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Suggest Treatment For Alopecia

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Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2014
Question: Hello doctor,
My husband is of 31 years. He is suffering from alopecia for past two years now we have decided to make hair fixing.
would you please advise is hair fixing safe and side effects ( hair fixing glue ) of having it.
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Answered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (3 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Kindly elaborate query and send report

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.

I an understand your concern for alopecia in your husband and therefore the option of hair fixing.

In view to help you best I request you to kindly elaborate certain important points:

- If I am getting it correctly then your husband is having Androgenic Alopecia or commonly known as male pattern baldness. Kindly Comment if it is other than Androgenic Alopecia .

- Since how long he is having this condition.

- Can you please tell the grade of Alopecia. You can visit internet and see the Norwood-Hamilton Scale pictures/images to see the grading.

- Any hisitry of scalp itching or any other skin problem.

- His job profile.

To help you best I request you to upload the pictures of his scalp area so that I can analyze it better. For uploading the pictures you have a facility on the right side of the page or can send on:

YYYY@YYYY

with "attention:Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia"

Hope to hear soon form your side.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD- Dermatology
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (10 hours later)
Hello doctor,

Thanks for the reply

My husband has acute alopecia we have tried several treatments none of it helped. So we decided to make hair fixing.

Please let me know is hair fixing good and is there any side effects of applying hair fixing glue on to the scalp.
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Answered by Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (3 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Hair fixing is a time tested non invasive & safe

Detailed Answer:
Hello young lady,

Welcome to the forum again and thanks for posting the details.

As per the details provided- your husband is having Androgenic Alopecia and accordingly none of the treatments actually fitted well. Therefore you are planning for hair fixing.

Hair fixing is a time tested non invasive and very safe method of hair weaving. Now in latest of the scenario there are good fixing glues are coming.

There are two important parts in fixing glues:

1. Inertness

2. Holding capacity or retaining time

Presently most of the gels are coming with total inert quality and are completely safe for human skin. It do not cause any irritation or burning or any other side effect on skin.
The Holding capacity or retaining time depends on different types of glues which may vary form few weeks to multiple months.

So you can ask your treating person to tell you the exact Holding capacity or retaining time of hte fixing glue.

rest I reassure you fully that the procedure is quite simple and safe and can very well go for the same.

Do not forget to follow good maintenance tips for the artificial hair.

I hope these informations will help you. I will be glad to answer any further queries or if not then can close the query and rate the answer.

With regards,

Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD- Dermatology
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Suggest Treatment For Alopecia

Brief Answer: Kindly elaborate query and send report Detailed Answer: Hello, Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum. I an understand your concern for alopecia in your husband and therefore the option of hair fixing. In view to help you best I request you to kindly elaborate certain important points: - If I am getting it correctly then your husband is having Androgenic Alopecia or commonly known as male pattern baldness. Kindly Comment if it is other than Androgenic Alopecia . - Since how long he is having this condition. - Can you please tell the grade of Alopecia. You can visit internet and see the Norwood-Hamilton Scale pictures/images to see the grading. - Any hisitry of scalp itching or any other skin problem. - His job profile. To help you best I request you to upload the pictures of his scalp area so that I can analyze it better. For uploading the pictures you have a facility on the right side of the page or can send on: YYYY@YYYY with "attention:Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia" Hope to hear soon form your side. With regards, Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD- Dermatology