Our hair stands on cells which are rapidly replaced, which explains the deficiencies and losses after moderate or severe problems (such as chemotherapy). There is a wide variety in the types of alopecia prompted by different causes.
The most common types are androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium, but there are other, less frequent types such as alopecia areata or frontal fibrosing alopecia (scarring alopecia), the incidences of which have been increasing recently.
Types of alopecia
Androgenetic alopecia usually affects men (it affects women too, but in far fewer cases) and consists of the progressive loss of hair in the central area of the scalp. It appears as a result of a genetic tendency and an excessive sensibility to the male hormones. If treatment begins as soon as it appears, results are positive.
In persistent cases, the latest treatment to be used is platelet-rich plasma (PRP) infiltration, a bio-stimulator based on the blood of the patient themselves, meaning there is no risk of rejection or allergies. Used to regenerate tissue, it provides growth factors at the roots of the hair shaft with positive results after approximately three sessions.
In very advanced cases, the patient is usually recommended the hair micrografting technique.
Telogen effluvium occurs when an external agent, normally an illness, stress, abrupt climate changes, diet or some type of pharmacological treatment, provokes a large number of hair follicles to enter the biological exchange phase (shedding).
In these cases, a topical, oral or platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapeutic infiltration treatment is normally given, with very positive results.
Alopecia areata is a type of hair loss which affects the hair follicles, causing locks of hair to fall out on different areas of the scalp which are roughly the size of a coin.
Alopecia areata does not have a definitive cure, but the condition can improve with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) infiltration treatment, a bio-stimulator based on the blood of the patient themselves, meaning there is no risk of rejection or allergies. Used to regenerate tissue, it provides growth factors at the roots of the hair shaft with positive results after approximately three sessions.
Frontal fibrosing alopecia is an increasingly frequent form of hair loss in which hair progressively falls out in a symmetrical form from the frontal area of the scalp. The causes are unknown, but it is believed it might be due to an immunological deficiency.
Frontal fibrosing alopecia does not have a definitive cure, but the condition can improve with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) infiltration treatment, a bio-stimulator based on the blood of the patient themselves, meaning there is no risk of rejection or allergies. Used to regenerate tissue, it provides growth factors at the roots of the hair shaft with positive results after approximately three sessions.
In addition, hair grafts can be performed once the disease has stabilized.