What happens if hair has no follicles? How to deal with it?

The health of hair is an aspect that people pay more attention to, because hair is the most important external image tissue of the human body, and the health of hair has a great impact on a person's image. However, many people in life have problems with their hair. For example, severe hair loss and no hair follicle tissue remains at the roots of the fallen hair. This shows that the hair condition is not healthy. Coupled with the symptoms of hair loss, this phenomenon becomes particularly mysterious. Everyone knows that hair follicles are the foundation of hair growth, but what happens if there are no hair follicles? How to deal with it? Let’s take a look at the simple explanation below.

The absence of hair follicles is a typical symptom of hair loss and a symptom of damaged hair follicles. Permanent hair loss due to damaged hair follicles, and temporary hair loss due to short-term damage to hair follicles. Permanent hair loss is common male pattern baldness. In some European countries, male baldness rates are as high as 40%.

Damage to hair follicles is a gradual process of hair loss. At the beginning, the hair edge of the forehead will obviously recede, and the hair on the top of the head will be sparse; then it will gradually develop, and finally it will develop to only a circle of sparse hair on the back and sides of the head.

The main reasons are:

Genetic factors, lack or imbalance of male hormones in blood circulation; being too obese. In addition, scars left by various skin diseases or skin injuries, congenital hair stunting, and severe damage to hair follicles caused by chemicals or physical reasons can all cause permanent hair loss.

Temporary hair loss is often caused by an illness with a high fever. However, X-rays, ingestion of metals (such as thallium, tin, and arsenic) or drugs, malnutrition, certain inflammatory skin diseases, chronic wasting diseases, and endocrine disorders can also cause temporary hair loss.

There are two treatment options for male pattern baldness:

The first is hair transplantation, which involves transplanting hair follicles from the scalp where hair still grows to where hair does not grow, i.e., from the back of the head to the front. The second method is topical application. It can effectively prevent continued hair loss caused by various reasons and promote hair regeneration in bald or sparse hair areas.