Most of us are familiar with health warnings about consuming too much alcohol: it can cause liver damage, heart disease, decline in brain function, and more. What is less often discussed is the toll it can take on one’s appearance. Consuming even moderate amounts of...
In autoimmune disorders, the body’s defenses attack healthy cells rather than diseased or malfunctioning ones. In a number of cases, this directly impacts hair thinning and loss by disrupting the normal hair growth cycle and preventing the follicles from...
When going into any sort of conflict it is good to know the terrain it will be fought upon. In the case of hair loss and hair shedding… that battleground is the scalp. Other than the fact that it is on top of your head, most people do not have much more information at...
While it can make us feel a little gross, sweat is nothing but water and small amounts of salt, urea, ammonia, and sugar. It is our body’s way of cooling itself down when our temperature rises. We sweat when it is hot out, when we exercise, if we have a fever, or if...
At its most basic, anagen effluvium is hair loss during the growth stage of your hair lifespan. The anagen phase is the time during which hair is actively growing. Our hair goes through several different phases, from growing to resting to shedding. Shedding –...
More than half of all men and one-third of all women experience hair loss as they get older. According to the National Council on Aging, those numbers are for people older than 65 but we know that hair loss from genetic factors (like male/female pattern baldness) can...
Long Island 
