Actress and businesswoman Dimples Romana had quite a scare when she realized that she was slowly losing her hair about a year ago.
Hair restoration clinic Svenson recently celebrated its 36th anniversary with an event attended by its brand ambassadors Allan Caidic, Chico Garcia, Gino Quillamor, Philip Cu-Unjieng, Issa Litton, Tessa Prieto-Valdes, Ricci Chan and yours truly, dahlings.
Hair loss ain’t pretty, but it affects both women and men across all age groups.
An active and fashionable young woman, Filipino singer/songwriter and Alopecia awareness advocate Abby Asistio was diagnosed with Alopecia Areata at a very young age.
At the launch attended by celebrity endorsers Edu Manzano, Inno Sotto and Mike Carandang at the BGC clinic, the pair introduced Artas, PicoSure and i-Lipo machines.
The condition is not isolated to men. I have seen many older women who have extremely thin hair.
Hormonal changes during pregnancy cause hair to shed after childbirth, making it thin and fragile. That is usually the reason moms cut their hair short after giving birth.
“Ma’am kailan natin uumpisahan ang walang hanggan?” When do we begin forever? asks Greg, my hairdresser. Forever alludes to the once-started-never-ended treatment for hair loss using a minoxidil-based solution. That, everyone seems to agree, is the one, the only, the ultimate, desperate hope.
How was I to know that hair loss, for example, could cost me P8,000 a month? At this age, even without any serious health threats, I’m running up serious expenses I haven’t at all anticipated. Let’s begin from the top.
When Los Angeles-based trichologist Michael Bernstein began his career at Svenson 30 years ago, hair loss was primarily a “young man’s problem.” But these days, over half of Svenson’s clients are composed of women, and Bernstein attributes this development to women’s lib.
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