Know More about Hair
Hair is basically a form of skin. It is made up of protein called keratin and grows everywhere on the body with the exception of the lips and eyelids and the palms of hands and soles of the feet. Each shaft of hair is made of two or three inter-twined layers of keratin which grow from a follicle beneath the skin. Hair grows more quickly in summer and more slowly at night.
The Structure of Hair:
Every Hair Grows within a hair follicle which is a tiny tube of cells close to the surface of the skin. Each hair has a root and a shaft within this follicle.
If you pluck a hair and hold it up to the light, the root will appear as a bulbous white swelling at the deep end. The root lies between 2 and 4 millimeter (about a tenth of an inch) under the skin surface. Its purpose is to produce the actual hair, which is known technically as the hair shaft. The hair shaft contains no living tissue. It consists of protein material twisted into a very rope-like arrangement. It is this part of structure that we think of in everyday terms as hair. Each hair has:
A sebaceous gland, which provides fats and greases to the hair.
An erector muscle which is responsible for lifting the hair off the surface of the skin at times of stress or to conserve warmth.
The hair root does not grow continuously, but rather in a cycle of stops and starts.
There is an initial period of growth (Anagen Phase), that lasts about 3 years. As the period of growth ends, the deepest part of the hair follicle wastes away. The hair roots then enters a resting (Catagen Phase), period of about 90 days, during which no further hair is produced by the resting root.
At the end of this phase, the hair falls out (Telogen Phase), and a new hair is produced.
Human hairs are randomly distributed all over the scalp in terms of their growth pattern, so that at one time, some hairs will be actively growing while others are resting. Only those hairs ending their resting phase are lost each day.
There is tremendous variation in the number of hairs that people shed each day, depending on the number of scalp hairs and the length of the growth cycle. As people age, their rate of new hair growth slows down, resulting in a gradual thinning.
Facts about Hair and Hair Loss
Hair is basically a form of skin. It is made up of protein called keratin and grows everywhere on the body with the exception of the lips and eyelids and the palms of hands and soles of the feet. Each shaft of hair is made of two or three inter-twined layers of keratin which grow from a follicle beneath the skin. Hair grows more quickly in summer and more slowly at night.
The Structure of Hair:
Every Hair Grows within a hair follicle which is a tiny tube of cells close to the surface of the skin. Each hair has a root and a shaft within this follicle.
If you pluck a hair and hold it up to the light, the root will appear as a bulbous white swelling at the deep end. The root lies between 2 and 4 millimeter (about a tenth of an inch) under the skin surface. Its purpose is to produce the actual hair, which is known technically as the hair shaft. The hair shaft contains no living tissue. It consists of protein material twisted into a very rope-like arrangement. It is this part of structure that we think of in everyday terms as hair. Each hair has:
A sebaceous gland, which provides fats and greases to the hair.
An erector muscle which is responsible for lifting the hair off the surface of the skin at times of stress or to conserve warmth.
The hair root does not grow continuously, but rather in a cycle of stops and starts.
There is an initial period of growth (Anagen Phase), that lasts about 3 years. As the period of growth ends, the deepest part of the hair follicle wastes away. The hair roots then enters a resting (Catagen Phase), period of about 90 days, during which no further hair is produced by the resting root.
At the end of this phase, the hair falls out (Telogen Phase), and a new hair is produced.
Human hairs are randomly distributed all over the scalp in terms of their growth pattern, so that at one time, some hairs will be actively growing while others are resting. Only those hairs ending their resting phase are lost each day.
There is tremendous variation in the number of hairs that people shed each day, depending on the number of scalp hairs and the length of the growth cycle. As people age, their rate of new hair growth slows down, resulting in a gradual thinning.
Facts about Hair and Hair Loss
- The average human scalp has about 100,000 hairs.
- Nearly two out of every three men develop some form of balding, while a higher percentage of men and women have some form of hair loss during their lives.
- About 90% of a person's scalp hair is in a continual growth phase that lasts two to six years.
- About 90% of a person's scalp hair is in a continual growth phase that lasts two to six years.
- Between 70 and 150 hairs are regularly lost from the scalp each day.
