Male Hair Loss

Hair loss and baldness may not seem like such a big deal, it’s a natural process that affects a lot of people and besides, hair is just there to look pretty right? Fortunately, our hair has more purpose than you may think. It can act as a warning signal to notify us of something wrong inside the body and any disruption in hair growth patterns should be addressed.

Not all forms of hair loss are the result of genetics or old age, in fact, excessive hair loss or unusual hair thinning can sometimes be a symptom of a disease, especially if you have always had healthy, thick hair.

Coeliac Disease

Coeliac disease is a condition of the small intestine where a reaction to gluten causes inflammation in the lining of the gut. This stops the gut from working properly and absorbing foods properly and causes symptoms including abdominal pains, tiredness and weight loss. Another common symptom is hair loss. Coeliac disease has been linked to alopecia areata (an autoimmune hair loss condition where the body’s immune system mistakenly attack the hair follicles) but thinning hair and hair loss could also be a result of the nutritional deficiency caused by the disease itself.

Malnutrition

Malnutrition occurs when the body is not given enough nutrients to sustain normal function. Extreme dieting or problems with the body’s digestive and absorption processes can lead to hair loss through malnutrition, resulting in telogen effluvium and diffuse hair loss. Depending on which vitamins, minerals, and nutrients are lacking, many different symptoms can occur but iron, protein, biotin, sulphur, silica, B vitamins and zinc are especially important to hair health.

Cushing Syndrome

Cushing’s syndrome develops if your body makes too much cortisol. Cortisol is a hormone which is made by the adrenal glands. Symptoms usually develop gradually, and so the diagnosis may not be clear for some time. There are various causes, and complex tests are needed to find the root cause of the excess cortisol. The syndrome itself won’t cause hair loss but if Cushing syndrome is the result of a non-cancerous tumour on the adrenal gland, it can also produce excess amounts of androgen which can lead to hair loss. Other symptoms include high blood pressure, facial hair in women, muscle weakness, tiredness, low libido, excess thirst and periods may become irregular or stop in women.

Thyroid Diseases

The thyroid gland produces hormones that help control metabolism and growth. If the thyroid is overactive (hyperthyroidism) or underactive (hypothyroidism), the body’s metabolic rate will become imbalanced, resulting in sluggish functions of major bodily systems. If the hair growth lifecycle is affected, thinning hair or hair loss can occur.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus, commonly called Lupus, is a chronic disease that causes inflammation in various parts of the body and affects about three in 10,000 people in the UK. Symptoms vary but the most common are joint pains, skin rashes and tiredness. In some instances the inflammation can interfere with the hair growth lifecycle, resulting in thinning hair or temporary hairloss.

What Should You Do?

Sudden hair loss is never a good sign but the main problem with disease-related hair loss is that other symptoms may be rare.  If you’re the type of person who’s happy to accept their fate rather than look into the cause, a bad hair day might be the least of your worries.

In cases where hair loss is a symptom rather than a condition, the hair loss can be cleared up once the cause is addressed. Sometimes it may need a helping hand while the body is dealing with the issue which is where FDA-approved hair loss treatments come in. Propecia and minoxidil have been proven to stop hair loss and generate hair growth and can assist the body to help reproduce hair whilst it’s recovering from a crisis.

Unfortunately, in a lot of cases, people experiencing hair loss tend to make a self-diagnosis and high-tail it to the supermarket to pick up the latest herbal remedy for hair growth. Not only are they wasting their money on a product that probably isn’t clinically proven to treat hair loss, they’re avoiding dealing with a potentially much more a serious condition.

Prompt professional diagnosis is needed if you do notice a sudden increase in hair loss. A medical professional will be able to rule out any hidden medical disorders. Usually, once the underlying medical condition is treated, the hair loss will stop and hair growth boosters can help in achieving greater hair growth, health and quality.

