HAIR LOSS SINGAPORE

If you have been using some anti- hair loss shampoos or products and you are not getting the results you want, or worse, you are dropping off more hair than you used to before the use of the product, its time to consider to stop the use of the shampoo or product for the time being, say for a week or two. During this period, check that whether without the use of the anti-hair loss product, you are losing lesser hair, or losing the same amount of hair………if you do, it may mean that the hair product you are using is not doing much improvement for your hair. For hair sufferers like us, we tend to grab any hair product that is touted to be a miracle for hair loss…but in the advertising world, all products are lauded to be miracle cures…our initial anticipation and hopes become dashed as we flit from one product to another without seeing any results. Thus before you flit to yet another product, why not REST your scalp without any chemicals for the time being and ascertain the result?

My self-esteem took a beating today as I tried to comb my hair. Where in the past, the comb would touch on my layers of hair, this time round, it touched on my scalp directly. My hair line became wider and obviously it was thinning as portions of scalp showed! A lot of hair were lost (around 20 to 30) everytime I shampoo my hair and I forsee I would really become ‘botak’ in a matter of months. I have tried and experimented with many shampoos, treatments, drugs and lotions, choosing a better diet, eating more hair-healthy food, but all these are not able to stem my hair from falling. I seem to be fighting a losing battle against hair loss. It has already been two years since my hair first fell … and the longer the battle, the thinner is my hair! I have tried all sorts of shampoos, all claiming to be of help to stem the fall of hair, some were organic, others were lauded and advertised to heal hair loss… but all these products are not able to help stem the perennial fall of hair on my sc...

I am thinking of trying Traditional Chinese Medicine and Biolyn as I have not tried them before. For hair loss sufferers like us, every try comes with high expectations. And shall that expectation fails you, it is another sadness, another waste of time, money and efforts. And for some unlucky folks, their scalps and hairfall could even aggravate!

The pH of apple cider vinegar is on the low side being acidic. The pH of our scalp is acidic in nature as well. We have always subjected our scalp to tough shampoos which are alkaline, these have stripped the nature pH of our scalp, thus more and more of the people are having hair problems. Apple cider vinegar can be explored for your use to treat your hair problems. There are oodles of articles on the internet about its use in hair loss cures.

I just bought a bottle of apple cider vinegar and has tasted it: its like a bitter wine! After seeing on the net the miracles of washing and cleaning the hair with apple cider vinegar, I am tempted to try this organic treatment. Will be updating my blog on this.

One of the worst hair care habits is to go to bed with your hair wet. Sometimes, this cannot be avoidable especially when we come home late after a tired day at work. Sleeping with wet hair, I personally find the hair strands on the pillow and bed more after waking up! This could be due to easy breakage of wet hair. Not to mention the accumulation of more dust, dirt and oil with increased moisture of the hair.

There are generally two schools of thought to combat against hair loss. Scientific proven methods: to reduce formation of DHT via finasteride and minoxidil to apply to the scalp for nourishing of follicles. The second school of thought would be via herbal treatment for the conditioning and nourishment of hair follicles, the roots of hair. There are scores of such herbal hair care centres around in Singapore. The common treatment procedure in a visit to the herbal hair care centre is routine: application of herbs onto the customer’s scalp followed by steaming for the follicles to absorb the herbs, followed by final washing and shampooing. Basically, I am currently following a herbal, organic approach plus massaging of scalp. Will update my progress regularly here.

Hair loss sufferers would agree with me that the common term ‘Washing hair’ is a misleading one. Clean scalp hygiene is one of the pillars to good hair health. And when we wash hair, we should be washing our scalp instead (and not the hairs!), clearing and freeing it of oil, dirt and dust, which clog out invaluable hair follicles. Many people discuss about the frequency of washing hair, others discuss about the proper timings to wash different kinds of hair. While the abovementioned factors are important for good hair growth, another factor which I must stress is the proper technique to wash hair.

