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Styling your hair is fun, but did you know there are a number of potentially damaging hair pieces out there? Traction alopecia is a form of localized hair loss caused by excessive or aggressive pulling at the roots. Patients who suffer from traction alopecia often wear tight hairstyles that put tension on the follicle, causing the hair to release from the follicle. The best...

For most men, going bald is frustrating; it may also be a health concern. In all our years in the hair regrowth treatment industry we’ve seen far too many clients suffer with medical conditions like heart disease, never realizing that one of the first signsis male hair loss. In fact, it is not just a symptom of heart disease, hair loss can be the...

Prescription medications are a reality of many peoples lives, whether struggling with a serious, chronic illness or remedying a short-term injury. Although a necessity for many, medications are loaded with chemicals, often inciting adverse side effects. T.V. commercials with a long list of disclosures sometimes breeze over the potential negative reactions one can have while undergoing prescription therapy. But, reactions to prescription medications can...

Despite the fact that pattern baldness, medically termed as androgenetic alopecia, is one of the most common conditions out there for hair loss, it’s still shrouded in much mystery, mythology, and plain-old misinformation. The fact is that, until recently, people knew very little about why we go bald and even less about how to regrow hair, leaving us guessing and speculating about why our...

Many of you have probably heard of three stages of hair growth: anagen, catagen, and telogen. But there are actually four stages, and the fourth stage is exogen. These stages are a cycle. The hair starts to grow, grows, rests, undergoes some follicle changes to prepare for shedding, and then falls out, and then the follicle starts the cycle anew. Every hair on your...

If you’re like most people, warmer weather calls for outdoor fun and activities, whether it's sports such as golf, boating, or swimming; backyard parties and barbeques, or lazy days at the beach. And like most of us, you probably put sunscreen on your face, arms, legs, chest, and back. But what about your head? If you have hair on your head, you may think...