For more information, contact the Belgravia Centre on 020 7730 6666 or send an email. Consultations are free and professional trichological advice is available world-wide with Belgravia’s online diagnostic form.

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Second only to excessive tanning, hair plugs are the ‘ultimate turnoffs’ for North American women according to the Harlequin Romance Report 2009.

Toronto based Harlequin is the world’s leading publisher of series romance and women’s fiction with over 120 new titles each month. Each year they undertake a survey about an aspect of romantic love which they publish. This years is called the Harlequin Romance Report 2009: Perfect Love? Fantasy meets reality.

So, besides avoiding surgery for hair loss and heading for more natural looks, what can men learn from the survey to improve their love lives? Quick tips include: try harder at birthdays .. most women feel let down by what their partners do. Give up smoking, get fitter, and don’t be afraid to wear your well-tailored suit. Buy a GPS .. navigating coolly with that is much sexier than arguing over directions. And don’t try snogging in public .. holding hands is a much better bet.

Is it all true? Well 44% of American woman get turned on more by their men doing the chores than by foreplay. A likely story.

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Question: Does generic Propecia work the same way as the branded one? Or do they differ in the effectiveness of the medication?

Answer: Theoretically, generic Propecia (finasteride) should work the same as Propecia if taken at the same dose (1mg). However, it is illegal to sell finasteride for hair loss in the UK as Propecia is the only licenced form for hair loss, and holds the patent.

So if you do find a website or doctor that sells generic finasteride for hair loss how can you trust the contents and measurements if it’s being sold illegally? Who knows what the product may contain?

There have recently been a number of stories in the press about fake medications being sold online, containing inactive or potentially fatal ingredients including rat poison. Here’s some more information:

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When buying prescription medications it is essential to purchase them from a pharmacy registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Belgravia’s pharmacy registration number is 1085323.

If you would like to discuss the most effective treatment combinations you can arrange a free consultation with a trichologist at the Belgravia Centre by calling 020 7730 6666 or messaging the centre, or you can complete our online diagnostic form for Belgravia’s world-wide mail-order hair loss service.

You may have heard that stress can cause hair loss, and it’s true.  The condition of our hair can be a strong indication of how well we’re adapting to a certain situation in life. Excessive physical or emotional stress can cause one of two types of hair loss. In most cases, stress-induced hair loss is temporary but hair loss treatments can help in addressing the symptoms whilst the cause is being dealt with.

Telogen Effluvium

Telogen Effluvium appears as generalised thinning throughout the whole scalp and occurs when sudden or severe stress such as a divorce, a lost job, a death in the family, or even childbirth causes an increase in the shedding of the hair. Telogen effluvium is a condition most often seen in female hair loss cases, due to the fact that other precipitating events are more often experienced by women. The reason for so much hair fall is because an excessive amount of hair follicles are pushed into the resting (telogen) stage at once after being held in the growing (anagen) phase of their lifecycle longer than usual.

Telogen Effluvium can be confusing because although some people may notice hair loss during extreme periods of stress, it is more likely that the hair loss will first be noticed after the stressful period has passed. The hair stays in the resting phase for about three months before they’re shed. However, stress induced hair loss is usually temporary in nature and in most cases, once the cause is eliminated the hair growth pattern will return to normal within six months and new hair growth will be visible. It’s all to do with the basics of hair growth.

“Telogen effluvium will often correct itself but it can take months,” Leonora Doclis, senior trichologist of the Belgravia Centre says. “Treatment for the loss of hair can help to minimise the damage, particularly if there is a tendency toward female pattern hair loss whilst the body is dealing with the crisis.”

Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata is a more extreme form of hair loss, characterised by the sudden appearance of patchy, smooth bald spots over the scalp. No one knows much about what causes alopecia areata but it is classified as an autoimmune condition where white blood cells attack the hair follicles, and can be triggered by stress.  Although people who develop the condition may have other autoimmune disorders such as a thyroid condition.