Ahmet Coskun, a German wheelchair basketballer, was tested positive for finasteride after a pre-competition urine test on August 23. Subsequently, he was kicked out of the event in the Beijing Paralympics It was reported that although finasteride does not enhance performance, it can be used to cover up drugs that do. "I was thinking about my hair and had no idea that the drug, which is against hair loss, contained a banned substance. I'm very upset. I never intended to do doping," Coskun said, according to the reports. Personally, I do not know whether Coskun’s real use of finasteride: to treat his balding problem or to use it as a dope. What I can say is all drugs can have effects, which we know and do not know. Some drugs while able to treat one problem can lead to another. Thus be prudent when you start any form of medication.

The two scientifically-proven drugs for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia (male pattern hair loss) are Finasteride (oral medication) and Minoxidil (topical lotion to be applied to the scalp directly). Finasteride is marketed as Proscar, Propecia, Fincar, Finpecia, Finax, Finast, Finara, Finalo, Prosteride, Gefina, Finasterid IVAX, Finasterid Alternova. The more common forms here: Propecia and Proscar have slight differences in strength: Propecia has 1 mg of finasteride, while Proscar has 5 mg per tablet. It is common to procure Proscar and divide the tablets into 4 equal quarters to consume in lieu of consuming 1 tablet of Propecia. Finasteride works to lower the amount of a male hormone called Dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, that can be found in your bloodstream and also in the skin near your scalp. DHT reduces the size of hair follicles in the scalp. By reducing the concentration of DHT, you can stop the balding in its tracks. In addition, you may be able to regain some of the h...

With Corporate Social Responsibility being the buzzword in today’s lexicon of business’s language, since the commencement of my hair fall, I have also started to practice Corporate Social Responsibility by clearing the tons of hair I drop everyday (clearing my own mess). It is disgusting to note the hundreds of hair swept and in the early stages of hair loss, I have counted every strand of fallen hair which I could count but as time passes, I discontinued the practice as it’s a waste of time. (we already lost hair, why further lose time?)

Anyone can relate the frequency of exercising with that of hair loss? Personally, I find exercising should be good for the scalp as it circulates the blood in the body and towards the scalp. However, the scalp becomes oily and dirty after exercise and this may prompt more hair loss too. Overall, I believe moderation is the key to exercising and one should clean the scalp promptly after every exercise session. What are your views?

Male Pattern Baldness is believed to be caused by the 5a-reductase type I enzyme, which converts testosterone to DHT, responsible for the premature death of hair, by shrinking hair follicles until they no longer produce visible hair and thus ultimately causing hair loss. Eunuchs can never be bald as they no (longer) produce testosterone.

Alopecia areata is the scientific name given to the condition of balding when hair is lost from certain places of the body usually from the scalp.

I do not know whether companies are riding on a ‘balding bandwagon’ to introduce to the market a vast array of fruit and organic shampoos: apple, ginger, green tea, orange, wild berry… … One caveat of choosing the above shampoos is to determine for yourself whether these shampoos really could work for you. A study of the ingredients in the shampoo could be useful. Do not just buy a new organic shampoo because it is from a reputed brand or it has been endorsed by some popular artistes…. not all shampoos work fine for all. Chocolate shampoos, ice-cream shampoos on the card soon? Recommended:

Nobody wants to lose hair, same for me. Keeping and saving my hair during hair loss is not only for me to look good and confident, its also for my loved ones. I want to look good for them because I love them. Regardless whether they say they mind or not, I still want to look good for them for this reason. It does make a difference when we go out with our loved ones and meet someone on the streets or your friends and relatives who ask us or our loved ones what has happened to us. Or they may stare openly in a manner at us, words needless be told. Some psychological stress will be inevitably caused by others’ inconsiderate questioning or actions to our loved ones due to our balding because of general hard-to-erased social perceptions. This is the world of the majority. I do not want my loved ones to suffer unnecessary mental stress, thus I am keeping my hair not only for me, but also for them.

