Noble Chimeziri, 42, male, could not fathom the cause of his new hair status. As he gazed at his thinning hair at the mirror in his bedroom, his thought drifted to his youthful days when he used to keep a punk style. He recalled how he went about with combs in his knapsack and constantly dipped them into this bushy hair to avoid it looking unkempt.
Today Chimeziri keeps a very low cut, not because he has a change of desire but because his then bushy hair has gone bald.
Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, is loss of hair from the head or body. Baldness can refer to general hair loss or male-pattern hair loss. Some types of hair loss can be caused by alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder. The extreme forms of alopecia areata are alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, and alopecia universali, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body.
The normal number of hair strands a person has ranges between 100,000 and 150,000. The American Academy of Dermatology, said most people normally shed between 50 to 100 hairs a day and about 250 strands when hair is washed. This is often noticeable when the hair is combed and more than normal is left in the comb.
It is difficult to understand the exact cause of hair loss, however, factors such as, family history, hormonal changes, medical conditions, nutrition and medications have been attributed to cause of hair loss. Losing one’s hair could cause some psychological trauma due to their effects on appearance, it can represent a loss of control and feelings of isolation. People experiencing hair thinning often find themselves in a situations where their physical appearance is at odds with their self-image and commonly worry that they appear older than they are or less attractive to others.
To cover up for this new look, a lot of Nigerians travel abroad in search of solutions. Most of them have spent fortunes to keep up with their normal looks. While others who are not financially well off to access such special treatment only manage to adapt to their new look. Some like Chimeziri had resorted to having “skin cuts” to cover up their balds, while the women spend so much on hair treatments which do not achieve the desired results.
For those with this condition, it is a prayer answered as the first hair transplant and restoration clinic opens in Lagos.
Ayo Otubanjo, CEO of Vinci Hair Clinic Nigeria, a hair transplant clinic in Lagos, opened his establishment with the aim of providing much needed relief to Nigerians suffering from hair loss and to save millions spent in seeking solutions abroad.
“In the past, Nigerians had to travel abroad to Western Europe, United States or Dubai, which resulted in them spending up to three times the amount it costs to have it done here. Hair experts at the new hair clinic can achieve the same result, with after-care available close to home.”
He said his Clinic provides solutions to hair restoration which include hair transplants, micro scalp pigmentation (MSP), laser cap treatment, rich plasma therapy, and mesotherapy. The clinic also provides surgical and non surgical medical hair restoration solutions for both men and women to help prevent further hair loss, to fill in thinning areas, such as the ‘Mama Eko’ syndrome, and to cover up receding hairlines and balding crowns.
By: Nkiru Odinkemelu
Sun News
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