Protecting Your Crowning Glory: How To Prevent Hair Loss

Although women are generally assumed to be more concerned with their looks, you’ll find a lot of men who worry when they start going bald. 

The whole thing can be rather shocking; one moment you’ve got a great head of hair, and you don’t even think about baldness. Then a couple years down the line you look in the mirror and notice that your forehead turned into a five-head  “What the hell happened!?”

But what if you could stop it? What if you could keep your glorious mane your whole life? What if we told you there’s a way for you to keep baldness at bay until you’re old and gray! 

The Basics Of Hair Growth: The 3 Stages To A Hair Life Cycle

First off, a certain amount of hair loss is perfectly normal. There are three stages in the life-cycle of a human hair.

1. The anagen, or growth phase, lasts anywhere between three to five years, depending on your genetics. The follicle grows hair out until it reaches its maximum length.
2. After anagen is finished, the hair follicle enters the catagen or transitional phase. The follicle shrinks and cuts off blood supply to the hair strand it supports. This lasts for about two weeks.
3. The telogen, or resting phase, is one to four months long. During this time, the follicle is dormant as it recovers and regrows to support another hair. When the follicle regrows another hair, it pushes out the old hair—and that’s what you’ll be seeing in the shower, and on your pillow at night.

The average person loses about 100 hairs per day. Aging will inevitably take a toll on your hair density, but if you start losing handfuls of hair per day, then you’re probably on your way to a slick bald head.

How To Prevent Hair Loss: 6 Techniques

There are many methods for keeping your hair nice and thick. These can range from simple everyday solutions to drastic but effective surgical options.

Stress Management Can Keep Help Prevent Hair Loss

Stress causes hair follicles to enter a rest period and cease hair growth, while anxiety releases a hormone called cortisol, which causes fluctuations in the levels of other hormones. This combination will cause the balding process speeds up. 

Thus, stress management is a great way to keep your hairline intact. Control your stress however you can; whether it’s meditation, yoga, exercise, or whatever else. 

Keeping your mind healthy and centered can significantly cut down on hair loss.

Cut Back On The Styling: Let Your Hair Follicles Heal!

Some of the things we do to our hair can do damage if done over a long period of time. Using a shampoo that’s too strong for your hair can dry it out and cause breakage. Applying high heat can also damage your hair, so go easy on the blow dryers, hair straighteners, and curling irons. The same goes for chemical treatments like straightening, bleaching, and dying. The less stress you put on your hair, the longer it’ll last.

Use Minoxidil (Rogaine) To ‘Reset’ Your Hair Growth Cycle

In between the preventive lifestyle changes and the expensive surgical options, there’s one available over the counter. It’s best known under the brand name of Rogaine, and the generic name minoxidil. Most people who apply it see hair loss slowed or fully stopped, and in about 25% of those who use minoxidil, revitalized hair follicles grow new hair.

It comes as a foam or a lotion and is applied directly to the scalp. It works by ‘resetting’ the growth cycle of your hair, putting them back into the anagen phase. This does mean that you may experience slightly greater hair loss in the first few weeks after you start using, but that’s just the old hair giving way to the new hair.

Note that formulas differ for men and women. Men will be fine with the 5% formula, while women are better served by a 2% formula. This is because an excessive concentration of minoxidil leads to certain side effects in women like unwanted facial hair growth.

With that said, It isn’t a perfect answer to all hair loss. Minoxidil is most effective for people under 40, and it’s best used as soon as you see the initial signs of hair loss. It won’t help complete baldness.

Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Revitalises Hair Follicles

In this treatment, blood is taken from a patient and mechanically separated in order to create platelet-rich plasma which is then injected into the scalp. Simple right?

The platelets then revitalize the hair follicles, leading to healthier and stronger hair. The number of necessary injections will depend on the individual; your doctor will consult with you to see what’s necessary.

You can expect visible results in five to eight months, though new growth starts occurring at around two months. There is almost no risk of side effects, as it’s your own blood that’s being used; the most common side-effect is minor swelling for up to a week following the procedure.

