Posted by Paul, on July 16th, 2010, under HAIR LOSS [ PHOTOS ] TREATED, TRICHOLOGIST
We’re not just another Hair Loss Centre or Hair Care Clinic.
For more than 25 years, Gary Heron has been a leader in the field of Trichology. Working with some of the most distinguished Trichologist in Europe. Gary has influenced them and they inturn have influenced his approach to modern Trichology. Together with the other Trichologists that Gary has been fortunate to work and study with over the years he has refined The Hair Centres diagnositic skills and treatment technics. Gary has become one of the most influential and most sort after practicing trichologist in Europe today.
Across the United Kingdom and Europe Gary Heron has made a measurable impact. Developed lasting improvements in client care and treatment technology.
“Science and Nature Working Together” is his moto and mission statement.
Male and Female hair loss problems and scalp disorders offer their own unique set of challenges. Instead of offering “one size fits all” solution, we look at each case individually.
We as The Hair Centre set out with each of our clients to design a plan for improvement that fits each client and is indidvdulally tailored and adjusted, one by one, with regular monitoring and check ups.
Our track record of helping our clients turn around their hair loss and scalp problems is second to none. We are focused on our clients needs and get results.
A few examples of Gary’s sterling work.
Male Hair Loss
Female Hair Loss
Black Hair Loss Treated
Alopecia Treated
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Posted by Admin, on July 16th, 2010, under CELEBRITY HAIR, HAIR LOSS HEALTH NEWS
By Miriam Stoppard
Seeing recent pictures of Naomi Campbell’s bald patches, probably caused by hair extensions, brought back bad memories for me.
I know how she feels because a similar thing happened to me a few years ago. I wanted the front of my hair to look thicker and longer so I went to a hair-extension stylist who’d been highly recommended.
At first it looked fantastic but about a month later the join between my own hair and the extension had become noticeable so I decided to have them removed.
That’s when it went wrong. It took several attempts to dissolve the glue that was holding them on but the chemical used to do this pulled out my own hair.
As I looked down I saw huge clumps, roots and all, in my lap. When I looked up in the mirror, I had no hair at the front.
Once the shock had worn off, I was devastated. But I also felt incredibly stupid. I hadn’t really looked into what could go wrong – after all, it was a just a hair treatment, not a medical procedure.
What a mistake – although my hair has partially recovered it never regained its original thickness.
Hair today..
Over the past few years, a number of celebrities, including Victoria Beckham, are said to have had the odd temporary bald patch after having extensions. Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston has complained that having it done ruined the condition of her locks.
Stylists maintain that, if your own hair is in good nick and the extensions are properly fitted and maintained, they should be fine.
However, last year research
in the British Journal of Dermatology claimed that some women lose their hair within a week of having extensions and that even women with no obvious signs of hair loss had considerable underlying damage to the scalp when examined more closely.
The dermatologists – from the University of Miami in Florida and Bologna University in Italy – suggested that the problems are probably far more common than reported.
Danger areas
Traction alopecia tends to happen at the front of the head and around the temples, where the hair is weakest.
The extensions, which are attached by glue, weaving or braiding, put tension on the hair follicles, which become inflamed, causing hair to fall out. This is more likely if the extensions are heavy, left in a long time or fitted badly. Some glues can damage hair, too.
But any tight hairstyles like braids can have the same effect while harsh chemicals such as dyes, bleaches and straightening solutions further weaken hair.
If it’s caught early, it’ll grow back but the hair loss can be permanent.
HOW TO SAVE YOUR SCALP
Look out for small, red, sometimes painful bumps on the scalp, flaking or broken-off hair.
If there’s any damage or hair loss, have the extensions professionally removed and limit styling.
Ask your GP to refer you to a dermatologist who can confirm the cause of your hair loss and whether it may grow back. Regrowth can take three to six months or longer.
If the hair loss is permanent, a hair transplant, in which hairs from the back of the head are grafted on to the bald bits, is the only solution. Needless to say, you can’t get it on the NHS and it will set you back several thousand pounds, so make sure the doctor is registered with the General Medical Council and belongs to the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons (www.hairsurgeons.org.uk).
The clinic should be registered with the Healthcare Commission. Ask about the doctor’s experience and what realistically can be achieved. Also
ask to see before and after pictures of their patients.
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Posted by Admin, on July 14th, 2010, under CELEBRITY HAIR LOSS
By Lucy Elkins
Sue Holderness is known to millions as the bouffant-haired Marlene from only Fools And Horses. It’s an image that endured when sue appeared as Marlene in the spin-off TV programme The Green Green Grass.
Yet her trademark big-haired look was achieved only with the help of make-up artist wizardry. For Sue, 60, like millions of other women, has been plagued with severe hair loss since her 30s. At times it has come out in handfuls, leaving her with bare patches of scalp.
Talking about this for the first time, sue says she has often had to resort to wigs and sometimes even painted her scalp with an eye liner to disguise how thin her hair was.
Sue Holderness as bouffant-haired Marlene from only Fools And Horses, with co-star John Challis. Sue has been plagued with severe hair loss since her 30s
‘I have lost hair ever since I had my children in my 30s,’ says Sue, who is married to theatre producer Mark Piper, 61, and lives in London.
‘Initially, I thought it was maybe part of being an exhausted new mum and didn’t do anything about it. But as I got older it got worse and, one day, after I turned 40, I woke up and saw a carpet of hair left on my pillow.