Of late, people have espoused green tea and green tea shampoo to fight off hair loss. Their beliefs are that tea contains antioxidants and vitamins, which can protect the scalp from infections as well as nourish the hair with vital nutrients. They propose drinking green tea regularly to have great hair. It is believed that the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase is inhibited by the catechins that are found in abundance in green tea. A higher intake of green tea may then correlate to higher levels of sex hormone-binding protein - or globulin, which carries hormones like testosterone around the body in a bound, unusable form so that tissues cannot use it directly. Testosterone is usually carried around the body by this binding protein, therefore, reducing levels of free testosterone, so that it cannot be converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the hair follicle, which is thought to cause hair loss. They believe too that the Green Tea Shampoo can be effective in the treatment of falling or thin...

Undeniably, women seem to be more adversely affected than men by balding as the general and common perception of society seems to emphasize looks more on females than males. Since time immemorial, women are generally conceived to be the more attractive gender while men are to be strong to protect the fairer gender. When we are dealing with hair loss, a disease, which threatens the looks of sufferers (image of a person’s contributed largely by his or her hair), society tends to frown more on balding women than men. One contributing factor for the aforementioned phenomenon is also the fact that men form the majority of the people who are balding. But gradually and surely, there is an evident increasing trend of women balding. Stress caused by societies in modern day living, juggling the high demands of life all within 24 hours causing the balding trend? Or is it the food we eat? No single real cause could be ascertained with precise certainty; it might be a cause of inheritances of genes...

Balding men should have enough sleep. Do not lose sleep over your balding and hair loss anymore else you will lose more! Study has shown that our body engages in a healing process when we are asleep, especially from the period 11 pm to 2 am. Thus it is most beneficial if one can turn in early for bed, it will do wonders for your health as well as for your hair!

You are balding and thus there are some spots on your scalp which are sparse of hairs. You relish the other parts of your scalp which still have hair and thus you delay going to see a barber and these remaining unaffected parts of the scalp with hair seem to help you disguise your balding spots. Or you dread going to the barber because you are conscious of your balding spots. What is there to cut? Will my balding spots show up even more obvious after the cutting? Everyday, I scoured the scalps of many and realised balding scalps amidst the crowns of hair. Many men especially have already hair which is very thick on some parts of their scalp (the unaffected parts) while balding on some spots…..these make their head untidy and unkempt and even though they are trying hard to disguise their balding spots by not shaving off other undamaged scalps, its still obvious to all and even more obvious as the thinning parts are accentuated by the thicker untouched portions of the scalp which they do...

I believe many of you, hair loss sufferers, must have used hair tonic in the forms of hair regrowth tonic or hair loss reduction tonic in your battles against hair loss. Hair loss sufferers apply the hair tonic religiously on their scalps and crave for improvement in their hair condition. If the hair fall still persists (and maybe even more hair would be shed) after you have used these tonic, it is timely to assess whether these tonic are really suitable for your scalp. Thus, if need be, stop the application of the tonic for a week and see if your hair loss situation is any better or not. It is paramount to note that NOT ALL hair tonic and ingredients are suitable for everyone. Some salesmen of hair tonic products also claim that in the early stages of use of the products, if more hair were to drop, it is due to the body’s natural reaction to rid of the ‘old weeds’ before new hair is grown.

I have always enjoyed wind and breezes when outdoors till the time my hair loss started and my hair became thin. Every strong wind will tend to tear at my hair, and sometimes it is painful as the hair roots tend to be pull apart.... you see the hair is already so thin that it is the most basic layer, nothing to protect liao. Thus when there is strong wind, I no longer enjoy it. Anyway from the internet research, standing in strong wind is definitely a No-No for the thin hair. Does the cyclone looks like a mop of white hair? :)

Personally, and I must stress it is a personal opinion: I find Caucasian men and women are quite cool when they are bald due to their sharp features. But I also feel that some local men and women here look nice when they are bald too. What do you think? And some say people are sexy when bald. Some even suggest men who are bald are very sexy as they have too much virality. "Bald equates sexiness" this mantra has not rubbed off in Singaporean society but some western societies accept this mantra. Since Bruce Willis, Zidane, Britney Spears and other bald popular artities have come of age, baldness has taken on another meaning. It is not that horrible to be bald. Some view baldness as trendy, cool, sexy, hip, fun, cute...... Ultimately, it is no point to having or wishing people naming you as cool, sexy, hip, fun or cute when you are bald. You got to believe you are cute even when you are bald. The most important thing is how you feel you look when you are bald. If you find you a...

