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Are You Losing Your Hair?
This brochure is designed to help you to find out more information about your hair loss conditions and outline available treatments: Are You Losing Your Hair?
Patients Unsure Where to Get Treatment for Hair Loss
The survey commissioned by the international medical authority on hair loss, the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), finds only a small portion of people know where to go for treatment. It shows many people still subscribe to a lot of myths about the causes of hair loss and very few people would consider contacting a physician specialising in hair loss to obtain treatment.
Perth-based hair restoration physician Dr Jennifer Martinick, who was among the keynote speakers at the ISHRS annual scientific meeting in San Diego in October, says the survey findings are typical of the responses she hears from patients at her clinics.
Can That Medication Cause Hair Loss?
While it is widely known that anti-cancer drugs can cause hair loss, Perth-based hair loss Doctor, Dr Jennifer Martinick said patients being treated for conditions such as epilepsy, high cholesterol or acne were also at risk.
“Patients need to be warned about medications that cause hair loss and the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery has pointed out that close to 300 medications could aggravate hair loss,” she said.
Splitting Hairs?
While many general practitioners are understandably sceptical about whether a hair transplant really does work, there is also a lot of confusion around the amount of hair that a patient can obtain when they have a hair transplant.
Perth-based hair loss specialist Dr Jennifer Martinick said that hair loss patients should always retain healthy scepticism and conduct thorough research before committing to a transplant. Dr Martinick said that along with researching the physician’s experience, their international reputation and clinic’s professionalism, hair loss patients should find out exactly how many hairs they were likely to end up with after having a transplant.
Are You Tearing Your Hair Out Over That Heavy Patient Load?
While modern life can often result in a hair raising experience or two, doctors often field questions about whether stress can cause hair loss.
Hair loss, which affects 70 per cent of men and 50 per cent of women at some stage of their lives, is usually related to a genetic or medical condition.
However, lifestyle factors such as stress can have as bearing on hair loss conditions, in particular for people with a genetic predisposition to it, says immediate past President of the Australasian Society Dr Jennifer Martinick.
Important Patient Screening
Public awareness about new medical procedures or treatments to correct physical conditions affecting a person’s wellbeing is usually a virtuous thing. However, Perth hair restoration physician Dr Jennifer Martinick reminds that, as with all good things, there can be a downside to greater public awareness about new cosmetic procedures.
Dr Martinick said an example of this was the widespread media interest in a new eyelash transplantation technique that she shared with 40 international hair restoration physicians in Los Angeles in October 2006. The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) workshop invited Dr Martinick to showcase the surgical technique, which promises to restore eyelashes more quickly and effectively than earlier procedures.
