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Signs of hair loss
Receding Hairline vs. Maturing Hairline
Receding Hairline Vs. Maturing Hairline - Time for Caution? Your hairline is the outermost part of your hair around your forehead. But it’s not a static thing. It moves and changes with age and a range of other factors. When you’re a teenager, you have a head full of...
Hair Shedding: What Is It & How to Stop It?
Hair Shedding Everybody loses hair. Yep, even George Clooney and Jennifer Aniston. Hair shedding is so routine that we all lose about 50-200 strands of hair a day. So are hair shedding and hair loss the same thing? Not at all. One is a natural part of the hair growth...
Thinning Hair on Top? Find Out Why Your Hair Is Thinning
Thinning Hair on Top? Find Out Why Your Hair Is Thinning We get it. You’d probably rather be reading about something other than why your hair is thinning right now. But if you’ve noticed that your hair is thinning out, it’s natural to want to know what’s going on. ...
Male hair loss
What is Male Pattern Baldness?
What is Male Pattern Baldness? Male pattern baldness (MPB) is the most common type of hair loss for men. About half of all men experience it by the age of 50 and by the age of 70, that number jumps to 80%. For many men, male pattern baldness can begin in their 20s but...
Men’s Hair Loss – Treatment and Solutions
Men’s Hair Loss - Treatment and Solutions Hair loss. Disconcerting? Yes. But are you alone? Not at all. Mens hair loss is extremely common. Around 20% of Australian men will become bald in their 20s, with that figure growing to almost half of all men by their 40s. ...
A Word from one of our Patients
A word from one of our patients Losing your hair in your 20's or 30's (or even 40's+) leaves you with a fairly horrendous range of choices that I faced about 18 months ago. I could live in denial, facing a future of cropping the top of my head in every Tinder pic or...
Female hair loss
Hair Loss: During & After Pregnancy
Can Pregnancy Cause Hair Loss? Between 40% and 50% of women experience hair loss during or after pregnancy. You’re not alone. Your body is changing and your hair might change with it. It might grow stronger and thicker. It might grow curlier or straighter. Or it might...
Menopause Hair Loss: Is it Reversible?
Menopause Hair Loss: Is it Reversible? Women will experience all sorts of symptoms and bodily changes as they go through menopause. Alongside hot flashes and sleep problems, other symptoms include brittle hair, hair thinning, and hair loss. It’s enough to make your...
Hair Loss In Women: Why Women Also Lose Their Hair
Hair Loss In Women: Why Women Also Lose Their Hair More hair on the brush than you’re comfortable with? Hair loss may be more common in men but anyone can experience it. Female hair loss is a thing — and it’s more common than you think. The Australian Journal of...
Medical care
Hair Growth Medication – How Long Does It Take?
Hair Growth Medication: How Long Does It Really Take? So you’ve started on your new hair growth tablets and just one question is on your mind: How long until it works? Effective hair growth treatments aren’t about gimmicky elixirs that promise luscious locks or a...
Causes of hair loss
Can Vitamin Deficiencies Cause Hair Loss?
As one of the most metabolically active parts of our body, our hair follicles can be a good indication of what’s going on inside us. Our follicles need nutrients to thrive and produce healthy hair. Deprive them of some of these nutrients and the deficiency may lead...
Hair Loss After Surgery & What to Look for?
Hair Loss After Surgery - What to Look for? Whether you’re heading into surgery or recovering from it, the last thing you should be worrying about is your hair falling out. It seems hard to fathom. After everything you’ve been through, can surgery cause hair loss...
Fitness & Hair Loss – What’s The Relationship?
Fitness & Hair Loss - What’s The Relationship? A trip to the gym can benefit everything from our physical health to our mental state. But some people might be deterred by the rumours that those gym workouts can cause hair loss. The rumour originates from the role...
Hair loss treatments
Identifying & Treating Alopecia
Identifying & Treating the Different Types of Alopecia What exactly is alopecia? The short answer: It’s the medical term we use to describe hair loss. But it’s more than that. To begin with, there are different types of alopecia that affect people in different...
What is Telogen Effluvium and How Is It Treated?
What is Telogen Effluvium and How to Treat It When Deb Jones began suddenly losing handfuls of her thick hair after each wash, she couldn’t believe it. Her hair grew so thin that she hid it beneath hats and thought she would eventually go bald. What she was...
