Hair Loss on Women
Can hair extensions lead to hair loss ?
The magic of hair extensions is one of the best kept beauty secrets of the ladies of today. However, few of us realise the risk this growing beauty trend poses for permanent hair loss. Symptoms ranging from blinding headaches, to patchy hair loss and sometimes permanent damage are making doctors warn women about the dangers of hair extensions.
Whether long tumbling locks blowing in the breeze or a classy up do, who wouldn’t want the magic of hair extensions? The ease of being able to change your image on a whim, rather than spending years waiting for your own hair to grow must be every girls dream. But unknown to many, extensions can cause serious damage to your hair, due to the weight of the extensions pulling at your own hair. It may break off or even worse, leave you with bald patches. Is it worth the risk?
When celebrities are seen using hair extensions to frequently change their look, women in huge numbers, and men to a smaller extent started to buy into this trend, turning hair extensions into a multimillion pound industry virtually overnight.
The theory behind hair extensions is wonderful. You can increase the length or volume of your hair by simply attaching either artificial or human hair to the ends of your own hair. This ranges from using small clips, or small metal rings that are crimped on, or using potentially harmful glues which can strip hair of its protective layers, to sewing in bunches of extensions to your existing hair which has to be weaved into rows. The problem is the ways you have to attach the extra hair to your own hair and the potential damage these techniques can cause.
Overtime the friction and tugging of the added weight at the scalp, can cause injury to the natural hair follicle and hair loss can occur. Any chemical or mechanical treatment of the hair can damage at both the root and the shaft, causing it to break at or just above the extension joins. If the hair is pulled out often enough, the follicle will simply die, resulting in hair loss, a condition known as Traction Alopecia.
Hair extensions have received a lot of attention in recent years as more and more celebrities are encountering side effects associated with long term use. For every star who walks down the red carpet with long flowing locks, there are the celebrities who have suffered irreparable damage to their own natural heads of hair. Friends star Jennifer Aniston had her extensions removed and had to have a shorter haircut after the use of extensions damaged her own hair to such a degree that it was no longer repairable. Britney Spears, Naomi Campbell, Victoria Beckham and Kim Kardashian have all shown signs of hair loss incurred through the wearing of hair extensions.
Hair loss experts have pointed out that the occasional short term wearing of hair weaves and extensions should have no long lasting negative effects, but that sustained and continuous usage can result in hair loss problems.
Women experiencing hair loss and damage caused by hair extensions should have the extensions removed as soon as possible. A lot of women find that the damage leaves their own hair unsightly and their first thought may be to replace it with further extensions – unfortunately this will only aggravate the problem and should be avoided to prevent permanent hair loss. If the damage isn't too bad, then a visit to a hair stylist should be enough to correct the appearance, although it may require a dramatic change in hairstyle to remove damaged hair, but over time the hair should grow back normally and healthily without having to resort to medical intervention.
Hair extensions can completely change your appearance for the better, but generally it is not a good idea to leave them in for too long.
Less can be more.
http://www.selstoncosmeticclinic.com/
Mags. Clinic Manager.
Can hair extensions lead to hair loss ?
The magic of hair extensions is one of the best kept beauty secrets of the ladies of today. However, few of us realise the risk this growing beauty trend poses for permanent hair loss. Symptoms ranging from blinding headaches, to patchy hair loss and sometimes permanent damage are making doctors warn women about the dangers of hair extensions.
Whether long tumbling locks blowing in the breeze or a classy up do, who wouldn’t want the magic of hair extensions? The ease of being able to change your image on a whim, rather than spending years waiting for your own hair to grow must be every girls dream. But unknown to many, extensions can cause serious damage to your hair, due to the weight of the extensions pulling at your own hair. It may break off or even worse, leave you with bald patches. Is it worth the risk?
When celebrities are seen using hair extensions to frequently change their look, women in huge numbers, and men to a smaller extent started to buy into this trend, turning hair extensions into a multimillion pound industry virtually overnight.
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| Britney Spears |
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| Britney - Hair loss |
The theory behind hair extensions is wonderful. You can increase the length or volume of your hair by simply attaching either artificial or human hair to the ends of your own hair. This ranges from using small clips, or small metal rings that are crimped on, or using potentially harmful glues which can strip hair of its protective layers, to sewing in bunches of extensions to your existing hair which has to be weaved into rows. The problem is the ways you have to attach the extra hair to your own hair and the potential damage these techniques can cause.
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| Victoria Beckham |
Overtime the friction and tugging of the added weight at the scalp, can cause injury to the natural hair follicle and hair loss can occur. Any chemical or mechanical treatment of the hair can damage at both the root and the shaft, causing it to break at or just above the extension joins. If the hair is pulled out often enough, the follicle will simply die, resulting in hair loss, a condition known as Traction Alopecia.
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| Naomi Campbell showing hair loss |
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| Kim Kardashian showing signs of hair loss. |
Women experiencing hair loss and damage caused by hair extensions should have the extensions removed as soon as possible. A lot of women find that the damage leaves their own hair unsightly and their first thought may be to replace it with further extensions – unfortunately this will only aggravate the problem and should be avoided to prevent permanent hair loss. If the damage isn't too bad, then a visit to a hair stylist should be enough to correct the appearance, although it may require a dramatic change in hairstyle to remove damaged hair, but over time the hair should grow back normally and healthily without having to resort to medical intervention.
Hair extensions can completely change your appearance for the better, but generally it is not a good idea to leave them in for too long.
Less can be more.
http://www.selstoncosmeticclinic.com/
Mags. Clinic Manager.
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