Hair Loss and Microneedling

Microneedling has been used with promising results to help people with alopecia areata, a type of hair loss that doesn’t leave scars, or grow their hair back.

Non-scarring alopecia is hair loss in its early stages when hair follicles are shrinking but not yet dead.

Tiny channels are made across the scalp by using a dermal roller or a pen to do micro needling. This technique increases blood flow, stimulates growth factors, and can bring blood back to the hair follicles.

Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or Minoxidil can be used with scalp microneedling (an over-the-counter drug used topically to stimulate hair growth).

Microneedling has been used in a lot of studies to make hair grow. In 2005, the Annals of Dermatology published a study on mice in which a dermal roller was used on the skin once a week for a few weeks, and hair grew back over the treated area.

In May 2021, Clinical, Cosmetic, and Investigative Dermatology published a more recent study. One hundred people were put into two groups: those who got microneedling with Minoxidil and those who just got Minoxidil.

At the end of the study, 82% of the people in the microneedling group said that their hair loss had improved by more than 50%, while only 4.5% of the people in the control group said the same thing.

What makes hair fall out?

• Hereditary: This type of hair loss is called a “male pattern” in men and shows up as a receding hairline or a bald spot. For women, the first sign of hair loss can be thinning all over or a part that gets wider. Androgenic alopecia is the name for both male and female hair loss that is caused by genes.
• Age: As you get older, your hair growth may slow down, and sometimes the hair follicles will go away.
• Alopecia areata is a medical condition that can cause you to lose hair in patches and then all over your body. Hair loss can happen all over the body. Alopecia areata is a disease in which the immune system attacks hair follicles and kills them.
• Stress, giving birth, and changes in hormones can also lead to hair loss.
• Infections, such as bacterial, fungal, dermatitis or plaque psoriasis infections of the scalp, can cause hair loss.
• Scarring alopecia is a condition in which inflammation kills hair follicles, causing the hair to fall out. In this case, however, the hair follicles can’t grow back.
• Diet: A bad diet that doesn’t have enough biotin, zinc, iron, and protein can cause a lot of hair loss.

Treatment

A doctor needs to look at a person’s medical history, thyroid function, family history of alopecia, and possible infections in order to diagnose hair loss.

Most of the time, hair growth can be helped by treating the underlying medical condition.

Dr. Galope has been using microneedling and PRP to help hair grow back in Bergen County Hair Loss.

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