Hair Follicle Transplants

Hair transplants have aged like fine wine! Once upon a time, they were a hack job that left you looking like a zombie. But technology and techniques have only gotten better and better. And now it performs miracles!

We use the Follicular Unit Extraction or FUE procedure, which harvests tiny punctures containing one to four hairs from a donor area, usually from the back of the head. These are then transplanted into the intended area to fill in thinning hair.

Before you undergo the procedure, our doctors will consult with you to identify what areas will receive the transplants, and plan with you to achieve a natural-looking hairline. Then the hair in the donor area will be trimmed to identify ideal donor hairs. Overall, it’s a minimally-invasive procedure, using a specialized tool for the task. The extraction causes no scarring, and no stitches will be needed after the procedure.

There are two downsides, one immediate and one long-term. The immediate downside is that, for a few days after your procedure, you’ll have to keep your head elevated and above your heart at all times, including while you’re asleep. This means sleeping upright or making similar arrangements. This is so that the blood pressure around your scalp does not affect the healing of the follicles transplanted there.

The long-term downside is that it takes a while for the transplanted hairs to visibly appear. There will be some minor hair growth after the procedure, but all the transplanted hairs will fall out, and proper growth will only start after that. All in all, it takes about a year for the final results to be visible. Hair grows slowly, after all.

Low-Light Laser Therapy Helps To Stimulate Hair Follicles

The newest addition to our treatments is one that doesn’t involve chemicals, medications, or even anything that penetrates the skin. That’s Low-Light Laser Therapy. As you’d guess from the name, this uses a low-level red laser to irradiate your scalp and stimulate the hair follicles. This encourages hair growth, leading to a stronger and healthier hair.

It might sound odd to use lasers to repair your body, but it all depends on what kind of laser you use. Lasers of a similar type have been used to alleviate pain, prevent tissue damage, and promote wound healing for decades now.

Hair regrowth is the oldest of these possible uses; in fact, it was how low-light laser therapy was discovered. Endre Mester, a Hungarian physician, experimented on removing skin cancers using low-level lasers, and while he failed to affect the tumors, he did notice much faster hair regrowth on the mice he had treated. Now, it’s a painless and non-invasive way to prevent hair loss.

Advantages And Disadvantages Of Laser Hair Therapy

As with any treatment, there are upsides and downsides.

Advantages of Laser Hair Therapy

• It’s non-invasive with virtually no side effects. You just sit on a chair and the doctor does all the work with the laser running over your scalp. The laser itself is a low-level one, applied for a very short time.
• It’s completely painless and has no downtime. You won’t feel a thing! Just rest in the nice, comfy chair while the doctor takes care of your hair.
• Laser treatments slow hair loss and encourage hair growth. The laser strengthens the hair follicles, so the hairs that were in danger of falling out are now saved. Plus those follicles that were struggling to produce new hair get a boost!

Disadvantages of Laser Hair Therapy

• It’s time-consuming. The earliest you can see results is two months after you start, and the treatment itself takes about an hour each visit.
• It’s ineffective on patients who have already been severely bald for years. Not all treatments can work for everyone, and lasers can’t save a dead hair follicle.

Overall, LLLT is one of the most effective ways to stop hair loss in its tracks, especially when it’s paired with other hair restoration treatments like PRP and follicle transplants.

Learning How To Prevent Hair Loss Doesn’t Have To Be Stressful

Hair loss may be a fact of life, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept a receding hairline. If you want to keep a full head of hair, we can certainly accommodate you. We have all the right procedures available, and with consultation, we can come up with an effective course to prevent hair loss. 

There’s no need to worry about hair loss any longer; we’ve got the solution for you. Book your appointment now!

We’ve all dealt with hair in our lives. Whether it’s on top of the head or elsewhere on the body, grooming and removing hair just happens to be part of the human condition. But for some particularly hairy people, taming all that body hair can be a real chore.

An excellent solution to your hairy worries are the various forms of permanent body hair removal available us in this modern era; if there’s no hair to care for, then there’s no need to remove it!

