August is Hair Loss Awareness Month here in the US, which is why we wanted to use this time to discuss hair loss, and more importantly, what can be done about it. Hair loss is natural and incredibly common. But those facts don’t make it any easier to deal with. We know it can be easy to get overly stressed about hair loss issues, but hopefully the information below will be informative and reassuring for our readers.

Hair Loss Effects Women Too

While male pattern baldness is often the first thing that comes to mind when considering hair loss, it’s important to reinforce that this issue is also extremely common for women. In fact, our Center for Women’s Hair Loss is specifically dedicated to working with female patients and helping them alleviate their hair loss and thinning issues. Our practice founder Dr. Edmond Griffin was a major pioneer in hair restoration & research. He shared his over 35 years of experience and knowledge with our other providers, which puts them in a unique position when it comes to understanding female hair loss.

External Factors Can Play a Part

A person’s genetic predisposition might be the most common cause of hair loss for men and women, but it’s far from the only one. For many people, hair loss can occur as a result of certain external factors and behaviors. This includes poorly managed stress, smoking, tight hairstyles that put excess tension on the scalp, or certain nutrient deficiencies. The good news is that most of these types of hair loss are often temporary and hair can regrow with lifestyle adjustments.

There Are Many Effective Treatments Available

The days when there was nothing to be done about hair loss besides hair transplant surgery are thankfully long gone. In addition to hair transplants, there are a wide variety of effective non-surgical hair restoration treatments available. Our hair loss experts offer prescription (custom & non-custom) medications (oral and topical), laser treatments, microneedling with growth factors, and other hair loss treatments designed to help promote new hair growth that lasts.

Like anything else, the more that people know about hair loss, the better positioned they will be to confront it should that need occur. For more information on hair loss and our available hair restoration treatments, contact Dermatology Associates of Atlanta to schedule an appointment today. And don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for more skin care tips and practice updates.