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The Top 10 Hair Loss Stories of 2009
As the ‘Top Ten’ and ’Best of’ lists for the year begin to emerge, the Belgravia Centre team thought there were enough interesting, amusing and - dare we say - monumental events this year that constituted another type of lis...
Types and Causes of Hair Loss
In most types of hair loss there is a genetic predisposition, but there are also instances where there is no family history of the particular condition. In either case, there are treatments that can help stop and reverse the effects of most types of...
Temporal Hair Loss and How to Stop Balding
Hair loss is something that the majority of the male population has to deal with at one stage or another, but you can fight baldness if you know the early signs to look for – such as temporal hair loss – and even reverse the effects with treatmen...
Pilfood Direct Hair Loss Treatment - Does it Work?
Pilfood is a brand of products, created by Spanish pharmaceutical and health products company Laboratorios Serra Pamies, which includes shampoos, a hair supplement, and a topical anti-hair loss treatment. It is said that Pil Food products will help e...
What is DHT?
Dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, is a natural but powerful metabolite of the human body and the main cause of hair loss in both men and women. It’s a chemical derivative of testosterone, created when the metabolism of androgen gets involved with an enz...
Skeleton Racer Zach Lund - Bald But Back For The Vancouver Olympics
Four years after Zach Lund was suspended from the winter Olympics in 2006 for using Propecia, the American skeleton racer is ready to man up for this year’s Vancouver Games in February. The former world No. 1 said he felt cheated of a gold medal wh...
Should Anti-Discrimination Laws Include Bald People?
Political correctness is often a heated topic and one that attracts a lot of attention. And one MP has even added hair loss to the debate. The Daily Mail recently reported that Conservative MP Philip Davies wrote 19 letters to Trevor Phillips, chairm...
Tiger Woods Loses Golf, Love and Hair
As the world continues to gain insight to the“transgressions” of golf’s leading man, Tiger Woods will himself possibly have to deal with the loss of many things – golf, marriage, and image, to name a few. Turns out Tiger is just your average...
Solicitor Calls for Regulation of Hairdressers to Prevent Hair Loss Accidents
Going to the hairdresser is a pleasant experience for most people and usually something to look forward to. Despite this, there have been a number of reports this year of people who have suffered the effects of bad hair care in their salon and been l...
Lichen Planus and The Link to Hair Loss
As many as 4 in 10 scarring alopecia cases that a dermatologist will see are due to lichen planopilaris, according to some sources. It’s a variation of lichen planus, a condition that causes an itchy skin rash but sometimes affects other parts of t...
Zenagen Natural Hair Loss Shampoo – Does it Work?
Zenagen is a shampoo containing a blend of natural extracts including bioflavanoids, serenoa repens, polyphenol antioxidants, that claims to be “the world’s first shampoo especially formulated to help men prevent going bald.” Howev...
Hair Loss Success: “First class treatment and customer service”
“The treatment and quality of Customer Service has been 1st class since day 1. I’ve been coming to the Belgravia Centre for 3 years now and cannot recommend it highly enough.” Mr Harley Diagnosis: Male Pattern Hair Loss M...
Thinning Hair – Am I Losing it?
Is your hair losing its oomph? Do you have to give your hair tie an extra twist around your tresses? If you’re spending more time looking in the mirror and contemplating your hairline, you might think yourself paranoid. But it could be worth asking...
Excess Radiation Exposes CT Scan Patients to Memory and Hair Loss and Possibly Cancer
When school teacher Becky Coudert started losing her hair and had trouble with her memory, she was told she may have received up to 14 times the radiation required during her CT brain scan. Coudert soon filed a class-action lawsuit against G.E Health...
Dr Shapiro’s Help Hair Shake – Any Good for Hair Loss?
A hair transplant surgeon has launched his Help Hair Whey Protein Shake to help boost hair growth. Dr. Lawrence Shapiro, from Florida, USA, developed his natural growth-hormone-free hair shake which provides the essential amino acids, proteins, vita...