There are a lot of ways out there to cut down on how much hair is growing on your body, each varying in convenience and effectiveness. We’re going to look at all of our options to see what works best for people with a little too much hair.

Why Remove Body Hair?

Before we get into that, let’s look at the why.

Body hair removal can be a chore, whether it’s permanent or temporary, and if you’re not doing it yourself, you’re likely paying someone else a good deal of money to do it for you.
So we have to ask, why go through all the trouble?

Most of the time, the reason is simply to look and feel better! Common reasons for hair removal include personal preference, cultural influence, religion, hygiene, or simply to look and feel more confident.

Maybe you love rocking hairless legs or perhaps you prefer to not have pubic hair!
Aesthetics and body confidence are as valid a reason as any. This is especially true among the ladies, where a lot of effort has been made into controlling excessive hair growth in women.

Improving Hygiene With Body Hair Growth

However, body confidence is not the only reason to remove body hair. Hygiene is also a factor, especially in order to reduce body odor. Not all sweat glands are made equal, and only one type is responsible for causing body odor: apocrine sweat glands.

These are largely concentrated around the armpits and the groin, among a few other places on your body.

Now, sweat from the apocrine glands isn’t that bad on its own, but they do gain an odor after bacteria has had time to break the sweat down. Body hair also slows down the evaporation of sweat and gives bacteria more time to cause body odor.

Reducing Body Odor

Removing hair from the armpits and groin helps reduce body odor, especially in tropical climates where temperatures are high and sweating is a part of daily life.

Even without the bonus of reducing body odor, it can be beneficial to remove body hair if you live somewhere tropical; less body hair means sweat evaporates quicker.

Permanent Body Hair Removal vs Temporary Body Hair Removal

Strictly speaking, ‘permanent’ isn’t really the best word. Except for electrolysis, no method of hair removal is ever permanent in the sense that, once you’re done with the treatment, you’ll never grow hair there again.

Most permanent hair removal methods are better thought of as long-term solutions, removing hair for about a few months, at the minimum.

What they do give is what the US Food and Drug Administration defines as ‘permanent hair reduction’, that is, the long-term, stable reduction in how much hair grows back after treatment.

Let’s go over the various ways on how to remove body hair for females, so we can examine each benefit and downsides in comparison to one other. You may already be using some of these in your own grooming routine.

The Classic Options

Shaving

Shaving is one of the two old and familiar options, but we all know, it’s very far from permanent. It’s easy enough and you can do it yourself, but it’s still time consuming and annoying.

Plus razors wear out eventually, and you’ll have to keep buying new ones. This is really only an option if you don’t mind putting in the work to regularly shave, or if you don’t have much hair to be concerned with.

Plucking

Plucking is also an old standby, and who doesn’t have a pair of tweezers nearby?

There is also some good news: prolonged plucking eventually damages the hair follicle, which leads to either a finer hair the next time it grows back, or for hair growth to stop entirely.

The problem is that this permanent reduction is not a controllable process. Plucking itself also takes a lot of time and is rather painful.

Waxing

Waxing is one of the most effective ways to remove large areas of hair in a short time. It does tend to be time-consuming, and it can be painful, but it’s a good option if you find it a hassle to trim daily.

Downsides are that you have to let the hair grow long enough for the wax to get them. You have your choice of at-home kits or professional services, which can come down to a choice between potential messiness or expensive treatments.

Sugaring

Sugaring is a process comparable to waxing. The process is largely similar: a paste made of sugar, lemon, and hot water is applied to the area to be cleared and is then pulled back quickly to remove the hair.

The important difference, which makes sugaring far less painful than waxing, is that the sugar paste only sticks to the hairs, not the skin. It’ll still sting a little, but not nearly as much as waxing. It can be done professionally or at home.

The downside is that it’s not a very common process, so it’ll be a bit more expensive, as fewer professionals are familiar with the process. Plus, again, hair has to be long enough for the paste to catch them.

