10 Things Most People Don't Know About Hair Loss

Say the names Rogaine, Propecia and Minoxydil, and pretty much everyone will know you're talking about a hair loss treatment. But here are 10 things most people don't know.

THE FACTS:

1. Hair loss can be prevented. "Nobody should have to lose their hair - your hair should last you the rest of your life."



2. Products such as Rogaine, Propecia and Minoxydil are only successful in about 35% of hair loss cases, and they can cause potentially harmful side effects.



3. Heredity is only one possible cause for hair loss. A hormonal or thyroid imbalance, poor nutrition and excessive sweating can also cause hair loss.



4. The key to restoring hair growth is determining the cause and prescribing the proper treatment. That's Miyohara International Trichology Clinic's "Microscopic Solution."



5. The only way to properly identify the cause is through microscopic analysis: "A strand of hair tells a story." says Trichologist and Miyohara International Trichology Clinic Founder Erkkie Harris-Wells. "It gives me the history of what's been happening in a person's body or chemistry, and that can affect hair growth."



6. Dermatologists are medically trained to treat genetic hair loss, which accounts for just a fraction of all hair loss cases. Trichologists, however, are experts in diseases of the hair and have a thorough understanding of the causes and treatments for all types of hair loss.



7. Miyohara International Trichology Clinic in Costa Mesa is one of only a handful of trichology clinics in the United States, with a staff of professionals led by Harris-Wells, who spent years studying the science of trichology in London and Paris.



8. Miyohara clients experience 90% success in hair re-growth, without the use of drugs.



9. Results can be seen in 4 to 10 weeks.



10. The Miyohara clinic takes a holistic, inside-out approach to treatment, teaming up with a physician to treat metabolic disorders when appropriate.

Penguin Cold Cap Therapy: Stopping Chemotherapy induced Alopecia

Medical Specialities of California are specialists for reducing chemotherapy hair loss and supply caps for Cancer patients, hospitals and clinics worldwide. Hair loss has been established as the most traumatic side effect of chemotherapy treatment.

Some people even refrain from chemotherapy treatment to avoid losing their hair. The degree of hair loss is both drug and dose dependant.

Studies have shown that cooling the scalp has been found to reduce hair loss following chemotherapy. In 1990 Medical Specialities of California took up the idea of reducing chemotherapy hair loss through cooling the scalp with caps for Cancer treatments and designed the now world famous Penguin Cold Cap. By wearing the Penguin Cold Cap more than 80% of users can save their hair, a very visible sign of cancer, and retain their dignity and self confidence. The cooling caps for Cancer Patients are a great help in fighting the cancer and are available worldwide.

For more information, visit: Medical Specialities of California

What is Trichology?

Trichology (noun): The science of dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary

London is the home to the first school of trichology, which is the study of hair loss and scalp disorders. Apprentices in trichology study the theory of hair and skin, and the chemistry, biology, anatomy and product formulation for the hair and scalp.

In France and Italy, trichologists are the most advanced in the world in microscopic analysis. Apprentices are taught all of the above theory and education, but it is the hours of training and experience using microscopic analysis that is paramount in identifying the many forms of hair loss. The ability to successfully treat hair loss is dependent upon a trichologist's skill in microscopic diagnosis.

However, not all trichologists are trained in microscopic analysis. This cutting-edge technique is the most accurate way to diagnose the cause of hair loss and the means to prescribe the appropriate treatment. Microscopic analysis takes the guesswork out of treatment and gets to the root of the problem by treating the actual causes.

Miyohara International Trichology Clinic (MITC) was the first clinic in America to bring the hair laser machine to the forefront of treatment, in 1994. Erkkie Harris-Wells is an expert in utilizing this dynamic piece of equipment and has extensive training in the correct and diligent ways to bring about optimum results in hair re-growth.

Under Mrs. Wells' leadership, this is what the expert team at Miyohara International Trichology Clinic does, making the clinic unique and a leader in its field.