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Dr. Anastasia Therianou is a Certified Consultant Dermatologist and hair disorders expert, so a consultation at her clinic is the best option if you are experiencing hair disorders. We help many patients daily with a variety of medical skin conditions in our dermatology clinic in Harley Street.
You may have heard of some of these diagnoses:
Male pattern hair loss or baldness is a very common condition. In fact it is the most common hair disorder.
The proportion of men with moderate to extensive hair loss increases with age, ranging from 16% for men aged 18-29 to 53% of men aged 40-49.
Male pattern baldness occurs when there are two concurrent causes: male hormones and genetic predisposition (i.e. hereditary).
Male hormones are the main cause of baldness. The main hormone for the development of baldness is DHT, which is the most powerful male hormone for making hair thinner and shorter.
The condition primarily affects the top and front of the scalp, often causing a receding hairline or loss of hair on the crown (vertex) of the scalp.
Female pattern baldness is a common clinical condition in women. The hair issue is usually located on the top and front of the head.
It can be an inherited condition, but may be precipitated by hormonal factors and can often become more noticeable after the menopause.
Around 40% of women show signs of hair loss by the age of 50 and less than 45% reach the age of 80 with a full head of hair.
This is a common cause of non-scarring hair loss (i.e. hair loss that doesn’t cause scarring to the scalp) and it can occur at any age.
It usually causes small, coin-sized, round patches of baldness on the head, beard, or anywhere on the body. It is not possible to predict how much hair will be lost.
Regrowth of hair in typical alopecia areata is usually over a period of months or sometimes years. This happens because the roots of the hair are being attacked by inflammation.
The reason for this inflammation is not known but it is thought that the immune system may attack the growing hair and in this way it stops the growth cycle.
Often it is triggered by psychological stress but generally people who experience this type of hair loss are healthy and haven’t necessarily experienced a stressful event.
Folliculitis decalvans is an inflammation of the hair follicle that is characterized by redness, swelling, pustules , crusts, and scaliness of the scalp.
It could lead to baldness with scarring and is sometimes known as tufted folliculitis.
Loose Anlagen syndrome (LAS) is a hair disorder that mainly occurs in childhood and it causes the hair to become ‘loose’ so it can be painlessly pulled from the scalp.
Essentially, with this disorder hairs are not anchored into the scalp properly, with no known cause; as a result affected patients have a ‘bed head’ appearance and hair that doesn’t seem to grow.
Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp is a rare inflammatory scalp condition. Pus-filled spots and lumps develop with subsequent hair loss over the affected area.
Hair loss is permanent due to the inflammation which destroys the hair follicles and leaves scar tissue.
This is a relatively new condition that was firstly identified in 1994.
It affects women more than men and refers. to a receding of the hairline and sometimes loss of eyebrows. In some cases there is hair. loss in other parts of the body.
The exact cause is unknown. Some experts think that an-ingredient found in most sunscreens and cosmetics called titanium dioxide could be accusative factor.
Others think that it is genetically inherited. Also hormones could play a role, which is why it is more frequent in women in menopause.
Trichotillomania, also known as hair-pulling disorder, is when someone can’t resist the urge to pull out their hair.
They may pull out the hair on their head or in other places, such as eyebrows or eyelashes.
Tinea capitis is the name for a dermatophyte fungus scalp infection. Although common in children, tinea capitis is sometimes seen in adults.
When I consult patients with hair loss in my clinic I take a really detailed history. Then I examine the scalp carefully, using an instrument called a dermatoscope, to get a ready good, close up look, so I can ascertain exactly what’s going on.
Dermoscopy or Trichoscopy is non-invasive and preferred by patients, including children. It is possibly the best method to diagnose and follow up patients with hair disorders, as it shows both hair shafts of varying thickness and also the very thin regrowing hairs.
Another method I use is Trichometry. Also non-invasive, this involves a device that measures the total mass of a specific tuft of hair in a scalp area, measuring it with a reference template.
It is a very accurate way to track the progress of the disease and its response to therapy.
I also use a method called Trichogram, a non-invasive method of calculating the hair density per square cm. This is also an accurate way to assess the response to treatment.
I will usually take a photograph as a visual record, so I can determine the progress of any hair loss cure.
Usually I will be able to make a diagnosis there and then, but sometimes extra tests are needed to clarify the cause of the problem.
These might be blood tests or a very small ‘punch biopsy’ from the scalp – where a small, tube-shaped piece of skin and some of the tissue underneath are removed, with minimal side effects – in order to confirm the hair loss diagnosis.
Through this process, I determine exactly what is causing your hair loss and then recommend a proper treatment plan.
The treatments may include a topical cure (this might be a prescribed lotion or ointment), and sometimes I may prescribe oral medications, or carry out treatment by injection.
Once a patient has started on treatment, I will follow up with them every three months, optimising their treatment according to their progress and hair growth.
With my help, my patients feel happy and less stressed and tell me that the Treatment Fees has improved their quality of life.
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