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Some Causes of Hair Loss More Unpredictable Than Others

The causes of hair loss are numerous, and one of the least understood types of baldness is alopecia areata. This is a type of hair loss that is identified by circular patches of hair falling out on particular parts of the body, especially the scalp and face. Because this doesn’t look like the typical female or male pattern baldness, many sufferers are particularly upset when they develop it. There are also misunderstandings today about alopecia areata and hair transplantation procedures.

Alopecia Areata and Transplantation

You may not realize that if you are suffering for a long period of time with alopecia areata and you have lost a significant amount of hair, medical hair restoration or transplantation is a viable option. There are also topical treatments, injections and oral medications that can be used to help stop or reverse the cause of hair loss. However, if you’ve lost a significant amount of hair over a long period of time, a surgical solution used in conjunction with these other treatments may get you the best results.

Alopecia areata is caused by an immune system reaction. For some reason, the white blood cells in the body attack the hair follicles, causing them to become smaller and preventing new growth. The hair will also fall out quicker and be recognizable by the patching, circular patterns of bald spots. In some cases, medications or topical creams may prevent further loss, but this is usually when the condition isn’t advanced or hasn’t lasted that long, in which case transplantation may be the best option to restore your scalp to its former glory.

Hair replacement transplants can help enormously because the micro grafts now used for transplantation are taken from areas where no hair has been lost – areas resistant to the condition caused by alopecia areata. When transplanted and followed up with treatments that help battle the immune system response, the combination is a powerful way to not only replace the hair that is lost, but maintain the growth permanently.

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