Medical Hair Restoration Australia
Find out what is actually causing your hair loss
Hair loss is not one condition, and the treatments that work depend entirely on which process is causing it. This is a library, written to be read rather than sold from.
Hair loss does not behave the same way in everyone
Female pattern loss preserves the hairline and thins across the crown. Staging, causes and what is realistic at each stage.
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Fifty to a hundred hairs a day is normal. What the growth cycle explains, and where the line actually sits.
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Four routes, what each is for, and the honest limits of each. No pricing, no promises.
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Four routes, and the honest limits of each
No treatment regrows a follicle that has been gone for years. Some slow the process, some improve the appearance of what remains, and some do both. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something.
Which of them is worth your time depends almost entirely on the diagnosis, and the diagnosis is the part most people skip. Pattern loss, telogen effluvium, traction and the scarring alopecias look similar in a bathroom mirror and respond to completely different things. Treating the wrong one costs you the window in which the right one would have worked, which is the single most expensive mistake available here.
So the library is arranged around the question rather than around the products. Work out what is happening first; the shortlist of what to do about it follows from that, and it is usually shorter than you would expect.
Common questions about hair loss
What is the first step if I think I am losing my hair?
Establish which process is causing it before choosing any treatment. Pattern hair loss, stress-related shedding, nutritional deficiency, traction and scarring conditions look similar in a mirror but respond to completely different things, and a treatment aimed at the wrong process will not work no matter how long it is given. Diagnosis is an assessment of the scalp and hair, usually with magnification, alongside your history.
Can hair loss be reversed?
It depends entirely on the cause and how long it has been present. Shedding triggered by illness, stress, childbirth or a nutritional deficiency often recovers once the trigger resolves. Pattern hair loss is progressive and is managed rather than cured. Scarring alopecias destroy the follicle, so hair lost to them does not regrow — which is why identifying the type early matters more than any single product.
Do I see a GP, a dermatologist or a trichologist about hair loss?
A GP is a reasonable starting point in Australia and can order the blood tests that rule out common contributors such as iron deficiency and thyroid disease. A dermatologist is the specialist for inflammatory, scarring or uncertain presentations and is the referral route for prescription treatment. A trichologist assesses the hair and scalp specifically and is not a medical doctor. The right choice depends on what your presentation suggests.
What is scalp micropigmentation?
Scalp micropigmentation, also called a hair tattoo, is a non-surgical cosmetic procedure that deposits pigment into the scalp to replicate the appearance of short hair follicles. It does not regrow hair or treat the underlying cause; it changes how the scalp looks by reducing the contrast between hair and skin. It suits people who are comfortable wearing their hair very short.
How long does it take to know whether a hair loss treatment is working?
Months, not weeks. Hair grows in cycles, so any change in the growth phase takes time to become visible, and most medical treatments for hair loss are judged at around six to twelve months. Increased shedding in the early weeks of some treatments is recognised and does not by itself mean the treatment has failed. Judging too early is the most common reason people abandon something that was working.
What an assessment establishes
- 1.Which process is causing the loss
Pattern loss, telogen effluvium, traction and scarring alopecia look similar in a mirror and behave nothing alike. The examination separates them, because the answer decides which routes are worth discussing at all.
- 2.Whether it is stable or still moving
Loss that is still progressing changes what any treatment can hold. It is the difference between planning around a fixed area and planning around one that will keep widening, and it is judged from history and examination rather than a single photograph.
- 3.Which routes are available to you, and which are not
Donor supply, scalp condition, skin type and how the loss is behaving each rule options in or out. You leave knowing what is on the table and what is not, without a price attached to the conversation.
Not sure which route fits? Send photos — we will tell you if scalp micropigmentation suits, or if it does not.
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