When Teenagers Experience Male-Pattern Baldness

May 17, 2012 11:25 am

While male-pattern baldness primarily occurs in adult men, there are instances when teenage boys can experience the disorder. It can be highly traumatic for a teenager to begin losing his hair. They can be obsessively focused on their appearance to begin with and going bald can add to this already stressful situation. They will want to seek immediate medical assistance to stop the condition from worsening.

When to be Concerned

Hair loss is not uncommon. In fact, everyone loses up to 100 head hairs every day. This is a natural process that involves old hair falling out to make room for new hair. It is not a cause for alarm. But if you are losing more than that or your hair seems to be coming out in clumps, you need to see a doctor to make sure there is nothing seriously wrong. Underlying medical conditions can cause hair loss in teenage boys.

Causes of Hair Loss in Teenagers

Teenage boys can experience hair loss for a variety of reasons. A common culprit is scalp ringworm which is a contagious infection that can cause permanent hair loss. Certain hairstyles or styling routines such as braiding or dyeing the hair can also result in hair loss in teenagers. The most challenging to treat is male-pattern baldness which has been known to develop in teenage boys by age 15.

Types of Hair Loss Treatment

The cause of the hair loss determines the appropriate treatment regimen. The most popular treatment for male-pattern baldness is with oral medications known as 5-alpha reductase inhibitors. These drugs effectively stop the production of a particular hormone that interferes with hair growth. Results range from stopping hair loss to actual hair regrowth. There are many factors that determine the effectiveness of a treatment on a particular patient.

Seeking Treatment

Looks are important to all teenagers. Because of the impact on their self-esteem, teenagers are more likely to seek medical attention for hair loss sooner than their adult counterparts. Unfortunately, teens must be at least 18 years old to be treated with propecia. Hair loss concealers that cover the balding area may be a temporary option until teenagers are old enough for medical treatment.

This article looks at how male-pattern baldness can impact teenagers who seek medical assistance but cannot be prescribed propecia until they are eighteen. Fortunately, there are steps they can take to address their balding disorder.

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Why Businesses Should Stay Away From Plastic Bags

March 5, 2012 11:10 am

Going green has become a very popular buzzword. This developing trend could be the direct result of the widespread discussion of nature-related issues like global warming, deforestation, and depletion of our natural resources. This move to go green carried out by individual and industry is commendable. If your business for example has still not made the big shift, it might be the right time to start going green.

You can always start with small steps and one of the best things you can do right off the bat is to stay away from the use of plastic bags. There are plenty of reasons why you should do it but the biggest thing is that these bags are not biodegradable. Simply put, they will continue to accumulate around us. The results of this can already be felt around us.

Plastic bags can clog waterways. For example in an urban landscape, plastic bags can block the water drainage system. During heavy rains and the occasional typhoon, this blockage could cause massive flooding. The blockage also takes up a lot of resources to ensure that the drainage system is clear year round.

Plenty of plastic bags are also dumped on landfills. Since they would take thousands of years to break down into smaller particles, they would wreak havoc on the soil and water. This source of pollution is also the cause of several health problems which would have been avoidable if the fight to stop using plastic bags started sooner. Continue Reading →

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CO2, Green House Gases, and Ozone Holes – Oh My God, We Are Doomed?

March 5, 2012 11:00 am

One thing that people don’t realize about air pollution is the accumulative effect, that is to say the various molecules combining into something else, making things much worse. CO2 is quite sticky so to speak and “oxygen and carbon seem to combine with just about everything, surprise, surprise,” says the College Freshmen prerequisite chemistry class professor. Okay so, let’s talk.

Now then, what about the accumulative effect of other things? Recently, an acquaintance who is fearful that global warming will be the death of all humans told me that the holes in the Ozone Layer plus the CO2 output and green house gases would cause everyone to get skin cancer and die, radiated like micro-waved chicken I guess, thus, the end of humanity and all life on the planet. But is this really the case?

It seems that human mitochondrial DNA is pretty darn hardy and can adapt, and humans can live underground too. Protecting the human eggs of females isn’t that difficult, humans will not perish even if we don’t have an ozone layer, not suggesting we ought to get rid of it mind you. And when the ozone replenishes it will be just like Terra del Fuego no more blind sheep and high tech parks manufacturing comes alive.

Yes, skin cancer could be a problem with Ozone issues, but that is a different issue from CO2. Lots of CO2 means stronger plant life, more abundant production from Agriculture. Bigger trees, bigger tree canopies to block the sun, more oxygen underneath, what’s the problem? Trees, and all life will adapt to the radiation, life will find a way, and living in a green house is perhaps good for life, not bad. Besides that, I think humans are smart enough to deal with anything that comes along, not worried about it. Continue Reading →

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