It is interesting that hair loss primarily affects the top of the head and the hair around the sides nearly always remains in a horseshoe shape. The resistance of this remaining hair to the effects of DHT is one of the bases of hair transplants, where this hair is transplanted from the side of the head to the top of the head where it grows. There have been great developments in hair transplants since the early days, when patients’ hair looked like it was growing in clumps like you would find on top of a doll’s head. Now individual hairs are transplanted with a much more natural effect.

Retaining Hair Health began as a hair loss blog in 2009 and is read by visitors from all over the world, particularly in America. So we decided to run our very own “The X Factor ” Poll of Blogs. We are pleased to announce that the Top Ten of Popular Entries are as follows:- No.1 Nizoral (Ketonazole) Shampoo No.2 Finasteride (Propecia or Proscar) Cancer Warning No. 3 The Norwood Scale for Hair Loss No. 4 Hair Loss Product Advertisement on London Underground No. 5 Early Signs of Hair Loss No. 6 Stem Cell Research into Hair Loss No. 7 James Bond and Indiana Jones No. 8 Does your Hair Actually Breathe? No. 9 James Nesbitt’s New Hair No. 10 Genetics… read more

As you know this blog is purely concerned about hair loss, so why am I going to talk about Agatha Christie, who to the best of my knowledge had a reasonable head of hair. I was watching the Hercule Poirot Christmas Mystery, starring the brilliantly cast David Suchet (whose brother incidentally is the newscaster John Suchet). The utterly immaculate and faultless Belgian detective with his usual charm and surgeon-like precision solved yet another unsolvable case, showing his absolutely superiority and expertise in reading and understanding the human psyche. Put simply David Suchet is brilliant at the part….brilliant and bald! Probably like so many others watching this program, I am so utterly captivated by Mr Suchet’s performance and the way he… read more

There is a lot of jargon around regarding hair loss and one of the descriptions people use to describe their hair loss if referring to the Norwood scale of hairloss which is often abbreviated to NW1 etc. The correct terms for normal hair loss (and hair loss in men is pretty normal) is androgenic alopecia. The scale goes from Norwood 1 to Norwood 7. Norwood 7 is what we are all trying to avoid and involves a total hair loss from the top of the head with only the hair around the sides remaining. NWI. This is where hairloss has just begun and is not really noticeable NW2. This is just where there is a very small amount of hair… read more