Hair loss due to alopecia areata might cure itself or it might progress, possibly even leading to complete baldness over the head (alopecia totalis) or even over the whole body (alopecia universalis), however both of these cases are extremely rare. The effects can be seen overnight but hair may grow back.  It can grow back on its own, but treatment may also be required.

“The rule of thumb is that if it hasn’t grown back in six months, then it’s time to consider treatment,” Leonora said.

Treating Stress-Induced Hair Loss

The best way to deal with stress induced hair loss is to learn how to manage your stress levels before they affect your hair growth patterns. However, this is easier said than done and sometimes the added stress of losing hair is just too much to cope with. Treating hair loss with proven and effective treatments can help soften the blow whilst you try to get the rest of your life back on track.

Propecia and minoxidil are the only products to be FDA approved for hair loss, meaning there have been vigorous clinical trials carried out to prove their effectiveness and efficacy beyond doubt.  The effective treatment of stress-induced hair loss requires a combined approach and hair growth boosters can further augment the effectiveness of hair loss treatments. Ongoing monitoring and advice is important so that progress can be checked and the treatment adjusted if necessary. When it comes to hair loss caused by stress, it is also important to try to solve the underlying problem for general health reasons as well as treating your hair loss.

The Belgravia Centre is Europe’s largest hair loss clinic, successfully treating thousands of people every year. Established in 1991, Belgravia’s goal is to provide the most effective treatments and professional service at the best price. For a free consultation contact the centre on 020 7730 6666 or email the centre for more information. Hair loss treatment courses are also available online upon completion of an online diagnosis.

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Hair loss is one of the most natural things in the world. Whilst some will be exempt from baldness, no one can avoid normal hair loss. Shedding hair is a natural process and it is normal to lose up to 100 hairs a day to make way for new hair. Normal hair loss won’t lead to thinning hair and will not cause baldness but an interruption in the hair growth lifecycle could mean normal hair loss progresses to excessive hair loss. This is when hair loss becomes a problem.

As people age, they may become more concerned about hair loss and those few hairs which were always in the brush or at the bottom of the shower suddenly become a source of paranoia. But hair has its own lifecycle and the same strand of hair does not continue to grow your whole life. A number of hair strands grow from the one hair follicle, one after another.

Hair is made mostly of tough, structural protein fibres called keratins. Just below the surface of the skin lies a cluster of active cells known as the dermal papilla and it is from here that the hair grows into its follicle. By the time hair grows out from the scalp it is dead, with only the root tip containing living cells.

The hair growth lifecycle consists of three distinct stages:

1. Anagen – a phase of growth that can last between two and seven years. On average, each hair grows about six inches per year.
2. Catagen – a phase of transition that lasts roughly two to four weeks. At this time the hair shaft detaches from the dermal papilla and moves up within a shrinking follicle.
3. Telogen – a resting period that lasts about three months allowing the hair to detach itself from the follicle before falling out. After this, the cycle repeats itself unless other factors intervene to prevent repetition of the cycle.

Nutrition plays a big part in healthy hair growth as vitamins are needed to sustain the dermal papilla so hair grows strong through the hair follicle. A healthy, balances diet should ensure your hair receives all the needed nutrients but sometimes, especially for women, hair supplements are beneficial.

Nutrition alone, however, will not prevent excessive hair loss. Some people have a genetic predisposition to hair loss, sometimes hair loss is caused by stress or medications and other times it is an indication of an underlying medical condition. In any case it’s best to consult a medical professional or hair loss specialist.

Hair loss in women is usually characterised by overall thinning hair on the scalp where as men start to recede at the temples and possibly end up bald on the crown. It can be hard to establish whether your loss of hair is normal or in the early stages or excessive hair loss when treatments can be most effective in preventing baldness but there are self-measures you can take to determine this. The Do-It-Yourself Baldness Test may give you an indication if your hair loss is excessive. Also, the Norwood Scale for men and the Savin Scale for women are useful tools in discerning your stage of hair loss and if your hair loss is in fact normal or not.

