Well, continuing from the previous post about aromatherapy treatment for Alopecia Areata – after reading those articles I came to realize that doctors have little to offer me in my situation – with progressing alopecia, I had balding patches spreading on my scalp and chin, I let the rest of the hair on my head to grow so it will cover the patches and I shaved my beard obsessively so » Successful aromatherapy treatment for Alopecia Areata – part II »
ANATOMY OF THE HAIR FOLLICLE
Every strand of hair on the scalp consists of a hair shaft, which is visible above the skin, and a hair root, which resides in a hair follicle beneath the skin surface. Projecting into the base of each hair follicle and hair root is a structure called the dermal papilla, which is composed of rapidly dividing cells. These cells pack together in the hair follicle, forming » Hair Growth Cycle »
On the medical side of the Alopcia Areata problem, I started researching the internet for some information until I came across 2 very interesting scientific studies. You can read them on www.pubmed.gov – A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the U.S National Institutes of Health:
• “Randomized trial of aromatherapy. Successful treatment for alopecia areata”, by Hay IC, MCRP, Jamieson M, SRN, Ormerod AD, FRCP; Department of Dermatology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Scotland.
• “Hypnotherapeutic management of alopecia areata”, Willemsen R, MD, Vanderlinden J, PhD, Deconinck A, MD, Roseeuw D, MD , PhD; Department of Dermatology, Academic Hospital, Free University (VUB), Brussels.
I watched the video and read the review on HairMax LaserComb – they definitely look professional and the fact that they got approved by the FDA is an upside – I don’t think they would have made it unless the clinical test they have conducted would show higher success rate and re-growth of hair in the original group in comparison with the test group.
Still I wonder about what they called » How reliable are their clinical tests for the hairloss laser therapy »
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