Parts to this lesson:
- About this programme
- Identify the Root Cause of Your Hair Loss
- How Long Should I Give My Treatment?
- Summary and Signposting
Identify the Root Cause of Your Hair Loss
Prescription without diagnosis is malpractice."
Why is it really important to identify the root cause of your hair loss and / or thinning?
The answer is because there are many factors that can be responsible for hair loss and effective treatments can vary widely; there isn’t a ‘one product is good for all’.
By not exploring the cause of your hair loss you may be doing yourself a disservice; by not using the correct treatment for ‘your’ type of hair loss, it could turn out to be ineffective and your condition could continue to worsen.
Allowing a Self-diagnosed hair loss condition to worsen by not using appropriate product/s could be serious. It is possible for some conditions to progress: -
Whilst such negative outcomes may be found towards the extreme end of possibility they can and do occur. All too frequently such outcomes become the stories of ‘Self-diagnosed, cyclic product users’.
If you have chosen to Self-diagnose and prescribe and are certain of the cause of your hair loss and / or thinning then this is perfectly fine. If not then it’s risky; prescription without diagnosis is malpractice.
In Lee's real life account (lesson one) we saw how he experienced the typical poor results of a ‘cyclic product user’. Once Lee consulted with a trichologist (a hair loss and scalp expert) the root cause of his condition was quickly identified and an appropriate treatment prescribed.
Lee had a hair loss condition known as Telogen Effluvium. Once his treatment was appropriate for his condition he saw a significant improvement in a relatively short space of time.
The answer is because there are many factors that can be responsible for hair loss and effective treatments can vary widely; there isn’t a ‘one product is good for all’.
By not exploring the cause of your hair loss you may be doing yourself a disservice; by not using the correct treatment for ‘your’ type of hair loss, it could turn out to be ineffective and your condition could continue to worsen.
Allowing a Self-diagnosed hair loss condition to worsen by not using appropriate product/s could be serious. It is possible for some conditions to progress: -
- beyond the point of no return; your hair loss may become irreversible; so it can never grow back, or
- into a condition that doesn’t respond as efficiently as your current condition might do (if the correct products were to be administered)
Whilst such negative outcomes may be found towards the extreme end of possibility they can and do occur. All too frequently such outcomes become the stories of ‘Self-diagnosed, cyclic product users’.
If you have chosen to Self-diagnose and prescribe and are certain of the cause of your hair loss and / or thinning then this is perfectly fine. If not then it’s risky; prescription without diagnosis is malpractice.
In Lee's real life account (lesson one) we saw how he experienced the typical poor results of a ‘cyclic product user’. Once Lee consulted with a trichologist (a hair loss and scalp expert) the root cause of his condition was quickly identified and an appropriate treatment prescribed.
Lee had a hair loss condition known as Telogen Effluvium. Once his treatment was appropriate for his condition he saw a significant improvement in a relatively short space of time.
Next:
- About this programme
- Identify the Root Cause of Your Hair Loss
- How Long Should I Give My Treatment?
- Summary and Signposting