13 Amazing Facts About Hair Loss
Fact 1. Young people usually do not grow bald before puberty, i.e. till 16-18 years.
Fact 2. Eunuchs do not grow bald till the old age.
Fact 3. Women also lose hair, but it usually turns out to considerable hair thinning. This type of hair loss is called “diffusive”.
Fact 4. The area of hair loss practically coincides with the area of the tendinous galea, i.e. with the are where any mimic muscles are absent. The area of guaranteed growth of hair (a donor area for follicular transplantations) is basically situated above muscular tissue. This area is located on temples, above ears and in the lower part of the nape.
Fact 5. According to recent statistics, people occupied mostly with brainwork, citizens and people of moderate and high income grow bald more often, than people occupied with daily, primitive manual labor, rural dwellers and people of low income.
Fact 6. The number of bald men in each age group constantly grows, but at the same time the level of male sex hormones in blood falls. This fact can by no means be explained by any androgenetic hair loss theory.
Fact 7. There is a significant correlation between people growing bald and probability of ischemic heart disease (cardiac infarction, stenocardia, damage of heart vessels). The minimal risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is typical of people who have no signs of hair loss. But balding hypertensive patients and people with thin and rare hair and high cholesterol level are subjected to the highest risk of heart diseases.
Fact 8. Hair grows well only on the head-skin that is thick enough (usually about 4-11 mm). People with poor hair have rather thin scalp what can be the reason of its poor condition.
Fact 9. It is established, that the higher is the level of male sexual hormones, the thinner is the hypodermic fatty tissue on all the body (and on the head as well). It is also established, that the higher is the adrenaline level in blood, the more intensively capillary network gets narrowed.
Fact 10. The skin of men of the East-Asian race looks younger in comparison Europeans. Moreover, there’s a relatively small amount of bald men among Asians.
Fact 11. The amount of bald men among representatives of the Negroid race is also smaller in comparison with Europeans. The careful analysis shows, that hair follicles of curly Negros have a bent form in contrast to other people, whose follicles are straight-shaped.
Fact 12. Each person is born with his individual quantity of hair follicles, distributed more or less regularly on the head. During life density of the follicles decreases in the problem area and increases in the area of guaranteed growth.
Fact 13. Problems with the scalp and hair becomes aggravated after cosmetic operations such as uplifts on the face and forhead. Hair loss becomes more evident.