 67% of men and women in UAE suffer from hair loss. Are you among them?
67% of men and women in UAE suffer from hair loss. Are you among them?
If your hair is signing off from your scalp on a daily basis, don”t worry. New generation of hair treatments are here to help
DUBAI. It”s a densely populated world, your scalp. There are approximately 1000,000 hair follicles resident on it, with a finite lifespan. And that”s the problem, their finite existence. When you see your hairbrush teeming with deceased hair strands, you are obviously saddened at the loss of these loved ones. However, you are not alone in this loss. According to a YouGov study in the UAE on hair loss, 67 per cent of men and women suffer hair loss, says Dr Fiona Cowie, Specialist in Aesthetic Medicine, Dermalese, Al Wasl. But thanks to the science of hair regrowth, all is not lost.
Over the last decade, there have been many developments in the science of hair regrowth and hair restoration, and we have come a long way from the days of using hair-regrowth products like Rogaine and Propecia, says Dr Cowie. ”There also came stem cell rejuvenation therapy (PRP) which involved separating plasma from the person”s blood, activating the hair stem cells and injecting them into the person”s scalp to stimulate resting hair follicles,” she says.
There is also AQ stem cell therapy, which uses manufactured hair restoration stem cells instead of using blood plasma.
And now, we have entered the age of ”hair farms”. Yes, you read that right. It”s the latest development in cell therapy to generate new hair, says Dr Cowie. ”In the US, scientists are trying to create ”hair farms” where they clone hair cells. A sample of a person”s blood or skin is used to extract hair stem cells, which are cultured to produce millions of their own hair follicles. These follicles are then implanted around the person”s dormant follicles on the scalp.”
The big advantage of this method, according to her, is that there is minimum risk of the body”s immune system rejecting the hair transplant, since it is from the same body. Human trials are to begin later this year but ”it looks promising, ”says Dr Cowie.
”New uses of stem cell technology and 3D printing, which holds hair follicles and dermal papillae in place as they differentiate into hair, have been showing promising results that could potentially make baldness obsolete,” she says.
Let”s understand how our hair grows… and falls off
The business of hair growth is more complicated than you think. ”Human scalps have approximately 1000,000 hair follicles with limited lifespan,” says Dr Cowie.
”To make a new hair strand, you need thousands of stem cells (dermal papillae) that live at the base of each hair follicle. As we age, these papillae disappear, and follicles become smaller and eventually dormant. Once a follicle is dormant, it can”t be restored.”
Every individual goes through a cycle of hair growth and loss throughout their lifetime. First is the hair growth phase called Anagen. Then follows the phase of transition called Catagen. Then comes Telogen, the resting phase, followed by Exogen, the falling phase. Obviously, each hair follows its own cycle. At any given time, 5-10 percent of our hairs are in the Telogen phase, which explains the post-shampoo hair fall and the hairbrush encounters with fallen hair.
So, when you see more and more hairs signing off from your scalp, it means that your anagen phase has become less effective, your telogen phase is more prolonged so when the hair sheds, it does so in larger numbers in exogen.
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