Restoration For Hair Loss 

The primary reason for a medical examination is to determine the reason for hair loss although the examination may result in a diagnosis of an underlying disease that was never suspected.

Hair loss can often be a symptom of an autoimmune disease that enhance the over production of male androgenic hormones.

Although an underlying disease does not prevent hair restoration necessarily, it may be necessary to find a treatment for the underlying illness before one can begin the hair restoration process.  

The rationale for hair restoration is mainly esthetic. This is due to how women feel about the way they look and how they want others to perceive her.

This part of the consultation with the hair restoration specialist is just as important as determining the hair loss.

It is important that the patient has esthetic goals that she aims for hair restoration to achieve.

The restoration specialist is trained to assist the patient refine their goals of what hair restoration can accomplish.

There are many questions for discussion in the esthetic consultation, such as:

• What hair styles the patient has so far been using to minimize their thinning hair appearance.
   
• What styles is the patient hoping to use following the hair restoration?
   
• Is the patient prepared to change their hair style to obtain the most from the hair restoration?
   
• Is the patient hoping for a ‘luxurious’ head of hair which may require hair weaving or extensions. It is important to establish whether the patient wants to swim or exercise vigorously with their hair.
     
• What is the patient hoping to accomplish from the hair transplantation?
   
• Should the transplantation not be an option due to scarring of the scalp or an underlying illness, what other options for hair restoration are there?  

By examining the results or the medical and esthetic consultation, the physician is able to identify the appropriate restoration treatment for the patient’s requirements.  

Treatments for hair restoration are primarily surgical, along with other treatments such as hair weaving or extending.

Surgical treatment for female pattern baldness can be combined with minoxidil or finasteride which are both approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for treating androgenic alopecia non-surgically.

The best treatment for the patient will be determined by the physician.

Hair loss can occur in women just as much men and there is an increase in the amount of women who seek medical and surgical treatments for their lack of hair. 

Women are more likely to recognize their hair loss and attempt to rectify it now today as previously, they tended to ignore it.   

Hair transplantation is chosen by many women who suffer with hair loss as a hereditary condition such as female pattern baldness.

Treatment for hair loss should not be undertaken until its initial cause is established with certainty.

Although female pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss in women, there are also other causes of hair loss that should be ruled out before the commencement of hair restoration.