Scalp inflammation, the precursor bald!

Scalp inflammation, the precursor bald!

【Skin PENG Xian-li Dean】 in a wide range of hair, the male bald are one of the most common, around 80% of the men and 50 percent of women in life may be encountered the problem of male bald.

Male bald because hair follicles are subject to the role of male hormones, resulting in gradually thinning hair follicle, atrophy, originally thought that hair follicles need to go through several cycles, and then gradually by the growing very long hair into a short fine hairs growing. A hair follicle cycle of three to six years is estimated that 10-15 years may be required, hair follicles will gradually shrink. However, there are a lot of evidence shows that male patients with alopecia hair follicles may be atrophic changes fast.

European five-year long-term treatment study found that within five years, the patient can be from the third phase of the male bald, fast into the fifth male bald patients, than previously assumed more than a decade faster.

Currently believe that male bald early (Phase ago) and normal hair density, but vary in diameter, showed the phenomenon of hair follicles gradually shrink; late severe male bald, hair, lower densities, but the size of changes in hair diameter not express the shrinkage of hair follicles are very rapid changes.

Often found in patients with male bald scalp has inflammation of the phenomenon, has a growing body of evidence indicates that inflammatory responses are important for male bald phenomenon. The impact of inflammation factors such as seborrheic dermatitis, and ultraviolet exposure, etc.. In addition, with the hair follicle insects may also be relevant. Recently also found that the upper half of inflammation of hair follicles and early male bald have closely related, and may be because inflammation, leading to cytokine release, to enter the telogen hair. Check with the equipment to do the scalp, as well as inflammation of the phenomenon of early treatment for patients with male bald be helpful.

Some patients ask: will the merger of male bald other diseases it? Literature has reported that bald male patients may increase the chance of coronary heart disease, probably due to the patient's blood caused by abnormal fat. Although such a correlation has not been fully established, but severe early-onset male bald patients, to speculate more easily combined coronary heart disease symptoms. In addition, male patients more prone to the merger Taiwania have prostate cancer cases. Male patients with early male bald sisters, easy to have multiple ovarian syndrome combined.

Taiwania have to remind the male-related issues in patients with early skin specialist to seek treatment, as well as the appropriate treatment of scalp inflammation, save for the top hair is very important.