Entries by Hair Loss

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Alopecia Universalis

Alopecia universalis is the archetypical hair loss condition. When most people think about hair loss, they’re imagining alopecia universalis. The fear of hair loss is ingrained in everyone, not just men. Our identities are so inextricably linked with our hair, that it’s no surprise that a condition that causes hair loss as severe as alopecia […]

Alopecia Universalis

Alopecia universalis is the archetypical hair loss condition. When most people think about hair loss, they’re imagining alopecia universalis. The fear of hair loss is ingrained in everyone, not just men. Our identities are so inextricably linked with our hair, that it’s no surprise that a condition that causes hair loss as severe as alopecia […]

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Androgenic Alopecia

The term alopecia is often used as a catch-all to describe hairlessness – but the reality is far more complicated than that. In truth, several distinct types of alopecia all exist, each of which has its own causes, risk-factors and treatments. Understanding this is key to understanding a potential diagnosis, and deciding which treatment avenues […]

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Infected Hair Follicles

At some point or another in our lives, there’s a very high likelihood of developing an issue with infected hair follicles. It’s not something to be embarrassed about – it’s just a fact of life. Too often though, infected hair follicle issues are swept under the rug or dismissed as unimportant. This is dangerous, and […]

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Hair Follicles

When we think of hair, we think of all the individual strands on our heads and elsewhere. That’s only half of the story. In fact, did you know that every strand of hair that we can actually see is dead? The living part lives just under the surface of the skin, and that’s known as […]

Hair Transplant Before and After

What is a Hair Transplant? A hair transplant is a surgical intervention into baldness, which moves existing hair to a part of the scalp where hair is thinning or balding. This treatment has been around for well over 50-years, but in recent years the technology and techniques behind hair transplants have improved significantly. Patients don’t […]

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Scalp Folliculitis

The scalp doesn’t get the attention it deserves. With regards to hair-loss, so much attention is paid to the hair and caring for it; that too often we neglect to think of caring for the scalp. This is a huge mistake. The scalp – and the hair follicles just underneath its surface – is the […]

Bald Women

When we think of baldness, the image that usually appears is one of a middle-aged man with a rapidly, aggressively receding hairline. At Advanced Hair Studio, not only do we know that that’s a thoroughly unfair stereotype – but that it simply isn’t true. The reality of the situation is that everyone can experience hair […]

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Hair Transplants for Women

Why do Women Go Bald? Contrary to popular belief, there are just as many ways for women to lose their hair as there are for men. These include: Various forms of alopecia, the most common hair loss disorder Telogen effluvium; an accelerated phase of hair shedding resulting from high levels of stress and other negative […]