Hair regrowth

Generality

Hair regrowth is possible, but only under certain conditions.
The current state of trichological science, in fact, does not leave the slightest room for all those miraculous claims flaunted with excessive superficiality by more or less accredited sources.

For several years now, we have continued to profit profusely on the possibility of hair regrowth, with a continuous media bombardment that affects above all those who, overwhelmed by the fear of baldness, tend to abandon themselves to clearly unrealizable promises. What is even more serious is that in many cases this behavior distances the subject from the only professional figure who can help him: the dermatologist.

Medicines

The discovery of the therapeutic efficacy of minoxidil and finasteride has made it possible to arrest the progression of baldness in a large percentage of subjects and to produce satisfactory regrowth in the most fortunate people.
In fact, minoxidil is successfully used in the treatment of various forms of alopecia, such as male androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata and female androgenetic alopecia.
Finasteride, on the other hand, is used only in the treatment of "male androgenetic alopecia, the main cause of which is to be found in the" action of the "5-alpha-reductase enzyme, responsible for the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is precisely this" last hormone to be involved in follicular miniaturization, therefore in the processes of thinning and hair loss.
However, it should be noted that - despite the effectiveness of these active ingredients - hair regrowth is only possible if the hair follicles have maintained at least part of their vitality and have not yet completely atrophied. The importance is therefore clear. timely intervention.

Other treatments

To promote hair regrowth, other strategies can also be attempted either alone or in association with drug therapies.
In this regard, it is good to remember how important nutrition is in these situations. In fact, adopting a healthy diet can promote the growth of healthy and strong hair.
Even the use of specific lotions, the intake of supplements, the execution of scalp massages and laser therapies can have some additive effect that can be useful in hair regrowth processes, but their effectiveness is however limited. when compared with the aforementioned pharmacological treatments.

Autotransplantation

Those who are now completely bald should, unfortunately, get the idea out of their head that someone or something has the power to regrow fallen hair.
At the moment, in fact, there are no really effective solutions, the only card to play in these cases is that of the autotransplant, with all the limitations of the case (in reality there are also more or less sophisticated hairpieces, often disguised under the most captivating names , but generally discarded a priori by the patient himself).
Hair transplantation is a real surgical operation that is performed by specialized doctors. In a certain sense, it can be considered as a definitive treatment, since the transplanted follicles are taken from donor areas of the patient which, normally, are not as sensitive to the action of DHT as are the follicles present in the transplant recipient area.

Conclusions

In light of what has been said so far, we can say that there are different therapeutic approaches that can help promote and stimulate hair regrowth.
Before attempting any of the aforementioned approaches, it is absolutely necessary to objectively evaluate the state of health of the hair, in order to obtain a complete analytical picture, set the most appropriate therapy and verify the results obtained over time. This task is the sole and exclusive responsibility of the dermatologist.
However, even its competence in the matter, can not help but bow before the most desperate cases. As reiterated in the course of the article, in fact, it is possible to witness the partial or total regrowth of a hair only when the follicle is not completely atrophied. This occurrence generally manifests itself after many years from the appearance of the first signs of baldness: an atrophied follicle produces hair so small, thin and opalescent that it is practically invisible (vellus hair), therefore "fallen" even if in reality it is not.
In all those cases in which the suffering follicle retains a certain degree of vitality, it is possible to stop the miniaturization process by stimulating it to produce healthier hair (terminal hair). It follows that the earlier the process of miniaturization of the follicle intervenes, the greater the chances of hair regrowth.