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>>> YOU'RE WATCHING ABC13,
HOUSTON'S NEWS LEADER, LIVE
WITH ELISSA RIVAS, SAMICA
KNIGHT, DAVID NUNO AND
METEOROLOGIST DAVID TILLMAN.
THIS IS 13 "EYEWITNESS
>>> IN TEED HEALTH CHECK --
TODAY'S HEALTH CHECK MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS MEN AND WOMEN WERE
IMPACTED BY HAIR LOSS AND THERE
ARE MANY REASONS FOR THE
CONDITION AND SEVERAL
TREATMENTS CAN HELP RESTORE
HAIR.
HERE WITH MORE INFORMATION ON
HAIR LOSS WE ARE JOAND BY DR --
BEYOND BY DR -- JOINED BY DR.
YOUNG CHO THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> SO I THINK FIRST OF ALL, WE
ALL THINK ABABOUT GUYS WHEN WE
THINK ABOUT HAIR LOSS.
>> SURE.
>> WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF HAIR
LOSS?
IS THERE ONE CAUSE YOU CAN
PINPOINT?
>> THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
CAUSES OF HAIR LOSS BUT ONE OF
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE IT IS
MORE GENETIC IN NATURE.
IT CAN AFFECT MEN AND WOMEN.
WE TYPICALLY IDENTIFY HAIR LOSS
OR BALDING MORE WITH MEN
BECAUSE TYPICALLY MEN WILL LOSE
MORE, A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF
HAIR SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE
LOST HAIR COMPLETELY IN CERTAIN
PARTS OF THEIR SCALP.
WOMEN AS WELL, THEY CAN LOSE
HAIR AND CAN THIN HAIR AND IT'S
FOR THE SIMILAR REASONS AS
WELL.
>> AND IS IN THE CASE OF WOMEN
IS THERE A PARTICULAR REASON OR
AGE OR TIME WHEN THEY START TO
LOSE THEIR HAIR.
>> SURE.
THERE'S A LOT OF WOMEN THAT
START TO THIN THEIR HAIR
TYPICALLY IT STARTS CLOSER TO
THEIR 50s AND 60s AND MOMOVES
ONWARDS.
IT IS SIMILAR REASONS FOR MALE
PAT REN HAIR LOSS -- PATTERN
AIR LOSS AS WOMEN PATTERN HAIR
LOSS THERE'S A COMPOUND THAT IS
CALLED DHT SIGNALS TO THE HAIR
IN CERTAIN PREDICTABLE AREAS OF
OUR SCALP THAT SAYS YOU KNOW
IT'S YOUR TIME TO GO TO SLEEP
AND WHEN IT GOES TO SLEEP, THE
HAIR DOESN'T GROW AND THEREFORE
WE GET THINNING OR BALDING.
>> AND SO NOW TO THE QUESTION
THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE ASKING, WHAT CAN THEY DO
ABOUT THIS?
CAN YOU REVERSE THIS?
>> YES.
SO THE MOST-- THE BEST WAY TO
TRY TO REDUCE IT OR REVERSE IT
IS NOT NECESSARILY BY HAVING A
HAIR GROW ALTHOUGH THAT MAY BE
COMING BUT IT'S REALLY MOVING
PARTS OF OUR HAIR THAT ARE
RESISTANT TO BALDING WHICH IS
TYPICALLY IN THE BACK OF THE
SCALP ORDERED SIDE AND MOVES
THOSE HEIRS FORWARD INTO AIR --
HAIRS FORWARD THAT ARE THINNING
AND IT'S HAIR TRANSPLANTATION
TRANSPLANTING HAIR FROM ONE
PART TO THE OTHER.
THE PART THAT IS MOVED RETAINS
ITS ABILITY TO KEEP ITS HAIR
AND NOT THIN.
AND THEREFORE WE CAN RESTORE A
FULLER HAIRLINE OR FULLER
THICKNESS OF HAIR AT THE FRONT
OF THE SCALE OF WHERE WE MOST
-- SCALP WHERE WE MOST NOTICE
IT.
>> DO YOU RECOMMEND MEDICATIONS
OR ANYTHING THAT ARE SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE AS WELL?
>> SURE THERE ARE MEDICATIONS
THINGS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF
ROGAINE AND IT HELPS TO
STIMULATE THE GROWTH OF THE
HAIR FOLLICLES.
FOR MEN ANOTHER PRODUCT THAT
THEY ARE USING THAT YOU NEED TO
TALK WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN ABOUT
SOME OF THE RISKS AND BENEFITS
OF USING ANY OF THE
MEDICATIONS.
>> OKAY DR. CHO THANKS FOR YOUR
TIME WE APPRECIATE IT AND TO