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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Why the transplanted hair grow permanently?
The Pattern loss is genetic hair loss where the hairs at the top central and horse shoe shaped are is where the hairs gradually miniaturize and die because these hairs are Genetically Hormone (5DHT) sensitive. This is the reason this hair loss is also called Andro Gentic Alopecia (AGA).The hairs at the back and side of the head are permanent and are resistant to this effect of 5 DHT hormone.
When the head is developed from embryo the frontal and parietal bone area of the head has migrated Neural crest tissue but the occipital and temporal bone area ( back and side of the head ) does not have this tissue of origin. It is believed that certain genes responsible for AGA affect only these hairs which are having Neural crest origin and the area at the back and sides escape the effect of these genes. As a result even if this hairs transplanted in the front they keep growing because they remain unaffected by 5 DHT.
The analogy is it is not the problem of the land but the seeds are bad in the front and when the good seeds from the back of the head are planted in the front they grow normally because the land is fertile.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Prolactin and Hair loss
High Prolactin level and
Hair Loss:
It has been shown recently that some
hair loss is related to higher Serum Prolactin level.
An abnormally high level of prolactin (hyperprolactinemia) is a
condition characterized by elevated serum levels of the hormone prolactin in
non-pregnant individuals. Hyperprolactinemia may cause progressive pattern hair
loss due to an indirect effect on increasing free testosterone level. Prolactin also enhances LH (Luteinizing Hormone) receptors in
Leydig Cells, resulting in testosterone secretion, which leads to
spermatogenesis.
Prolactin delays hair regrowth in mice. It has been shown in research that Treatment of
organ-cultured human scalp HFs with high-dose PRL (400 ng/ml) results in a
significant inhibition of hair shaft elongation and premature catagen
development, along with reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis of hair
bulb keratinocytes. Human scalp hair follicles are both a target and a source
of prolactin, which serves as an autocrine and/or paracrine promoter of
apoptosis-driven hair follicle regression.
Conditions associated with
elevated prolactin secretion
Hyperprolactinaemia is the term given to having too-high
levels of prolactin in the blood, which can result from:
- Prolactinoma
- Excess thyrotropin-releasing
hormone (TRH), usually in primary hypothyroidism stimulates prolactin
secretion
- Many antipsychotic Anti depressant medications
- Increased
Emotional stress
- Pregnancy
and lactation- Oxytocin sectreion by nipple stimulation releases Prolactin. Estrogens
provide a well-studied positive control over prolactin synthesis and
secretion, and increasing blood
concentrations of estrogen during late pregnancy appear responsible for
the elevated levels of prolactin that are necessary to prepare the mammary
gland for lactation at the end of gestation.
- Some sexual
disorders
- PCOS (
POLY CYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME)
- It has also been shown that
prolactin levels after sex are 4x higher than prolactin levels after
masturbation but these hormonal changes are very short term and does not
affect hair loss
- daylight
exposure significantly alters prolactin levels. This temporary increase in
the number of telogen hair follicles
Dopamine released by
Hypothelamus in turn inhibits
Prolactin.
Treatment:
In one of the studies at Argentina Prolactin Inhibitor like
Bromocriptine (dopamine receptor agonists),
Quinagolide, Pergolide, Cabergolide have been
shown to help those with Hyperprolactinemia and have not been benefited
otherwise.
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