It may not be what we want but hair loss is quite a normal bodily function. Men, women and children can all be affected and many millions worldwide are, but the list of reasons for this occurrence is very long. Although there are a number of fancy names for types of hair loss, the correct medical term is Alopecia. Almost ninety five percent of cases of hair loss in men are hereditary and often referred to as male pattern baldness but the correct term is Androgenic Alopecia.

Some people only loss a small amount of hair and this is often down to a poor diet and is worth checking with you specialist. The reason for your condition may be at your work place if you deal with chemicals or cosmetics but some others may as a consequence of personal situations such as stress, mental tension or a hormonal imbalance. Permanent loss usually occurs when the hair follicles themselves are damaged. Often considered as a purely male problem, in America women actually make up forty percent of people that suffer with some form of the condition.

Hair loss is in fact more common with women as they age but it is often caused by a thyroid problem. By the age of sixty, four out of every ten women in the world will have experienced some loss. Pregnant women are sometimes susceptible to some hair loss often lasting until after the child is born. In America approximately thirty million women suffer from female pattern, hereditary baldness at some point in their lives.

Surgical hair restoration is the ultimate solution for permanent hair loss restoration but is comparatively a new treatment approach. Hair follicles that are healthy and undamaged are taken from the scalp and transplanted to an area where the follicles have been damaged for whatever reason. The whole hair transplant procedure is carried out on an out-patient basis under local anesthetic and is becoming the most routinely used form of treatment for males. It is now possible for women to have hair transplants like men and is becoming increasingly popular for those women keen to hide scars from previous facelift surgery.

The most successful hair transplants are those where the recipient tries to maintain his original looks and not to attempt to appear like someone else. Health considerations should be taken into account and addressed before hair transplant treatment is carried out on anyone. Hair restoration therapy comes under the general umbrella of cosmetic surgery but aspects of it are completely different form other cosmetic treatments. Surgical hair transplant therapy might be your only solution if all other methods have failed despite the fact that discoveries in this field of hair loss continue to advance.