TV Man’s Hair Loss Affects Career
With the exception of perhaps models who earn a living by their looks, most people like to be valued for their skills at work and not their appearance. But in the image-conscious world of media, such principles do not always apply. American Carl Arky...
Prince William’s Hair Loss in Focus During Charity Event
Prince William’s “receding and patchy hairline was only too obvious under the flashbulbs” as he attended a charity event this week, the Daily Mail reports. While the future king’s hair loss is by no means new news, it does seem as...
Widow’s Peak - Warning of Hair Loss in Men
Sometimes a widow’s peak is simply the pattern of a man’s natural hair growth, but if it becomes severely prominent or further receding is accompanied by thinning hair, it often means more hair loss is looming. There are however proven h...
Hair Loss Lands Newly-Wed Man in Court
It’s supposed to be one of the best days of your life but for one young couple their wedding day and night was anything but. Nazia Ahmed (not her real name) had the shock of her life on her wedding night when she discovered for the first time ...
Hair Testing for Drug Use - What You Should Know
Forget all you’ve ever heard about redheads being fiery and blondes being ditzy, the colour of one’s hair does not dictate their character, but experts say that hair can tell them about a person’s drug habits. Hair testing might soon take over ...
Metrosexual Man, His Hair & Hair Loss Prevention
The term Metrosexual was introduced in the 90s to describe men who took pride in their appearance. And as we approach 2010, it seems there is no let down in the number of men who are making an effort to keep their hair and skin in top condition. In ...
Charlton Heston Was Bald Says Star Trek’s George Takei
The late actor Charlton Heston was “as bald as a billiard ball” according to Star Trek’s George Takei. It appears that Heston disguised his hair loss for a number of years by wearing a hairpiece. Heston, known best for his leading ...
Hair Loss and the Link to High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease and Cancer
Although some doctors don’t regard hair loss as a major physical concern, it may not have just psychological implications. Researchers have found a strong association between baldness, high blood pressure, heart disease and prostate cancer. It ...
Complaints About China’s TV Infomercials for Hair Loss Creams
Many people know the internet is a hot spot for rogue outfits selling unsafe and untested medications for things such as weight loss, sexual dysfunctions and hair loss. But what about TV adverts? A large number of Chinese consumers are complaini...
Young Sisters Go to School Bald for First Time
Trying to fit in at school can be tough for any child at the best of times but could you imagine if the child had no hair? Yesterday the Daily Mail ran a feature on two brave sisters, aged just 9 and 11, who suffer from Alopecia Areata and have decid...
Did Wayne Rooney Have a Hair Transplant?
Wayne Rooney is indeed one of Manchester United’s most valued players but when teammates likened him to Sir Bobby Charlton, rumours that the young footballer was considering a hair transplant were rife. And who wouldn’t at least think about it if...
Trichogram - What it is and How Important it is in Diagnosing Hair Loss
Most people have an acute awareness if they are losing their hair, on the other hand, some don’t realise it until they’ve lost half the density they once had. But hair loss specialists can today identify the condition and suggest ways to repair t...
Sarah Palin Jokes About Vice President Joe Biden’s Hair Loss
Hair seems to be increasingly important in the world of US politics, at least for the Republicans. Following on from Andy McKenna’s bid to be Illinois Governor with his Hair Campaign video, Sarah Palin has been making comments about the hair loss o...
More Evidence That Hair Loss in Young Men is Increasing
Doctors in India are saying that hair loss in young men is on the increase and that, whereas ten years ago it was mostly middle-aged men they saw, today boys as young as 16 are complaining of a receding hairline. The problem is so bad that male hair ...
Rastafarian Inmates Bald Treatment: Ten Years For Not Cutting Hair
Bob Marley will be turning in his grave when next week marks a decade since at least eight Rastafarian inmates in the US were held in segregation for refusing to cut their hair. Members of the Afro-Caribbean religious group say the Virginia Departmen...