- People with blond hair typically have more hair (average 140,000 hairs) than the average brunette (105,000 hairs) or redhead (90,000).
- About 40% of the density of scalp hair has to be lost before thinning of the hair becomes noticeable.
- Shaving hair does not stimulate hair growth.
- Hair plucking does not stop hair growth.
- Hair grows faster in warm weather than in cold.
- Hair grows at an average rate of 1 centimeter (around half an inch) per month.
Hairloss
Hair loss is a dreaded term for both men and women. Men think loosing hair means end of their youth & charm while women associate hair with their beauty and gracefulness. Almost everyone classify hair loss as temporary or permanent. The causes obviously vary in both the cases. Also when there is a permanent hair loss most of the men and women tend to think it’s irreversible and suffer from inferiority complex which becomes a reason for added stress, anxiety and leading to more hair loss.
Hair may be lost in two ways:
Male Pattern Baldness (Androgenic Alopecia) A typical patterned hair loss which may start as early as puberty for men. This is due to conversion of testosterone to DHT leading to hair loss. Hair loss typically starts from receding hairline at the temples and balding at the top of the head leading to partial or complete baldness.
Female Pattern Baldness (Androgenic Alopecia) The hair thins all over the scalp maintaining the front hair line. Complete baldness rarely happens in women. Conditions vary from mild to moderate.
Cicatricial Alopecia (Scarring Alopecia) in this rare condition hair follicle gets damaged leading to patchy hair loss causing slight itching or pain
Hair loss is a dreaded term for both men and women. Men think loosing hair means end of their youth & charm while women associate hair with their beauty and gracefulness. Almost everyone classify hair loss as temporary or permanent. The causes obviously vary in both the cases. Also when there is a permanent hair loss most of the men and women tend to think it’s irreversible and suffer from inferiority complex which becomes a reason for added stress, anxiety and leading to more hair loss.
Hair may be lost in two ways:
Permanent Hair Loss
Male Pattern Baldness (Androgenic Alopecia) A typical patterned hair loss which may start as early as puberty for men. This is due to conversion of testosterone to DHT leading to hair loss. Hair loss typically starts from receding hairline at the temples and balding at the top of the head leading to partial or complete baldness.Female Pattern Baldness (Androgenic Alopecia) The hair thins all over the scalp maintaining the front hair line. Complete baldness rarely happens in women. Conditions vary from mild to moderate.
Cicatricial Alopecia (Scarring Alopecia) in this rare condition hair follicle gets damaged leading to patchy hair loss causing slight itching or pain
- Causes of Hair Loss :
Hair loss or hair fall can trigger due to varied reasons. - Hereditary – Resulting in to Androgenetic Alopecia
- Stress
- Poor Nutrition – Lack of certain required nutrients from the diet or inadequate protein in diet or results of crash dieting like following Atkins diet or South Beach diet
- Medication - Chemotherapy, using of contraceptive pills, steroid based drugs
- Disease – Diabetes and Lupus
- Hormonal Imbalance – Menopause, pregnancy, thyroid disease
- Hair Styling Treatments – Perming, straightening, use of tight hair rollers etc.
- Post Child Birth
- Iron deficiency
- Psychological Disorder – Post trauma,
- Scalp Infection
- Localized Injury like burn cuts etc.
Temporary Hair Loss
Alopecia Areata - A human specific condition where from entire or from some body parts hair loss happens. In the first stage hair loss happens in spots called Spot Baldness. In certain cases hair is lost from the entire scalp called Alopecia Totalis and in rare cases hair is lost from the entire body including eyelashes, eye brows called Alopecia Universalis.
Tellogen Effluvium – Associated with sudden excessive hair loss while combing or washing or tugging the hair. In this case the hair fall does not cause baldness but an overall thinning on the scalp.
Traction Alopecia – This type of hair loss is associated with receding hair line and bald patches due to wearing of same kind of hair styles viz. Ponytails, braids, cornrows etc for long period of time or mismanagement of hair like using tight hair rollers, dryers, perming, straightening.
