Botox for hair loss - the latest Hollywood hair craze | |||||||||
And he should know... Iain Sallis owns the Iain Sallis Trichology Clinics, the largest number of Trichology clinics in the UK. Trichology is the branch of medicine that studies hair and scalp health. According to Sallis, there is no real evidence that this ‘Botox for Hair Loss’ works, and the treatment guidelines don’t specify what type of hair loss it prevents; genetic, diffuse shedding or an underlying condition, which should get "alarm bells ringing". Beverly Hills-based aesthetic surgeons are promoting a mixture of Botox and vitamin injections to target and combat Hair Loss, but Sallis says this is flawed at several levels. Real treatments for hair loss There are two main treatments for genetic hair loss: Finasteride and Minoxidil. These are the best chance of regaining hair in genetic hair loss problems and have been scientifically-proven to be effective. Sallis says Botox injections are neither a hair stimulant nor an anti-androgen (a blocker of male hormones which are the main cause of genetic hair loss). The best thing for hair loss initially is a consultation with a hair loss expert to figure out what problem you are experiencing; this may be easy for men as 95% of all hair loss problems experience by men are genetic. Women, on the other hand, are more prone to vitamin and mineral deficiencies which need to be diagnosed as well as a multitude of hormonal disorders all of which can cause several types of hair loss. |
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