‘It was very frightening. I didn’t want to look in the mirror because I thought I must look bald.
‘When I did, on one side there was a big bit missing and the rest looked really thin. I went to see the doctor straight away to see if there was something medically wrong with me.
‘He referred me to an allergy specialist but no one could get to the bottom of it. looking back now, I wonder if it was as a result of delayed shock. My dad had died unexpectedly six months earlier and it had really taken me by surprise, but I will never know for sure what caused it.’
Hair loss or alopecia can affect not just the head but the body too. Hair loss among women is actually almost as common as with men.
A recent study found that a third of women aged 25 or over suffers from hair loss and almost five million women in the UK have a serious hair loss problem.
A recent study found that a third of women aged 25 or over suffers from hair loss and almost five million women in the UK have a serious hair loss problem.
No one would deny that hair loss can have a big impact on a man, but for women to lose their hair is a particularly devastating experience.
‘The one thing that has ground me down the most throughout my life has been the problem with my hair,’ says Sue.
‘As a woman, how you look changes your whole outlook on life. I have wasted so much time worrying and crying about it.
‘I have spent hours with volumisers and curlers trying to make it look fuller so I could face going out. When it was really bad, I would use eye liner or eyeshadow to cover my bare scalp.’
It is normal to lose 50 to 100 strands of hair a day on average, but sometimes hair is shed faster than this and the effects can be mortifying. There are many different causes of female hair loss, but the main ones are hormonal changes, diet, medications and illness.
‘With women, there are lots of different reasons, but with men hair loss tends to be inherited,’ says Dr Peter Williams, a hair transplant surgeon from The Hospital Group.
‘Women tend to get thinner hair all over because as they age they have less oestrogen circulating and this means they not only grow less hair, but it becomes thinner too.’
Marilyn Sherlock, of the Institute of Trichologists, adds: ‘There is always a cause for hair loss, but occasionally it can be something as innocuous as having had a fever.
‘The high temperature kills the hair, but it won’t fall out for about three months.
‘Healthy hair requires all vitamins and minerals and being low in certain ones, especially iron, can lead to thinning because iron is vital for new hair cells. A crash diet can lead to quite dramatic hair loss too.’
Sue’s trademark big-haired look was achieved only with the help of make-up artist wizardry
During pregnancy, normal hair loss slows down dramatically. However, once the baby is born all the hair loss that would have taken place during pregnancy happens all at once.
Normally hair recovers a few months later, but in Sue’s case it didn’t. She had her first daughter, Harriet, when she was 35.
‘During my pregnancy, my hair was gorgeous. Then I had Harriet and it all fell out after three months,’ she says. ‘It did frighten me, but I thought I was just tired and run down as new mothers are.
‘After I had Freddie in 1987, my hair fell out again, but not as badly. It was two years later that my hair fell out in earnest and I wondered if I might have to face the future bald.
‘After the allergist could find nothing wrong, I started reading up on hair loss and took fish oils, evening primrose oil, you name it, hoping that my hair would get better.
‘It did for a bit, but then for no obvious reason it would fall out again. I was appearing on television at the time. My character, Marlene, had big hair and achieving it was a struggle,’ she explains.
‘The hair and make-up people knew the problem. Sometimes we had to clip in bits of hair. When I did theatre, I usually used wigs. I have worn them when I had to go to parties and I could not stand the sight of my hair – or lack of it.’
When Sue hit the menopause, aged 52, she found her hair loss accelerated. ‘I would stand in the shower and watch blankets of hair come out,’ she says.
‘There were times when I felt sure I would be bald by the time I got out.’ Sue thinks another possible cause for her thinning hair was the debilitating stage fright she suffered during the 1990s.
She says: ‘I went through three years of panic attacks and my hair definitely suffered as a result. Not only did it fall out, but it become really dry and brittle. I was prescribed beta-blockers, which helped to a certain extent.’
The only treatment for hair loss normally given to women is minoxidil, which is applied to the scalp. It improves blood supply to the hair follicle, but it is only effective in 20-25 per cent of cases.
‘Before women are given this, there are other things that should be checked first, to see if there is an underlying condition causing the hair loss’ says Dr Williams.
‘You should check for low iron, thyroid problems, autoimmune conditions – all of which can cause hair loss. Often, these issues can then be treated and the hair loss will resolve itself.’
Sue’s hair is thicker than ever – partly, she believes, through a good diet. ‘I eat a good balanced-diet these days, with plenty of oily fish and vegetables,’ she says.
‘I used to try diets such as a grapefruit or a protein-only diet, especially if I had a big role coming up, and I do wonder if that contributed to the hair loss.’
She believes her new, thicker hair is also partly due to taking a natural one-a-day tablet called Viviscal which contains marine proteins, silica and vitamin C.
‘I took it for three months two years ago and noticed a real difference,’ she says. ’since then, I have taken it as and when I need it, and my hair looks fuller and thicker.’
While some studies have found that it can promote hair growth, some experts remain unconvinced. ‘Whether or not this product works I don’t know, but because there are so many different causes of hair loss I find it unlikely that one pill will help everyone.’ says Dr Williams.
But for Sue, who is on a tour of the theatre production of Calendar Girls, it has certainly helped.
‘For one of the very first times in my life, my hair is not an issue – and I cannot tell you what a relief that is.’
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