The global market for dietary supplements is huge. Estimates for 2022 put it in the region of US$ 155.2 billion, with an expectation that this will rise to US$ 220.8 billion by 2027. The market sub-divides into various sectors according to type and function; athletes, for example, aren’t likely to require the same supplement as someone recovering from illness. Supplements for the treatment of hair loss form a small but growing part of this vast […]
Researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE) published a qualitative study in August that explores the experience of men with Alopecia Areata (AA). Designed with the help of Alopecia UK, the study sought the views of men with AA to determine how their experience of the condition differed from that of women. It is hoped that the findings of the work will help health workers provide better practical and psychosocial support to […]
Losing your hair is never a pleasant experience. That experience is made worse if the hair loss does not follow the usual patterns and if the experts struggle to explain why it’s happening. That is often the situation those losing hair from the sides of their head finds themselves in. We can all grasp that there are many causes of hair loss, but why does it thin on the sides and not on the crown? […]
Beards are back. Not that they ever really went away in the first place, of course, but they’re trending majorly these days. Look around your friends and colleagues or walk down any High Street and you’ll see beards galore. You’ll notice that there are many different styles of beard, even if you’re not familiar with their names. It doesn’t really matter, however, whether they are goatees, hipsters, Van Dykes, or Balbos. In the end, there […]
We all get older. As we age, our body becomes less efficient at accomplishing routine tasks that didn’t present a problem when we were younger. That doesn’t just apply to physical activities such as running upstairs or unscrewing the lid of the coffee jar. It’s also true of the internal functions the body carries out. After we hit fifty, for example, the body’s ability to process important nutrients takes a nosedive. The result is that […]
If you’re experiencing hair loss and have considered having a hair transplant, you may have done some research on the subject. Good for you if that’s the case; information is power and all that. The problem is that information can come at you from so many different sources these days–some more reliable than others. If you get much of your information from social media, for example, you may not always be getting facts you can […]
A few years ago in an interview with Variety, British actor Hugh Laurie was asked about his thinning hair, something that had been picked up by the cameras when he was filming ‘The Night Manager’. He replied that, while it wasn’t something he was happy about, it wasn’t something he tried to conceal either, as ‘the only thing sadder than a man with a bald spot is a man trying to hide a bald spot.’ […]