This is one poem I heard once or twice: "God creates all men's head The ugly ones he covers in Hair" This poem is meant to bring some confidence and courage to all men who have balded.

Today let us talk about Oily scalp. The tips for an oily scalp is to wash hair twice a day and leave shampoo on your scalp for a longer period of time… some tips from what I read on the net. A dilute solution of vinegar may work wonders for the scalp though I have not tried it. Apple cider vinegar is a new term under hair loss terminology that I have heard; it can prove effective against oily scalp. If you are interested, you may search more on apple cider vinegar in the internet.

How many strands (from your scalp) do you lose each time you shampoo and wash your hair? How many strands (from your scalp) of hair do you find on your pillow upon waking up every morning? A normal human being loses up to a maximum of 100 strands of hair per day, bulk of which we do not really notice because they can drop off of the day without our notice. The only real test of hair loss is when one actually count the strand of hairs at the sink of the bathroom after washing. My count was bad: around 20 for everytime I shampoo my scalp. In the past, this count was just 1 to 5! However if one is able to regrow their hair to replace those fallen off, baldness is not an issue. Recommended:

Let us get to the root of all hair problems… and yes we are talking about hair roots. Hair roots in this case mean hair follicles and they are the ‘seeds’ from which hair are grown. The number of hair follicles are predetermined at birth and once the hair follicles die, the hair from which the follicle grows will never grow again, leaving a bald patch behind. Balding occurs when a large number of hair follicles on a person’s scalp die off. The only way to prevent balding and combat hair loss is to save and sustain our remaining hair follicles. Hair loss occurs when the rate at which hair drops off exceeds that of those growing. Baldness occurs when the hair follicles die, gradually and over a large extent of the scalp. My researches carried out over these two years all point to one fact: saving the hair follicles is the only way to prevent baldness. I will list down all the methods that are available on earth to combat hair loss and how all of them are related to revitalizing the hair ...

What I have been doing to cure hair loss? 1) Scalp massage 2) Diet 3) Wash hair more properly 4) Scalp treatment few times per week 5) Sport a short crop of hair, easier to maintain and not to mention exploring all sorts of treatment centres / off the counter lotions to cure my hair loss but to no avail! But I have not tried Yunnan, Beijing 101, Svenson, Bossin and the like.

My True story Like many of you, I am also a victim of hair loss ….. More and more Singaporean men are losing their ‘crowns of glory’ and this trend may be getting earlier and earlier.On the streets in these recent years, we may spot a relatively number of young men who are bald or balding. Compare this phenomenon to say ten years ago when this phenomenon is not commonly seen. This balding trend among Singaporean men is sparking an increasing proliferation of hair treatment centres. Hair treatment centres have practically sprung up all over the island with the likes of Beijing 101, Yunnan, Svenson, Bossin, etc.Causes of hair loss can be hereditary, or caused by stress, drug medications, poor diets, oily scalp etc and these causes manifest into the many forms or types of hair loss such as male pattern baldness, telogen effluvium, alopecia areata, etc. A normal human loses about 50 to 100 hairs per day and this loss is not alarming. However if more than this number is lost per day, ...

CONGRATULATIONS! By discovering this website, you have taken the first step to discovering what can be a possible cure of what is terribly bothering you: Hair Loss! Everyday we witness many people, men and women, young and old losing their hair. It is obvious, just go on to the streets and it is not hard for you to spot a shiny plate of scalp or two among a dozen of people. And the worst thing is: the balding trend is catching on among the youth…..they are not spared either. Stress, lack of nutrition, improper hair care are the oft-cited causes of hair loss. Whatever the reasons, one common thread binds all hair loss sufferers: the indescribable feeling of loss of esteem, sense of pride and sexiness! And women may be the worse hit than men. There are as many solutions of hair loss as hair causes: scalp treatment centres in the likes of Beijing 101, Yunnan, Bossin, Trikocare………., scientifically proven methods such as finasteride and propecia…….and many others more. But we all know that ...

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