subject: How To Find Out If You Have True Hair Loss [print this page] How ca you really know you are suffering from hair loss? Working with hair loss and thinning hair is not as easy as you might think. One might suggest it is just to prescribe a medication or some laser sessions and the problem will vanish. No before you begin doing anything we have to decide that there is a true issue and what the problem really is and how to go about solving it. We will in the text below look at what should be done to be sure of the situation.
Hair is very specil since it os our human outside we show in both social and sexual situations. That has been the situation for a very long time - hundreds of years back. The Romans and the Egyptians showed great interest for the looks and especially the hair on the head. People in old Egypt were interested in hair loss and thinning hair and attracted lots of attension. Today, hair loss or thinning hair, and hypertrichosis or hirsutism are common complaints in clinical dermatology, but patients seeking advice for their hair problem are not necessarily completely bald or overall haired. The hard thing it to separate true hair loss from temporary situation and to understand the reasons for it. Patients consult for focal or diffuse effluvium, nonscarring or scarring alopecia, changes in hair structure or color and hair graying. Getting a true diagnosis for every patient is very important for a good treatment. In order do be successful one has to have great knowledge and experience in performing these diagnosis and a big portion of psychological knowledge very often the persons suffering from hair loss are experiencing a minor depression.
In order to check different features of the hair, such as hair density, elasticity and strength, apart from different other characteristics - there has to be very good technical protocols and routines. Such information provides essential details for determining normal morphology, for understanding changes arising from disease, and for developing adequate treatment.
Hair diagnostic tools in a trichologic consultation comprise a thorough clinical history, a physical examination including scalp and body hair distribution, video dermoscopy, pull test, and microscopic hair shaft examination. In selected cases a scalp biopsy may be necessary. How treatment work in each individual needs to be analyzed and good means of evaluation is a must. Biological parameters of how fast the hair grow must be controlled. It also goes for the the density of the hair but also measuring the amount of vellus and terminal hair. Not only increased growth of hair but also defects to the follicles regardless or the reason needs a good technique to be analyzed.
