Hey guys,
I'm not sure this makes sense or not, wondering if you've heard anything. I have multiple sclerosis, and it turns out the disease is caused by a lack of blood flow into and out of the brain. I received this new treatment to open up my jugular veins, thus allowing more blood to flow into and out of my head.
Suffice it so say, all my MS symptoms went away. But then there was a bonus. I was at my hair stylist, and she said that my hair had gotten thicker, almost like suede, since the month before. She asked me if I was taking any new product. I said no, but told her about my treatment.
She said that made sense that my hair got thicker. Products like nioxin and others attempt to bring more blood to the scalp. Since my head was not getting the amount of fresh blood it was supposed to, my hair thinned.
Does this make sense? Is there a scalp blood flow connection to hair loss?
thanks
Devin
The problem is not in the scalp. If it had anything to do with the scalp, transplanted hair would not last, at six to seven years it would fall out, and not grow back.
Genetics, a shark loses a tooth, and a new one comes in. This is in the sharks genetic makeup.
Hair in a person works the same way, a hair falls out, a new one grows back in its place. If the gene for replacement is off, then a new hair will not grow back in.
Understand this, men can get hair transplants and the hair will fall out, and then a new hair will grow back in. The fall out, and regrow process continues throughout a mans lifetime.
Females do not have the genetic gene that causes hair loss, therefore a female hair loss is not genetic. This is why, if a female gets a hair transplant, it is a one time deal, six or seven years. Once the hair falls out, it will not come back in because the hair was moved to an area that has a scalp problem. If the soil isn't good, doesn't matter what you plant, it isn't going to grow.
Lets get the testosterone thing out of the way. When men age, their testosterone levels become lower, not higher. Therefore, if testosterone were the cause, a persons hair would start to grow as they became older.
Now, what happens when the gene is turned off. Cannot be something goes into the blood stream, as that would cause the entire head to go bald. Has to be something that can only affect the front, and top of the head.
Cannot have any affect on the sides or back of the head.
My thought is the way the head grows is affected. If the head grows in length, the skin is stretched further, and this does something to the hair follicle. The side and back of the head remain the same size. The growth only happened at the top, and front.
This would explain why people that get hair transplants experience more hair loss after the transplant. As the scalp is cut, and the skin is pulled (Stretched) and then stitched.
I have not read anything on people that have had skin in the center area of their head cut out, and the sides pulled upward for coverage, what happens, do they start to lose the side hair?