Most people do not understand the mechanisms of hair growth let alone realise that hair loss can be treated. For more information about hair loss and the most effective hair loss treatments for you, contact the Belgravia Centre. With more than 15 years experience in treating thinning hair and hair loss, the Belgravia Centre offers individualised hair loss treatment programs structured around clinically, scientifically proven and FDA-approved treatments for male and female hair loss, aimed at addressing all aspects of the hair loss condition.

Email the centre or call 020 7730 6666 for more information or fill in the online diagnostic form to see what the Belgravia’s professional trichologists make of your hair loss.

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The most valuable asset a balding man has is his confidence. In fact the same is true for a man with a full head of hair, according to Samantha Brett. The Sydney Morning Herald writer and author of “Confidence Equals Sex Appeal” says it doesn’t matter how balding, gray, fat, thin, tall or short you are because attracting the opposite sex is all about confidence.

Hair loss is still, however, a major concern for most men. In fact, one study revealed men are more concerned about losing their hair than their minds. Women on the other hand are relatively unconcerned about male hair loss (only 13 percent would be very upset if their man lost their hair), despite the majority of men assuming it would be a major turn-off (52 percent thought women would generally find bald men unattractive). 

The Psychology Today study found that men assumed their appearance had a greater impact on women than women acknowledged. In the study, women were asked to rank four personality variables and four physical variables in order of importance when selecting a man for a relationship, and personality won hands down.

The thing about confidence though, is that it’s a matter of being comfortable within our own bodies. Whilst some people get along quite fine without a full head of hair others are so worried about hair loss that it invariably affects their confidence. If your confidence and self-esteem are suffering as a result of hair loss, there is no better way to make you feel better than by dealing with the root of the problem.

“Most people feel better about themselves just by knowing that they’re doing something to correct the situation,” Leonora Doclis, senior trichologist at the Belgravia Centre said.

But that doesn’t mean making a quick dash to the closest health food store in the misguided belief that any of the miracle cures found on the shelf will work for you. Because simply speaking, most of those hair loss products probably won’t work. They have not been subject to the same clinical and scientific testing the real hair loss treatments have before being stacked on the shelves, and they have not been formally approved by any recognised regulatory organisation to say they are safe to use. If you are serious about treating hair loss you’ve got to get the right advice from a hair loss professional so you can choose from the proven and most effective hair loss treatments right off the bat and have your hair and confidence restored a lot sooner than you’d have thought.

“A lot of men that come in think they’re too young to be here when in fact, if they’ve noticed their hair starting to thin or recede, it is the best time to do something,” Leonora said.

Hair loss can be caused by a number of factors so that’s why it’s important to consult a professional. A diagnosis will inform you whether your hair loss is purely hereditary or if it is a sign of a more serious condition. Most male hair loss is due to a hereditary predisposition and is known as male pattern baldness. In fact, up to 80 percent of men over the age of 70 are affected by this type of hair loss, although its onset varies quite a lot. You could start to notice your hairline receding when you’re still in high school or it might not proliferate until you’re in your 40s. Regardless of how old you are when you start to notice your hair thinning, if you think hair loss could eventually start to affect your confidence, its best to seek the assistance of a hair loss professional right at the onset to get the best treatment and advice possible.

Most people don’t realise that hair loss is treatable and baldness is not an inevitable outcome. It’s a natural process for a lot of men but all the while their confidence is suffering. The most effective is a combination of Propecia and minoxidil, administered in the right quantities and supported with the appropriate hair growth boosters. The fact is, this treatment clears up hair loss in most cases and the results are permanent.

Some hair loss products get way with making exaggerated claims and give false hope to consumers whose hair loss only continues to worsen, but Propecia, minoxidil and the HairMax LaserComb are the only hair loss treatments that have the FDA’s approval after years of testing and proof that they are the best treatments for hair loss, hands down. A lot of people would lose hope after trying a few different products and assume that baldness is just something they’ll have to live with. However, this just proves how important it is in getting professional advice rather than making a self-diagnosis and choosing a product or two that sound promising.

