Hair Loss Updated (Alopecia), A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions

by Kenneth Kee

Overview

This book describes Hair Loss Updated, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
Hair Loss (Alopecia) is the partial or total loss of hair in the scalp, armpit or other areas of the body to the extent that the bare skin is evident and sparse amount of hair is present or totally absent.
Hair loss normally happens gradually and may be patchy or diffuse (all over)
The most frequent types of hair loss are:
1.Male pattern baldness or androgenetic alopecia.
Its causes have been linked to genes, hormones and age.
Other types of hair loss are:
2.An auto-immune condition known as patchy hair loss (alopecia areata),
3.Temporary hair loss (telogen effluvium),
4.Compulsive hair pulling (trichotillomania) and
5.Traction alopecia.
Diagnosis
A scalp biopsy may be performed.
Blood tests may also be done to check for autoimmune disorders and thyroid problems.
The diagnosis is typically based on the normal appearance of the bald patches.
If there is disbelief about the cause of the hair loss, occasionally some blood tests or a skin scraping from a bald patch may be done to exclude other causes.
A small sample (biopsy) of skin is occasionally taken to look at under the microscope.
Treatment
If hair loss is not prevalent, the hair will often re-grow in a few months without treatment.
For more serious hair loss, it is not clear how treatment can assist to alter the course of the disorder.
Frequent treatments may be:
1.Steroid injection under the skin surface
2.Medicines applied to the skin
3.Ultraviolet light therapy
4.The wig may be utilized to hide regions of hair loss.
Watchful waiting or not treating is a frequent first treatment.
One method for treating alopecia areata is by getting corticosteroid injections from a dermatologist.
Reports show that patients normally notice hair growth about 30 days after the injections.
2 medicines Finasteride and Minoxidil work by stimulating the re-growth of hair in hair follicles.
Combinations of Finasteride, Minoxidil and Ketoconazole are more effective than individual use, indicating synergistic effects of the medicines.
Surgery:
A hair transplant done by a surgeon is a surgical treatment to transferring growing hair from one part of the head to another.
Scalp stem cells
In 2012, research teams cultivated human scalp cells and produced hair follicle cells.
When the hair follicle cells were transferred to the backs of hairless mice, hair began to sprout.
The latest development requires producing equipment that permits for more efficient mass production of such hair follicle cells.
1. RCH-01
Replicel’s hair growth treatment, RCH-01, requires culturing a person’s own hair follicle cells and then re-injecting them back into their scalp.
2. Trinov aka the Brotzu Lotion
A lotion discovered to grow hair while treating vascular insufficiency in patients with diabetes
3. Setipiprant
Setipiprant is an oral medicine or pill, easy to give and treat.
4. HSC660 is an injectable serum that is given to stimulate the growth of new hair follicles and existing ones in a person’s scalp.
5. RT1640 is made of minoxidil, cyclosporine-A, and a novel molecule RT175
100% of the people who utilized the treatment had good hair growth in phase1
6. SM04554 is a small-molecule topical solution that triggers the Wnt pathway to grow hair.
7. Breezula is a topical anti-androgen produced for the treatment of AGA, unlike other anti-androgens observed which stop the body’s production of DHT,
8. FOL-S-005 main peptide of Follicum is being utilized to activate hair growth
Many other discoveries are ready for marketing in 2019
Read about hair care and other new hair remedies in the book

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Hair Loss
Chapter 2 Diagnosis and Hair Care
Chapter 3 Treatment of Hair Loss
Chapter 4 New Treatments
Chapter 5 Folliculitis
Chapter 6 Dandruff
Chapter 7 Hirsutism
Chapter 8 Hair and Diseases
Epilogue

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155922032
Publisher:	Kenneth Kee
Publication date:	12/25/2018
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	914,922
File size:	169 KB

About the Author

Medical doctor since 1972. Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009. Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993. Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 65. However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. He first started writing free blogs on medical conditions seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiolographical account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com. This autobiolographical account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com. From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 550 amazon kindle books and some into Smashwords.com eBooks. He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books. He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures. Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple. For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients. The later books go into more details of medical conditions. The first chapter of all my ebooks is always taken from my blog A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions which was started in 2007 as a simple educational help to my patients on my first blog http://kennethkee.blogspot.com. The medical condition was described simply and direct to the point. Because the simple guide as taken from the blog was described as too simple, I have increased the other chapters to include more detailed description of the illness, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. As a result there are the complaints by some readers of constant repetitions of the same contents but in detail and fairly up to date. He has published 550 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter. The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health conditions and not meant as textbooks. He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke. His clinic is now relocated to the Bouna Vista Community Centre. The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall. He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting with the Apple computer and going to PC. All the PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core. The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive. He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance. His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner. The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned. This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale. Dr Kee is the author of: "A Family Doctor's Tale" "Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine" "Case Notes From A Family Doctor"