Hair Loss Matters: A Handbook for Hairdressers and Barbers

By Mary O Flynn

Hair is important for self-image. Hair loss is a growing problem and a sensitive issue. At the same time, there is a lack of education for hairdressers and Barbers on how to deal with and advise clients on this area. Statistics on hair loss show that there are millions of hair loss sufferers worldwide, both male and female, seeking professional help.
Hair Loss Matters identifies conditions that cause partial or permanent hair loss. It also provides information on how to deal with this very worrying and traumatic issue.
This book offers knowledge on matters affecting hair growth:
Hair structure and hair growth
Health conditions and how it effects hair growth
Reasons why hair loss occurs
Natural remedies to assist hair growth
Nonsurgical and surgical hair replacement systems
Care of the hair after it grows

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Dec 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524668105

Mary O Flynn

Mary O Flynn lives in Co Leitrim, Ireland. She runs a hairdressing training business and she has over thirty years of experience in training hairdressers and barbers. She is also qualified in nonsurgical hair replacement.

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Published by AuthorHouse 01/25/2017

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Foreword

Twenty-three years into my hairdressing career, a family member was diagnosed with cancer. As a result of the treatment, she was going to suffer hair loss. This was such a traumatic experience. I had to help her choose the wig and that took three days. We visited several wig stores before finding a suitable one. Then I had to cut it to a suitable style and I was so nervous. I had never done this before and I had no training in this area, and neither had my fellow hairdressers or teachers. From this experience, I started to educate herself by visiting wig stores, reading articles, and travelling abroad to training courses.

To date, wig training and hair replacement systems are not included in most hairdressing courses. When teaching hairdressers in industry, I find that so many of them are seeking information on how to deal with hair loss.

In the past, people lived with hair thinning and baldness, but today’s world is different. Personal appearance is so important. Thinning and balding is happening much younger, and only so many answers can be found online. Solving hair loss is a practical procedure, and knowledgeable professionals are necessary.

I wrote this book based on all the knowledge and experience I have gained over these years.

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank my husband, John, and my sons, Adrian and Kieran, for their encouragement, support, and understanding over my many years of research and writing of this book. I would also like to thank my many colleagues and friends for all their support. I would like to thank Sean O’Reilly for his assistance with the imagery used in the book. My thanks to London AuthorHouse for its assistance.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Hair and Hair Care

Chapter 2 Seeking Professional Advice on Hair Loss

Chapter 3 Conditions Affecting Hair Loss

Chapter 4 Assisting Hair Growth Using Natural Remedies

Chapter 5 Disguising Hair Loss

Chapter 6 Care of the Hair When It Grows Back Again

Conclusion

Bibliography

Introduction

Hair is important for self-image. It is a growing problem and a sensitive issue. At the same time, there is a lack of education for hairdressers on how to deal with and advise clients on this area. Statistics on hair loss show that there are millions of hair loss sufferers worldwide, both male and female, seeking professional help.

The Telegraph reported on September 29, 2015 in an online article titled Alopecia and female baldness – is it a growing problem? that 8 million women in Britain suffer from hair loss. The Belgravia Centre reported that 40 percent of men have evidence of hair loss by the age of thirty-five.

Creditdonkey.com reported that approximately 50 million men and 20 million women in the United States alone suffer male pattern baldness and other