Mens hair loss is physical hair loss related to the hair cycle. When the body is disturbed in some way, it can disturb the hair cycle. The hair cycle has a growing, resting and falling phase. With a significant disturbance, the growing hairs are pushed prematurely into the falling telogen phase, this is termed telogen effluvium.
Common causes of telogen effluvium:
- Low iron and ferritin
- Low B12 and vitamin D
- Illness, fever
- Surgery, medication
- Combined with stress, shift work, poor sleep and poor diet
Telogen effluvium results in double the normal daily hair loss and can be over 300 hairs a day. This is a diffuse type of hair loss that is diffusely all over the scalp, not in pattern or patches.
Male pattern baldness
Male pattern baldness is pattern of gradual hair miniaturisation that can lead to baldness over time. A more suitable name for this in male pattern hair thinning because the hair will gradually get thinner in the pattern areas, recessions, front, top and crown. This can lead to baldness over time but should not happen over a few months unless there is another contributing factor.
Male pattern baldness or male pattern hair thinning are not physical hair loss. This is the first important fact to understand. When experiencing diffuse hair loss from telogen effluvium it can expose underlining male pattern hair thinning that you did not know was there.
Male hair thinning
In this example, before and after images, we also had diffuse hair thinning. The genetic hair in the terminal area was not growing normally. 70% of the hair structure had been lost at a cellular level from illness, medication, and now very low ferritin for a male 32 out of 300. Normal ferritin range for men should be safely over 100.
Hair thinning in men
Most men would never consider their overall hair has thinned. Correct diagnosis looking at your genetic hair type is so important to get to the true underlying cause. For these images, on first look you would assume with natural high recessions, it is male pattern hair thinning. But there was current physical hair loss too and a broken hair cycle brining on early onset male pattern hair thinning.
Hair loss treatment for men
The best hair loss treatment for men will look at all the contributing factors, not just the obvious recession thinning. To stop the hair loss, here we had to raise the ferritin. Hair loss today was caused 3 months ago so it will take three months for the hair loss to stop. Hair loss treatment for hair growth takes four months to see the new hair growth. Left alone, hair growth can take 12 months to recover following hair loss.
Hair regrowth for men
Here we used only a basic topical hair regrowth for men approach, because we found the real underlying cause. Reassurance is always provided for understanding and that we can get things back on quicker. Hair growth for men used here was scalp brush therapy, scalp cleanser and Activance clinician, all available in our online store.
Hair growth for men
After 4 month we can see a significant improvement in hair growth and at microscopic level, the hair cycle and cell function are improving. Here I would also check current bloods to make sure the ferritin was raising to safe levels.
Receding hairline men
Is not always what it seems. Don’t run to the typical online or medical solutions if you don’t know all the causes or circumstances. Many times, I find clients have used minoxidil and finasteride thinking it is male pattern hair thinning where it is not the primary problem. These types of products can cause more hair loss under these circumstances, adding to the problem.
Hair growth products for men – Absolique Trichologist
Absolique Trichologist is honest and will only recommend hair growth products for men that are right for you. Here we had to stabilise the hair cycle first, now we can go after more hair growth in the recessions with targeted hair growth treatment.
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