Both sugaring and waxing will also damage the follicle the same way as plucking does, and after a long time undergoing both, you’ll find treated areas with finer, softer hairs than were there previously. But this does take a long time; you can’t expect a permanent reduction in hair after a few sessions of waxing or sugaring.

Downsides Of Temporary Hair Removal

Here’s a downside to all of the above, though: None of them are anywhere near permanent. At best, you can count on a few weeks before hairs start growing and you have to take care of them again. That can be a chore, so why don’t we look at some longer-lasting solutions?

Technology Meets Grooming

The solutions below are longer-lasting because they also target the follicle and damage it in the process. Where it takes a long time for plucking, waxing, or sugaring to affect the follicles, these methods do so from treatment and are thus the best means of permanent body hair removal.

Electrolysis Hair Removal

Electrolysis is the most effective, and it’s the closest we can get to truly permanent hair removal. This involves inserting a tiny metal probe into the hair follicle, then passing an electric current through the probe. This will kill the follicle and inhibit any further growth of hair from that specific follicle.

It’s not particularly painful; there’s some discomfort, but most of the time it’s not really enough to warrant any use of painkillers.

The real downside is that it’s time-consuming. It has to be done for every last follicle you want to get rid of. A fifteen-minute session only gets rid of thirty to forty follicles, and that means it’ll take a very, very long time to clear out large areas.

It’s only really worth it for small areas, so if you want to remove unwanted facial hair permanently, it’s excellent; for other places, it takes far too long.

Permanent Laser Hair Removal Targets the Hair Follicles Underneath Skin

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Laser Hair Removal & Intense Pulsed Light

Laser hair removal and intense pulsed light both work on the same principle with only slightly different mechanisms. Both of them use either a laser or focused light to heat up and damage hair follicles while leaving the surrounding skin intact.

This is possible because of melanin, the pigment in hair and skin. Darker hair absorbs more energy that doesn’t affect lighter skin, and so the heat passes through the hair and into the follicle.

There’s no need to get all the way in like in electrolysis, so a laser treatment doesn’t take as much time, and so can cover a larger area.

Downsides To Laser Treatment

As with all things, there are downsides to laser treatment. It takes some time, as laser removal works best on hairs in their growing phase, and only a fraction of hair is in that phase at any given time. This means multiple treatments are needed to clear out all the hair in a given area. Generally, most people need about three to six laser treatments.

Other Side Effects

Plus there are possible side effects. On the benign end, there’s redness and irritation. These are common in laser hair removal and are no cause for concern as they generally go away about an hour after your treatment.

There are also pigment changes on your skin, light or dark spots not quite matching your typical skin tone. If these come up, they’ll generally fade within a few days.

If either case persists for longer or looks too severe, speak to your doctor.

Other side effects are rarer. Those who scar easily may experience scarring from laser removal. If you’ve tanned recently before going in for a laser appointment, you may notice a change in skin texture. If you go out in the sun too soon after your procedure, blisters may result.

At-Home Laser & IPL Hair Removal Kits

There are at-home laser and IPL kits available for you to remove your hair permanently without having to visit a professional, at a fraction of the price.

Given the potential side effects of laser and IPL treatments, the American Academy of Dermatology recommends going only to certified dermatologists. Not as convenient or as cheap, but you avoid many of the potential risks.

Laser Hair Removal And Dark Skin

There’s a certain disadvantage to laser removal, inherent in how it targets melanin. Laser hair removal works best on people with dark hair and fair skin since most of their melanin is concentrated in the hair.

People with blonde or red hair are unable to make use of laser removal, as there’s not enough melanin for the laser to act on. Simultaneously, people with darker skin run the risk of side effects or actual skin damage, as the greater amount of melanin in the skin means the laser can’t distinguish between skin and hair, and thus also damages the skin.

Hair Removal using Nd:YAG Technology

But technology advances all the time, and even this hurdle has been cleared. A specific type of laser, the Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet, if you’re curious), has been proven to work on darker skin. It operates on a longer wavelength and penetrates deeper into the skin than other laser types, and thus more effectively bypasses the melanin in the skin.