Trichotilomania - The common term is Hair Pulling. It is a psychological disorder where an individual pulls or bends the hair causing lacking of hair in a particular area causing baldness. It is a repetitive urge to pull hair from nose, scalp, eye lashes etc. resulting in noticeable patch development. Cause is mostly psychological initiated from anxiety, depression, mental disorder, post trauma etc
At Dr.Pauls we do not classify hair loss as permanent or temporary. We treat each case with the cause and the treatment that we can offer. In all the state of the art Dr.Paul’s Multispeciality Clinic we provide 360 degree solution – A One Stop Solution for your Hair Loss.
Traction Alopecia – This type of hair loss is associated with receding hair line and bald patches due to wearing of same kind of hair styles viz. Ponytails, braids, cornrows etc for long period of time or mismanagement of hair like using tight hair rollers, dryers, perming, straightening.
Trichotilomania - The common term is Hair Pulling. It is a psychological disorder where an individual pulls or bends the hair causing lacking of hair in a particular area causing baldness. It is a repetitive urge to pull hair from nose, scalp, eye lashes etc. resulting in noticeable patch development. Cause is mostly psychological initiated from anxiety, depression, mental disorder, post trauma etc
At Dr.Pauls we do not classify hair loss as permanent or temporary. We treat each case with the cause and the treatment that we can offer. In all the state of the art Dr.Paul’s Multispeciality Clinic we provide 360 degree solution – A One Stop Solution for your Hair Loss.
- Causes of Hair Loss :
Hair loss or hair fall can trigger due to varied reasons. - Hereditary – Resulting in to Androgenetic Alopecia
- Stress
- Poor Nutrition – Lack of certain required nutrients from the diet or inadequate protein in diet or results of crash dieting like following Atkins diet or South Beach diet
- Medication - Chemotherapy, using of contraceptive pills, steroid based drugs
- Disease – Diabetes and Lupus
- Hormonal Imbalance – Menopause, pregnancy, thyroid disease
- Hair Styling Treatments – Perming, straightening, use of tight hair rollers etc.
- Post Child Birth
- Iron deficiency
- Psychological Disorder – Post trauma,
- Scalp Infection
- Localized Injury like burn cuts etc.
Dandruff:
Dandruff medically know as “Pityriasis simplex” is the shedding of skin from the scalp. Dandruff is sometimes caused by frequent exposure to extreme heat and cold. As it is normal for skin cells to die and flake off, a small amount of flaking is normal and common. Some people however, either chronically or as a result of certain triggering factors, experience an unusually large amount of flaking, which is also accompanied by redness and irritation.
Excessive flaking can be a symptom of Seborrhoeic dermatitis, psoriasis, fungal infection or excoriation associated with infestation of head lice.
Seborrhoeic Dermatitis: Symptoms include reddened, irritated skin, itching, and increased flaking of large size. Scalp is oily with a yellowish tinge of flaking. Appearances of flakes on scalp, eyebrows, crease of nose, behind the ears, lips and along skin folds etc.
Scalp Psoriasis: is a condition out of altered immune system causing excessive production of skin cells leads to inflammation and the buildup of large, silvery plaques on the skin's surface, especially on the scalp, elbows, waist and knees.
After analyzing the reason for dandruff and its type an unique scientific methodology is used for controlling the dandruff which is known as DCT at Dr.Paul's
Excessive flaking can be a symptom of Seborrhoeic dermatitis, psoriasis, fungal infection or excoriation associated with infestation of head lice.
Seborrhoeic Dermatitis: Symptoms include reddened, irritated skin, itching, and increased flaking of large size. Scalp is oily with a yellowish tinge of flaking. Appearances of flakes on scalp, eyebrows, crease of nose, behind the ears, lips and along skin folds etc.
Scalp Psoriasis: is a condition out of altered immune system causing excessive production of skin cells leads to inflammation and the buildup of large, silvery plaques on the skin's surface, especially on the scalp, elbows, waist and knees.
