Fighting Hair Loss: The Best Hair Restoration Method in Metro Manila

The hair is a man or woman’s crown of beauty and it compliments one facial feature in ways that are subtle but often noticed by many. Even if it’s fixed up or messy, your hair garners attention as much as how your face and getup does. But that crown of beauty, our hair, just like a real crown, gets worn out as time goes by unless it is well kept. Unfortunately, there are cases that no matter how well you take care of your hair, it just falls out and won’t stop. If that happens, then we have a problem and of course, we’ll want a solution.

Alopecia

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Or what we call “hair loss” is the usual culprit when it comes to balding—not to be mistaken with hair shedding, as shedding naturally stops but alopecia really thins out your hair.

How does it happen?

Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder and it happens when our immune system identifies the hair follicles as a threat and then attacks it. Because of that, hair loss happens. You’ll know you have alopecia when a cluster of hair falls off, leaving off a smooth hairless patch. In some cases it would just thin your hair then re-grow thinner—the severity varies.

This affects people both young and old. In most cases, youths aged younger than 20 may experience this, which is true for me as the onset of alopecia started when I was as young as 17 years old. It could also happen much later in life like how my father lost his hair. It could be genetic, but it hasn’t been proven as a primary cause. It doesn’t sound so bad and it is better than having a more serious condition, right? Still, some take it very seriously as it can cause psychological distress to some people. I can give myself as an example: my hairline is getting higher and you’ll see my forehead like a sun rising in Manila Bay. When people do take notice, it gets rather uncomfortable.

Is there a cure?

Well, there’s no permanent cure, but you can treat it so the hair would grow back. Having alopecia doesn’t mean it’s the end of your hair; you could still do something about it.

Medical treatment

It could be in the form of medication. Be it Rogaine, or topical immunotherapy among others. It could be effective but only if the severity of alopecia is mild. DIY treatments sound appealing like applying castor oil but it does not work for everyone. Trust me, I tried. And if medications won’t work, you could try…

Hair Restoration via Transplant

I myself have been thinking of getting a transplant if my hair loss gets worse. I have lots of options to choose from when looking for a surgical treatment; like popular hair restoration clinics in Metro Manila.

When getting a transplant, there are two types of treatments available: the Follicular Unit Transplant (FUT) and the Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). Long story short FUT gets a strip of hair in a healthy donor area of the scalp and then in FUE, individual donor hair grafts are removed and then transplanted.

In case you were wondering how a hair transplant would go? This is a pretty good example as it shows the end result too.

  

These methods are costly but prove to be effective treatments for hair loss so look forward to them.

Acceptance

Now I’m not trying to say that having hair compared to being bald is better, I’ve actually accepted this fact that I’ll be bald and embraced it just as how my dad did. Sure it gets irritating when somebody’s busting your balls calling you bald and whatnot or being the butt end of some jokes. You just have to accept and live with it when nothing works.

I used to worry about it, but now? Not so much. I do have to agree that the procedure above really raised my hopes up. Since I don’t have the means for a transplant, I just get my hair shaved per two months to make it look good. I’ve accepted that I am meant to be bald, but not throwing in the towel just yet.

Besides, there are celebs and even fictional characters that look good even little or no hair.

Caption: Left to Right per row: Saitama from One Punch Man, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Patrick Stewart, Kratos, Vin Diesel, Ainsley Hariott, Rude from FFVII, Agil from Sword Art Online, Brian Cranston as Walter White

Being bald shouldn’t mean that you’re going to be the shiny King Neptune-y center of other people’s attention.

 

Kidding aside, having to live with being bald and managing getting over the jokes takes a lot of self-control and tolerance so if you know someone who’s really bothered by hair loss, do show your support instead of making a joke out of them.

Remember: In order for an individual to accept who they are, others must be willing to accept that individual despite how they look. Kindness heals all.

Fighting hair loss is only as hard as what you think others might think of you. If you let yourself be bothered by your thinning hair then you just lost the battle. To conquer it, you must make do with what you have and just learn to love it. Or save up for that hair transplantation—both methods will help you feel better about the situation anyway.