Therapro Thinning Hair Solutions, available exclusively at Age Less Medi Spas in Victoria BC, should be used as a preventative treatment in avoiding inevitable hair loss. Due to hormonal loss, women will notice changes in the texture & volume of their hair as they approach menopause, & as such, the Distinctly Feminine product line from Mediceutical Laboratories is an excellent adjunct to your daily hair care routine.
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Factors Which Contribute To Thinning Hair - A Brief Overview
Androgen Alopecia is responsible for over 80% of all hair loss in men & women. Testosterone is converted into a destructive androgen hormone, Dihydrotestoterone (DHT), when it reacts with the enzyme 5-Alpha Reductase. Hair loss can begin anytime after puberty.
Some additional factors are:
Inadequate blood circulation - restricts the source of nutrients & oxygen for hair cell production.
Nutrition - deficiencies in zinc & iron & other micro-nutrients.
Medications - many have side effects, which contribute to hair loss.
Medical Problems - hair loss is associated with many diseases & medical disorders including the often-undetected low thyroid function.
Stress - it all adds up!
With The Ageless Healthy Scalp & Thinning Hair Solutions, your freshly washed scalp & hair are first analyzed with a special magnifying scope & digital pictures are taken of your scalp & head area. The appropriate customized at-home-care program is recommended including specific internal supplementation to reduce your potential for creating dihydrotestosterone.
Therapro Energizing Scalp Stimulator helps to create an oxygenated, healthy environment for new hair growth & is followed by a 15-minute relaxing FDA and Health Canada approved low level laser treatment - using 'spectrum specific' coloured laser light to increase circulation, oxygenation & collagen synthesis, thus creating a healthy environment for hair to grow.
A full compliment of FDA approved formulations comprised of stimulating, non-follicle clogging - gender specific shampoos, conditioner's & styling products are available to address various scalp conditions & hair types in men & women - available here in Victoria BC, exclusively at Age Less Medi Spas (Please refer to our client testimonials - coming soon)
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What Causes Hair Loss - An Indepth Overview
Statistics clearly show that increasingly more medical professionals are seeing a larger number of progressively younger aged women suffering with hormonal hair loss than ever before.
Fifty years ago female androgenetic alopecia, also termed female pattern genetic thinning, was almost exclusively a problem of post-menopausal women. Following menopause the female sex hormone produced by the ovaries (& the adrenal glands to a lesser extent) diminish, but androgen (male hormone) production continues at the same level. In susceptible women this may then show as a thinning of scalp hair in a genetic pattern, with sometimes-excessive facial or body hair, termed ‘hirsuitism’.
It’s estimated that more than one third of all post-menopausal women will now exhibit this condition to some degree.
There are several factors contributing to the exponential rise in the numbers of younger women developing genetic thinning. It is thought that one of the main reasons for this tremendous increase is due in part to the introduction of synthetic hormones used in contraceptives and the progressive overexposure to fake hormones (xenohormones).
Modern society’s over exposure to these xenohormones, which have been shown to disrupt the hormonal and reproductive capacity of all living creatures, are also thought to be a predominant factor. Xenohormones are found in solvents and adhesives, nearly all plastics, pesticides, motor vehicle emissions, and the meat of livestock "bulked up" by hormones and antibiotics. Xenohormones exert hormonal - mainly estrogenic effects, and are suspected to play a role in triggering a number of reproductive and autoimmune disturbances in susceptible persons.
Typically a female client will be in her mid-thirties to mid-fifties, but often younger. She may be pre or post-menopausal, or undergone hysterectomy for irregular, heavy periods, uterine fibroids, or cervical/uterine cancer. She will often relate a familiar picture of irregular periods in cycle and/or flow. Breast tenderness, cramping or bloating, (especially pre-menstrually), irritability and/or feelings of depressed mood are common, as are decreased libido, headaches (again, especially pre-menstrually), sensitivity to cooler temperatures, memory recall difficulty, body weight increase, poor sleep patterns, thinning scalp hair, and facial/body hirsuitism. The symptoms exhibited by individual women will vary, but any combination of these is a good diagnostic indicator of possible hormone imbalance.
Hormonal hair loss may originate from a number of causes such as increased prolactin levels associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome, failure to ovulate in a premenopausal woman, or some other physiological disturbance causing her body to produce excessive amounts of male hormone.
When a woman consistently fails to ovulate, her body does not produce the hormone progesterone in any significant amount. In a complex ‘negative feedback’ mechanism, the body attempts to compensate for the low progesterone levels by increasing the adrenal glands’ production of a steroid hormone termed Androstenedione. Androstenedione can exert androgenetic effects such as thinning of scalp hair in a genetic pattern, excessive facial or body hair, ‘T-zone’ facial oiliness or acne.
Severe or prolonged emotional/physiological stress, dieting, or heavy exercise regimes are the more common reasons for ovulation failure in a premenopausal woman.
Again, severe or prolonged emotional/physiological stress, post-hysterectomy, following childbirth or the use of certain contraceptive/hormone replacement therapies can, in susceptible women, trigger scalp hair thinning in an androgenetic way.
A new era of hair restoration technology, using "cold" or Low Level Laser hair therapy the LLLT offers hope for those who have hair loss. Using the LLLT alone and in combination with customized topical and/or oral herbal supplementation has produced excellent results for men and women.
Also known as "cold" lasers, this state of the art Swedish technology LLLT uses therapeutic soft low-light level lasers (LLLT) that were originally developed for the healing of wounds, the treating of hair loss and other diseases of the scalp.
This specialized Low Level Laser technology uses a pure visible red light at 670 nm, the optimum wavelength and frequency to stimulate a dramatic increase in micro-circulation of blood supplies in the scalp. This increases cellular metabolism and promotes the repair of damaged cells and weakened hair follicles, leading to the cessation of hair loss and the stimulation of hair re-growth.
Treatment protocol involves 2 - 3 relaxing weekly visits of 20-30 minutes each for a period of several months. Most clients will see full-blown hairs within 6 - 12 months. Protocols for fine, damaged & split ends require fewer visits with wonderful results. For a limited time save $20.00 per visit when you purchase a three month hair restoration package.
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