One of the most attractive parts of our body is hair; anyone can look smarter by having a proper hairline, as it enhances the beauty of a person by giving him a dashing, smart, and handsome appearance.
All over the
world, everyone loves their hair; also peoples are more curious about their
hair. No one can even think of himself/ herself without hair on their scalp.
Apart from
looks, the hair also plays an important role by protecting our scalp from
harmful UV rays of the sun which causes skin cancer, as well as from different
environmental changes.
It is a term
used to describe unusual hair loss which can also be termed as alopecia.
Alopecia or hair loss may lead to complications such as psychological distress.
There are different types of baldness as a male pattern hair loss, female
pattern hair loss alopecia aerate. There are some treatments for baldness like
medications but, using medication will not recover the hair, it will slow down
the hair loss time.
But surgery
is the permanent cure which includes hair transplantation. The frequency of
baldness varies from male to female in the male it is 50% whereas in females it
is about 25% depending on according to age. In male-pattern hair loss, the hair
loss is due to hereditary reasons and male hormones. Alopecia can also occur
due to medications like chemotherapy or some serious medical issues like HIV,
AIDS, hypothyroidism and malnutrition. A person should consult a doctor if
he/she experience hair loss.
GENETIC
CAUSES OF BALDNESS:
The loss of
hair is hereditary in this case, among your father’s and mother’s family the
trait is mostly influenced by your mother’s family. You may get a clue by
looking at your maternal grandfather’s locks. The baldness pattern in male
starts from receding hair from the top of the scalp, then the hair falls off
from the sides of the scalp leaving a horse shore pattern on the scalp.
However, medications can slow down the hair loss time but regrowth of hair is
not possible with medications, for regrowth hair transplant surgery is
required.
HAIR
TRANSPLANT IN KOLKATA:
Kolkata is a
modern city regarding every aspect all over India. It is also considered one of
the modern in field of the medical profession with the best private hospitals
and the government medical Colleges, and all of them is heavily equipped with
new technologies and techniques with skilled doctors to provide the maximum
precision and higher success rates. Now talking about baldness or huge loss of
hair; the person who is suffering from it must consult a skilled doctor
immediately and prevent it from further falling. However, there are many
medical treatments with medicines especially when there is a thinning of hair
or to slow down the process of hair fall.
The only permanent way of growing hair in baldness is hair transplantation, and there are many clinics for hair transplant in Kolkata, among which one of the best hair transplant clinics in Kolkata is Cosmoaid Clinic, led by Cosmetic and Plastic surgeon Dr Anand K Nagwani.
The cost of hair transplant in Kolkata is starting from 25 rupees per 1 graft that means 25000
rupees per 1000 graft, which you can consider the best value.
The doctor always suggests going for a hair transplant surgery to grow hair naturally by FUT or FUE process depending on your grade of baldness, scalp condition etc.Though FUE is the latest technique, some surgeon prefer FUT for its longevity.
THE DIAGNOSIS:To diagnose the patient different
tests are done like-
•The pull test — in this test, gentle
traction is given to a group of hairs in three different parts of a scalp and counted
under the microscope. If more than 10 hairs are obtained at a time the test is
positive.
•Hair pluck test- it is done by plucking
out the hair by the roots and are examined under a microscope, to check the
growth phase and is also used to detect telogen defect.
•Scalp biopsy- done when there is a
negative pull test.
•Trichoscopy — the doctor uses a
dermoscopy for diagnosis of hair loss.