Medicine or a hair transplant?

by Rachel Follett (Lovely Clusters)

A natural part of the ageing process for many men, hair loss can nonetheless be very distressing. If hair loss occurs as a result of stress, trauma or as a result of medical treatment for an illness (chemotherapy for example) it can be even more difficult to deal with as it can feel unnatural. This is also the case for many women who experience hair loss, for whom the experience can be very upsetting and lead to them feeling less attractive and much less confident, as baldness and hair loss is much more commonly associated with men.

So, how to treat hair loss? Well, it can depend on the type of hair loss you are experiencing. Some hair loss is temporary, such as that caused by treatments including chemotherapy and the hair loss that occurs at times of stress or trauma. Other types of hair loss may be more permanent, such as the hair loss that occurs in most men and some women as a result of the ageing process.

Whichever type of hair loss you are suffering from, however, there are things you can try to slow down the process and encourage hair re-growth, as well as to disguise the hair loss. If you are looking for a way to disguise the hair loss, then you may well be considering wigs, head scarves or bandanas. A more permanent method of disguising hair loss which you might be considering is a hair transplant.

A hair transplant, if successful, can be used to fully replace areas of baldness with new hair. This method may be better for those who feel they have exhausted other possible avenues of treatment, such as hair loss medicines. Using a hair loss medicine, especially if you do so when you notice the first signs of hair loss and before the problem becomes too serious, can be the ideal solution, encouraging hair re-growth and slowing down the hair loss process. Choose a hair loss treatment from a reputable brand such as Viviscal.co.uk and you might find that there is no need for a hair transplant in the future.