After analyzing the reason for dandruff and its type an unique scientific methodology is used for controlling the dandruff which is known as DCT at Dr.Paul's
Solutions at Dr.Paul's:
Hair loss is a common problem to almost all men and women. It varies in degree of severity in each case. Accordingly DPMSC has introduced a 360 degree approach where one can find all the possible solution for hair loss. It is a one stop solution provider in eastern India where the latest modern technology is brought to your doorstep. Following is just a snapshot of our solutions, for better understandings please visit any of our clinics. We do not leave any stone unturned for our patients in terms of solution and providing treatment.
Hair loss is a common problem to almost all men and women. It varies in degree of severity in each case. Accordingly DPMSC has introduced a 360 degree approach where one can find all the possible solution for hair loss. It is a one stop solution provider in eastern India where the latest modern technology is brought to your doorstep. Following is just a snapshot of our solutions, for better understandings please visit any of our clinics. We do not leave any stone unturned for our patients in terms of solution and providing treatment.
Hair Camouflage & Replacement:
DPMSC has launched an ultimate innovation of Hair Camouflage and Hair Replacement in our clinics. It brings a complete solution under one roof to everyone suffering from simple hair loss to severe baldness. The modern technique of Hair replacement and hair camouflage was exclusively available previously to only first world countries, celebrities and people from elite society who could afford very high expenses to look good.
Now we can proudly say that with the launch of this advance solution to hair loss in our Meso clinics, DPMSC has become a 360 degree Hair Solution Station.
Dr. Paul’s Multispeciality Clinic has managed to bring it to our common man’s reach through extensive research and endeavor. The word ‘Impossible’ has been erased from our dictionary. Now irrespective of the scalp condition and the gradation of the baldness, we have come up with the ‘Possible’ solution, for all, to fit all pockets.
Soft, silky, cascading hair is the best expression of your natural beauty and health. Renew your life once again without social stigma. Live life to the fullest and look beautifully young naturally!
DPMSC has launched an ultimate innovation of Hair Camouflage and Hair Replacement in our clinics. It brings a complete solution under one roof to everyone suffering from simple hair loss to severe baldness. The modern technique of Hair replacement and hair camouflage was exclusively available previously to only first world countries, celebrities and people from elite society who could afford very high expenses to look good.
Now we can proudly say that with the launch of this advance solution to hair loss in our Meso clinics, DPMSC has become a 360 degree Hair Solution Station.
Dr. Paul’s Multispeciality Clinic has managed to bring it to our common man’s reach through extensive research and endeavor. The word ‘Impossible’ has been erased from our dictionary. Now irrespective of the scalp condition and the gradation of the baldness, we have come up with the ‘Possible’ solution, for all, to fit all pockets.
Soft, silky, cascading hair is the best expression of your natural beauty and health. Renew your life once again without social stigma. Live life to the fullest and look beautifully young naturally!
Next Gen Hair Styling :
It is a new segment where we are introducing the globally especially Hollywood popular hair extension techniques to increase the length and volume of the hair. The hair styling technique will also help you to wear any hairstyle like straightened or permed or streak colored or beaded etc naturally without hurting your original hairs. So wear a new hairstyle everyday based on your mood and experience a change in yourself. Party everyday!
It is a new segment where we are introducing the globally especially Hollywood popular hair extension techniques to increase the length and volume of the hair. The hair styling technique will also help you to wear any hairstyle like straightened or permed or streak colored or beaded etc naturally without hurting your original hairs. So wear a new hairstyle everyday based on your mood and experience a change in yourself. Party everyday!
Hair Plan :
Hair Plan will give you an understanding of the procedure that is followed for every patient who comes with a hair problem.
Hair Plan will give you an understanding of the procedure that is followed for every patient who comes with a hair problem.
- Hair Analysis – It is a detailed method where the scalp and also the hair condition are analyzed for each individual to understand the present condition. A complete scientific method followed by the generation of automated report.
- Meso Doctor – After the report generation the doctor takes detail case history to know the underlying cause of hair loss and accordingly treatment recommendation are made.
- DPMSC Treatment – Our in clinic treatment starts as per the doctor’s recommendation. It may vary person to person but our treatment is comprised of sessions with therapies.
- DPMSC at home – Our maintenance treatment is extended at your home too. Doctors will suggest continuing certain regime which will accelerate the process of treatment in getting result.
Result :
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