For more professional advice from the people with over 15 years experience in successfully treating hair loss, contact the Belgravia Centre on 020 7730 6666 or send an email. Otherwise, you could fill in the online diagnostic form and receive professional advice and treatment with the world-wide mail-order, hair loss treatment service.

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If you’re hair has started to thin and you’re afraid that you could be headed for significant hair loss, there are a number of treatments available to you but the secret is in knowing which ones are worth your while. A hair transplant springs to mind for a lot of people and has been a popular choice for John Cleese and Francis Rossi. They, and a lot of other people, may have tried hair supplements and herbal remedies before resorting to transplants, but very often medical hair loss treatments can provide a much better and more effective alternative. Francis Rossi’s missing ponytail confirms just how ineffective hair transplants can sometimes be long-term.

A hair transplant is a four to six hour procedure that costs up to £5,000 a pop and most people have to return three or four times before they get the results they want. For that price you could have had up to 20 years of hair loss treatment medication and much better results for your money.

There are two medications proven to prevent and reverse hair loss - Propecia and minoxidil. If they are administered in the right quantities for an individual and supported with the right hair growth boosters, hair loss can, and is, continually treated effectively.

Faulty Tower’s icon John Cleese admitted to a hair transplant: “Because I have got a very strange shaped head. It’s very pointy. And I don’t like wearing wigs.”

Similarly, Status Quo’s Francis Rossi was initially happy with his hair transplant but the 59-year-old recently said farewell to his trademark ponytail because there wasn’t enough hair to form a decent ‘do. It was at the age of 49 that the rocker said he noticed his hair was thinning and decided to do something about it.

“I never worried that I was becoming thin on top, but pictures of me tended to let the band down,” Rossi said.

Rossi splashed out on a hair transplant at a Harley Street clinic where surgeons took hairs from the back of his head and replanted them in areas where he was going bald.

“I am a founder member of the ‘No Way Toupee Club’, so it had to be a transplant,” Rossi said after the surgery. “It was quite painless and I am happy with the result.”

A decade later however and the showman says he couldn’t avoid male pattern baldness with a transplant.

“In the past few years my hair has got so thin that there’s not enough to work into a decent ponytail,” he said. “So I decided to forget about clinging to my youth and that it was time to grow old gracefully.”

A hair transplant is an extreme measure of uprooting still active hair follicles and transplanting them to the areas of the scalp which need a bit of attention but there are still areas of hair that are susceptible to hair loss around the area of transplanted hair, so over time these hairs will continue to thin. Hair loss medications work to stimulate the withering hair follicles and generate new hair growth as long as you use them.

Not only do hair loss medications prevent further hair loss and generate new hair growth but the results are maintained. Unfortunately Rossi and so many other hair loss sufferers don’t know that there are hair loss products that work. Many herbal and cosmetic products, such as Nourkrin, Provillus or Toppik, are often inferred as solutions to hair loss when in fact they are not conclusively proven to treat hair loss at all. The only treatments that have been extensively proven to stabilise and reverse the effects of hair loss, are those licensed by the MHRA (UK) and approved by the FDA (US).

For more information about the medically approved and clinically proven treatments for hair loss, contact the Belgravia Centre on 020 7730 6666 or send an email. Consultations are free or you can complete an online diagnostic form to find out how your hair loss can be treated with the world-wide mail-order hair loss service.

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After 35 years of wearing the same trademark ponytail, Status Quo’s Francis Rossi has literally cut all ties to his youth. The outgoing and charismatic showman lopped off his iconic locks when he realised that the grip of male pattern baldness was closing in.

The 59-year-old guitarist first grew his hair long in the 70s as the band shot to fame and has sported the style ever since.

“It looked fabulous – I felt like a fashion icon,” Rossi said.