Nd:YAG treatments also pulse for longer, which leaves more time for the skin to cool and avoid damage. The darker the skin, the longer the pulse time, though the same energy is delivered no matter the pulse duration.
The side effects are no worse than what we see with typical laser treatments and are usually on the benign end.

A competent dermatologist will reduce the risk of side effects; the worst you can expect is irritation or maybe a few dark or light spots that will clear out within ten days.

What To Do Before And After Your Laser Hair Removal Appointment

Before The Hair Removal Appointment

First and most important: Shave the area to be treated. Unlike waxing, where the hair needs to grow out for the wax to get a grip, laser hair removal of any kind works better on a clean-shaven surface. This will make sure that the little bit of hair near the follicle is what gets heated, instead of the entire rest of the strand.

If you’ve been tanning or been sunburnt, you can’t go in just yet; wait about two weeks before treatment to avoid any additional damage to the skin.

If you’re using sunless tanning products, chemical peels, and any other skin product that affects the skin, avoid them for about two weeks before and after your treatment and exfoliate the area to be sure you’ve got every trace of it out.

Also, avoid physical activity that increases your blood pressure or body temperature two hours before and after your treatment. If you’re on antibiotics or other medications, check with your physician before going in for treatment.

After The Hair Removal Appointment

For after the appointment, it’s time to go vampire mode. Avoid the sun, or other ultraviolet exposure, for a week after your treatment. If you experience any discomfort after the treatment, apply a cool towel or ice pack, or aloe vera to soothe the skin. Sunscreen is important when you’re going out, SPF 30 or higher, especially if you can’t avoid being in the sun.

If you do get blisters, don’t puncture them. Blisters may occur as a result of the treatment itself, or because the treated skin was exposed to the sun. Keep the blisters loosely covered, and clean the area with soap and water, then apply a bit of petroleum jelly. They’ll subside in about a week or two.

Before & After Laser Hair Removal

Conclusions

The days of painful hair removal and regular visits to the beautician are behind us. There are a good many options to control the growth of body hair, and if you want a good long-term solution to unwanted body hair, then laser hair removal is right up your alley.

With Nd: YAG laser treatment, the old concern about dark skin not being the best for laser removal doesn’t matter now. Light-skinned or dark if you’re wondering: how to permanently remove body hair? Laser hair removal is a great option.

So don’t wait up! Schedule your appointment now and start the journey to looking like the best possible version of yourself, groomed and hair-free!.

For most women, their hair is their crowning glory, and shiny healthy hair makes them feel beautiful and confident. However, if their hair becomes dull, starts thinning or falls out, it will make them feel very anxious and sad.

How Does Our Hair Grow?

All of us were born with hair follicles, from which our hair grows. If we have healthy hair, it will grow at a rate of 1/2 inch per month. Our hair grows according to a cycle, which is divided into three stages, known as anagen, catagen and telogen.

In the first stage, called anagen, the follicles produce healthy hair. This hair can continue growing for up to six years, depending on the hair type, heredity, age, gender and nutrition.

The second stage is called catagen, and it is also known as the transition stage. In the stage, the follicle stops growing hair. Instead, it becomes depleted and is destroyed. This stage will last for 1-2 weeks.

The third stage or telogen is the resting stage. This stage lasts for approximately 2-6 months. When this stage comes to an end, the first stage or anagen starts. The hair follicle will grow a new hair shaft alongside the old hair. Eventually, the old hair will be forced to fall out. You will be relieved to know that telogen only happens on 10-15% of the scalp at any time. That is why you shed around 100 strands of hair per day.

What is Hair Loss?

It is fine to shed a few strands of hair (around 100 strands) per day, but if you noticed that the number of strands left in the sink after grooming or in the shower after washing your hair has increased significantly, you should be worried, especially if the strands all have their hair bulbs intact.

Hair loss happens when the scalp can be seen, the hair looks patchy, or the diameter of the hair looks thinner. Patchy bald spots are also referred to as alopecia. Part the hair in several areas of the scalp to check. The earlier you detected hair loss, the higher your chances for corrective treatment.

