Alopecia refers to loss of hair. It also means baldness. There are various factors that lead to a situation like that. Hormonal factors, Hereditary factors, Damage to the hair shaft or follicles, fungal infections, compulsive pulling of hair, hairstyling routine, medication, malnutrition, aging are some of the reasons.

Alopecia is mainly of two types.

Alopecia areata refers to the situation when the body’s immune system attacks hair follicles and causes hair to fall out. This is very rare.

Androgenetic alopecia is a kind of hair loss that’s inherited. Hair starts to thin and fall out. This is the most common type of Alopecia affecting mainly Men.

The symptoms of alopecia include thinning of hair or complete loss of hair at the hairline, bald patches etc.

The DHI alopecia hair loss test is performed before the procedure in order to evaluate the degree and rate of hair loss. The objective is to identify and understand the type of alopecia responsible for the hair loss and then go ahead and prescribe a course of treatment. A cutting edge technology is used to generate the patient’s alopecia profile.

The DHI alopecia hair loss test helps in getting to the root of the problem and according to that designing a treatment to the patient’s needs.