posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 12:34 AM
by
dr_antonio_alvi_armani
Hair Cuts and Hair Damage
Certain hair cuts are not healthy for the hair. If one uses clippers all the time for hair cuts, they pull the hair out. Over time, they also pull out the roots of the hair.
I often see this in consults when a patient has been shaving the hair on his head for 5-10 years. By this time, he is often a poor candidate for a hair transplant, because he has depleted his donor tissue.
This type of hair loss is clearly TRACTION ALOPECIA. In other words, by mechanical trauma from the hair clippers and persistent shaving, and the subsequent shock to the scalp, many roots or the genetic material falls out.
For this reason, I always recommend scissor to cut the hair on you head, even if the style is short hair. Do not deplete your donor density and accelerate your hair loss by TRACTION ALOPECIA.
--Dr. Antonio Alvi Armani