What Causes Hair Loss?

According to Trichologists, hair loss is caused by a hereditary condition known as androgenetic alopecia. Androgenetic alopecia affects both men and women, and is also known as male/female pattern baldness. It affects men and women differently. In men, total balding from the front to the crown may happen. In women, balding occurs on the side or crown area of the head, but the hairline usually stays intact. It is estimated that one-third of women suffer from androgenetic alopecia.

Many factors could affect the hair of women, leading to hair loss. Excessive use of strong chemical hair products such as permanent hair dyes, perms, as well as other types of hair products has been found to damage hair. The delicate hair follicles will be damaged, resulting in thinning hair. Also, do not use these products together or close to each other. For example, after perming, hair should not be dyed immediately. In addition, certain hairstyles such as ponytails, cornrows, and pig tails, when done on a daily basis, can also cause hair breakage and even scar the scalp.

There are other factors that could lead to hair loss in women, such as scarring of the follicles, which could be caused by inflammation. The medical term for this condition is cicatricial alopecia. When the hair follicles become damaged, they cannot produce hair and the hair loss will be permanent. Patients suffering from lupus often have inflammation.

Stress could also lead to hair loss. The condition is called alopecia areata and it causes sudden loss of hair in patches. The good news is that this is temporary and hair usually regrows in a few months, provided the stress is under control.

Change in hormonal levels may also lead to temporary hair loss. For example, most women will notice a significant amount of hair falling out after giving birth. When women age and their hormone levels change, they might also experience hair loss.

A lesser known cause of hair loss is hair-pulling or trichotillomania. It is a disorder where patients habitually or compulsively pull out their hair. The cause is usually attributed to psychological factors but the reason is still unknown.

Stem Cell Treatment for Hair Loss

With the advancements in medical technology and treatments, hair loss does not have to be permanent. Hair loss can be reversed without any surgery, hair transplant, pain or downtime.

An option available is stem cell hair treatment. Stem cells are harvested from a 2mm area of the patient’s scalp. It is then processed using a high tech machine to filter and concentrate the stem cells, which are injected into areas of hair loss. The stem cells can reverse hair loss and increase the growth and thickness of new hair.

Before & After Stem Cell Treatment for Hair Loss

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Hair Transplant for Balding

Premier Clinic performs FUE Hair Transplant

There are several types of hair transplant procedure available in the world. The most popular procedure nowadays is called FUE Hair Transplant. This is the type of hair transplant procedure performed at Premier Clinic.

There are many reasons why people lose hair. The main reason is genetics. This is the cause of male pattern balding. Other reasons of hair loss include skin disease such as alopecia areata, improper use of hair care products and aging.

At Premier Clinic, our doctors are highly trained in hair loss treatments. Our doctors were extensively trained at the prestigious hair loss centre in Georgia.

hair loss and balding becomes worse over time if left untreated. It will be much harder to treat the longer you delay.

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At RM8999 for 1000 hairs, our price is unbeatable.

Not only that, get FREE haircare products worth RM1377 to ensure the best possible results after your hair transplant.

Our highly experienced doctors were trained at the renowned hair transplant centre, Talizi Clinic in Georgia.

Premier Clinic’s hair transplant is safe, not painful and give long term results!

After the procedure, visit us for free follow-ups. We don’t forget about our customers after the procedure. We want to ensure you get the results you desire.

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LED Photomodulation Therapy for Balding

Have you noticed that some people have very thin, scanty eyebrows? Personally, we don’t find thin eyebrows attractive. We’re sure most people will agree too. What do you think?

Some close friends of our doctors and staff of Premier Clinic have tried various tonics for eyebrows and eyelashes. The tonics claim to help improve the thickness and length of eyebrow and eyelashes. They supposedly contain minerals and vitamins to nourish the eyebrow hair follicles.

However, most of those who tried these eyebrows and eyelashes tonics are quite disappointed with the results. The results are barely visible despite applying the tonics for months at a time.