But Rossi admits he is no longer able to carry off lengthy locks as his hair has started to thin.

“In the past few years my hair has got so thin that there’s not enough to work into a decent ponytail,” he said. “A few weeks ago it dawned on me that I looked ridiculous. So I decided to forget about clinging to my youth and that it was time to grow old gracefully.”

Little did the music legend know that with the right treatment he could still grow old gracefully with his hair intact.

Male pattern baldness affects two-thirds of men by the time they’re 50 but the figure rises to 80% in over 70 year-olds. Remarkably 70% of British men think nothing can be done about hair loss and it looks like Status Quo’s leading man was part of that majority.

The truth is, if Rossi started using the right hair loss treatments when he first noticed his hair was starting to thin, the situation could have been a lot different.

There are three treatments proven to prevent and reverse hair loss, and if Propecia, Minoxidil and the HairMax LaserComb are combined in the right quantities and administered with the correct hair growth boosters, hair loss will almost always be cleared up – that’s a fact.

Even in the most stubborn cases of male pattern baldness the effects can be stopped and reversed provided you seek the right advice and treatment… SEE FOR YOURSELF.

For more information on the best combination of treatments for male pattern hair loss, contact the Belgravia Centre on 020 7730 6666 or send an email.

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A few studies have indicated that men and women have conflicting views on male hair and the lack thereof. For many men hair loss signals a loss of youth and sex appeal. Equally, women like a man with a bit of stubble but as far as hair on the head is concerned, women aren’t as concerned with their man losing it as he is.

Apparently balding is easier to watch than experience and according to a Psychology Today poll, women were relatively unconcerned about male hair loss. “Of those whose partner had a full head of hair, only 13 per cent would be “very upset” and 24 per cent “somewhat upset” at the prospect of his hair thinning. A mere 18 per cent of women whose partners had already lost some hair acknowledged being very or somewhat upset,” the article said.

Hair on the face however is another matter though. Researchers at Northumbria University found that women associate facial hair with masculinity, dominance and aggression and that faces with more hair looked older and more socially mature. In the study of 60 women, women gauged the clean-shaven and fully bearded faces as least attractive but their favourite male faces were the ones with light stubble.

Whilst they may be happy to scrape the hair from their faces, men, as a rule, don’t like to be follicularly challenged as Psychology Today found. The study confirmed that men are terrified of losing their hair and those with a full head of hair are the most concerned.

“Thirty-eight per cent indicated they would be “very upset” if they discovered they were rapidly losing hair. But anticipation may be worse than reality, since only 23 per cent of men with thinning hair answered ‘very upset’ on the same item,” the article said. But men seem to be worrying for nothing.

“Fifty-two percent of men thought women would endorse the statement, ‘I generally find bald men unattractive.’ Only 40 percent of women agreed, and they tended to be younger and more attractive.”

Although, a study at St Andrews University found that as women are getting more financially independent, they’re choosing men more on the basis of their looks rather than on the size of their wallet. But this doesn’t mean they’re choosing men with hair over bald men – some women said they found bald men cute. It’s really all about confidence. But if balding is affecting your confidence, what can you do about it?

Amazingly, Psychology Today found that most men agreed that the best way to cope with encroaching baldness was to “do nothing.” Hair transplants came in a distant second, with head shaving the third-favourite choice. Buying a hairpiece was dead last. Only eight male participants admitted to wearing a toupee.

Male pattern baldness affects about two-thirds of men by the age of 50 but there are treatments such as Propecia and minoxidil that can stop hair loss and generate hair growth. Propecia is a one-a-day tablet that has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of male pattern baldness and some studies suggest that it may even decrease the risk of prostate cancer. In two-thirds of men, Propecia not only stabilises hair loss but generates new hair growth. Minoxidil is a topical hair growth agent, also approved by the FDA for the treatment of male pattern baldness, which increases blood circulation to the scalp, stimulating the hair follicles so they can begin to accept nutrients again and produce new hair.