Anagen Effluvium Hair Loss – Causes & Treatments
Anagen Effluvium Hair Loss - Causes & Treatments Anagen effluvium is a type of hair loss that can result in total (or near total) balding. It’s commonly caused by cancer treatments like chemotherapy and radiation but it’s usually reversed once treatment has...
Types of hair loss
Finasteride for Hair Loss: Does It Really Work?
Finasteride for Hair Loss: Does It Really Work? A noticeably thinning hairline or a looser-than-usual ponytail is enough to send you to your phone to google if and why your hair is thinning and, more importantly, if there’s anything you can do to stop it (or even grow...
Is There a Cure for Baldness and Hair Loss?
Is There a Cure for Baldness and Hair Loss? We’re all waiting for the moment researchers discover a breakthrough cure for hair loss. Imagine that. A lifetime with a head full of hair, no action required. But for now, that moment still seems a long way off. There is...
Hair Growth Supplements vs Medication – Our Guide
Hair Growth Supplements vs Medication Walk into any pharmacy and you’ll find shelves stocked with bottles of hair growth supplements promising a healthy head of hair. It’s natural to wonder if it’s really that easy. An off-the-shelf vitamin and mineral supplement you...
Hair loss myths
Does Creatine Cause Hair Loss?
Does Creatine Cause Hair Loss? Some rumours have been going around about creatine, a popular sports and nutritional supplement used to boost muscle mass and athletic performance. Thanks largely to a 15-year-old study, there’s a widespread belief that creatine causes...
Dandruff And Hair Loss: Are They Connected?
Dandruff and Hair Loss: Are They Connected? Dandruff can be a distressing condition for anybody. For some people, it’s up there with hair loss — which makes it especially disconcerting when people start connecting hair loss to dandruff. It’s an unpleasant thought,...
Castor Oil for Hair Growth: Myth or Magic?
Castor Oil for Hair Growth: Myth or Magic? For decades, people have sung about the benefits of castor oil for hair growth. But at The Hairy Pill®, we like to maintain some healthy scepticism. So we’ve taken a good look at castor oil to see if there is any credibility...
Hair science
The Best Foods for Hair Growth (According to the Science)
The Best Foods for Hair Growth (According to the Science) Bread crusts give you curls and biotin is a superstar for hair growth. At least, those are just some of the hair growth myths we’re told. There are a lot of misconceptions out there when it comes to food for...
Hair Growth Cycles: How Does Hair Grow?
Hair Growth Cycles: How Does Hair Grow? For decades, a group of scientists have been asking one simple question: How does hair grow? The answer, they’ve discovered, isn’t straightforward. But while there’s plenty of research still to be done, they’ve figured out the...
Hair Follicles & Their Role in Hair Growth
Hair Follicles - Their Role in Hair Growth We barely give a thought to our hair until we start losing it. Only then do we start wanting to know: how does hair grow? And how can we keep it growing? Follow every strand of hair back to its roots and you’ll find a hair...
Hair health
Weak Hair – Causes & Treatments
Let’s talk about weak hair. We know this topic is about as fun as watching your hair dry but talking about it may actually help you beat the brittle, frizzy hair and restore your luscious locks. Understanding the symptoms and causes of weak hair gives you an...
6 Lifestyle Changes For Healthy Hair Growth
We all want thick and healthy hair but there’s no need to try the latest viral hacks to get those luscious locks and superstar volume. Let’s put the old wives’ tales to rest — no, crusts won’t curl your hair — and look at real lifestyle changes you can make to...
A Guide to Growing And Maintaining Healthy Hair
Fed up with limp, frizzy, split-ended, or barely-there hair? Finding the right routine to have strong and healthy locks can feel like an uphill battle. And even when you do find the Goldilocks protocol of washing, brushing, and styling, something — call it aging,...
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Treatment contains a collection of personalised ingredients that have been clinically proven to decrease the production of the hormone responsible for hair loss and stimulate blood flow to the hair follicles to stimulate regrowth.
What to expect
- 0 – 3 months: Hair loss slows or stops. New hairs may begin to push out the old.
- 3 – 6 months: Hair shedding slows down and you may notice new hair growth.
- 6 – 12 months: Your hair becomes thicker, fuller, and stronger all over.
What can it treat?
- Thinning hair
- Bald spots
- Receding hairline