Of course not all hair loss is straightforward so if you’re concerned about thinning hair or hair loss you should always consult a hair loss professional. The Belgravia Centre trichologists find the most effective treatment for male pattern baldness to be a combination of Propecia and minoxidil, although the degree of success will depend on the strength of minoxidil and the supporting hair growth boosters.

Some men enjoy their distinguished look and the sense of power and masculinity it portrays but if you’re a little less than thrilled about the prospect of a receding hairline, you can contact the Belgravia Centre for more information about what you’re options are. Consultations are confidential and free and you can book online or by calling 020 7730 6666. Alternatively by completing the online diagnostic form you can receive expert advice and, if necessary, the most effective hair loss treatment for you without the need to visit the centre.

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On Belgravia’s website and in our literature we often talk about ‘hair growth boosters’, which are an integral part of Belgravia’s effective treatment programmes for hair loss and are one of the reason’s why Belgravia’s treatment regimes are superior to most other treatment options available. But as you may notice, we spend more time dwelling on the licensed and medically proven hair loss treatments, which are the basis to most of Belgravia’s treatment courses. In this post I will be explaining each of Belgravia’s hair growth boosters, and why they act as such a vital part Belgravia’s treatment courses for both men and women.

HairMax LaserComb

The LaserComb is the only product other than Propecia and Minoxidil that shows significant evidence that it assists in preventing hair loss.  It has a different mechanism to both Propecia and Minoxidil, meaning that you are tackling hair loss from a different angle, adding to the effectiveness of the treatment combination. The LaserComb is the only device that has been ‘FDA cleared’, following successful clinical testing in the USA. FDA clearance is similar to FDA approval, but for a device as opposed to a medicine. Although the current models have not yet officially received FDA clearance, 2 separate labs in the US have deemed them substantially equivalent to the FDA cleared model according to HairMax. The LaserComb SE device is available free within most of Belgravia’s treatment programmes for hair loss.

Hair Vitalics

Hair Vitalics is Belgravia’s ‘home-made’ hair growth supplement, produced and developed exclusively by the Belgravia pharmacy. It contains a number of vitamins and nutrients that are thought to help with the condition of the hair and assist in hair loss prevention. There is no firm evidence to suggest that any supplement for hair loss will individually assist in the prevention or reversal of hair loss but we find it works superbly as a hair growth ‘booster’ and improves the results achieved from the proven hair loss treatments. Hair Vitalics is available for £19.95 for a 1 month supply, or can be included free within most of Belgravia’s treatment courses for hair loss.

MPG / Azelaic Acid

MPG and Azelaic Acid are the products that the Belgravia pharmacy combines with its exclusive forms of Minoxidil. MPG is added to Belgravia’s Minoxidil 4% and 5% solutions, and Azelaic Acid is added to Belgravia’s 12.5% Minoxidil cream. These are unproven products but may assist in inhibiting the formation of DHT (the product in the body that causes genetic hair loss), so could help to block DHT from destroying the hair follicles in both men and women. These products are particularly beneficial for women, who are unable to use Propecia. Like with all unproven products, MPG and Azelaic Acid are not recommended as an individual solution to hair loss.

Also available, and usually included in Belgravia’s hair loss treatment programmes, are specially formulated shampoos, conditioners, and scalp products which are designed to maintain the condition of the hair and help to clear up certain scalp complaints such as dandruff or seborrhoeic dermatitis.

More information on all of Belgravia’s hair and scalp products and the treatment option that would be best for you, can be obtained by calling 020 7730 6666, visiting the centre for a free consultation or completing an online diagnostic form for Belgravia’s world-wide mail-order service.

Belgravia’s treatment regimes are easy to use and will ensure hair regrowth in most cases. View our ‘hair loss success stories‘ for an idea of the unparalleled results that are so frequently achieved from the use of Belgravia’s treatment combinations.

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