As we age, one of our major concern revolves around our hair. But with increased pollution level, more and more chemical based products used on our hair and continuous weather changes, waiting for your hair to fall as you age is not what is happening. Hair loss has become one of the major concerns for most people and we hide behind caps and scarves to conceal our receding hairline and bald patches. Home remedies might not always be effective and they take time to show results. In cases like these, seeking help from your doctor seems like the best solution. The procedure that’ll help you achieve your ideal “hair goals” is mesotherapy.

What is mesotherapy?

Mesotherapy is a treatment for curing baldness by reversing hair loss. The treatment incorporates the use of superficial microinjections into the target tissues to achieve hair growth.The solution injected contains a wide range of minerals, vitamins, amino acids, nucleic acids and co-enzymes. As every individual is different, so are their issues with baldness. Hence, these solutions can be altered based upon the patient’s individual needs.Depending on the extension of area being treated, the treatment itself takes 10 to 30 minutes. Usually a minimum of 6 sessions are required to stimulate hair growth. So the real question now is that ‘how does these injections and solutions actually work for hair growth?’

Mechanism of mesotherapy

The treatment works in two ways, namely mechanical and chemical.

• Your skin is like a building made with bricks of collagen, the main structural protein found in the skin. The mechanical aspect of mesotherapy involves making holes in the scalp using needles, which in turn increases the collagen growth in your body.
• On the other hand the chemical aspect of the treatment can be explained by the administration of small doses of different medications in specific areas. These doses act like medicinal bullets that in turn improves blood circulation, reduces inflammation, stimulates collagen, all of which accompanies to increases hair growth.

Advantages of Mesotherapy

The whole process in itself may sound a little scary but there is a reason that this treatment is becoming more and more popular day by day. The treatment seeks to provide a wide range of advantages which include-

1. The treatment is safe.
2. There is no dressing or local anesthesia required.
3. After the treatment you can just go back to work.

The after treatment advantages of mesotherapy include-

1. Improvement in hair volume
2. Stimulation of blood circulation
3. Reduction of hair loss
4. Growth and better survival of hair follicles

By now, you must be tackling with one major question which is “Even if it is this advantageous, is it worth the pain?” So here comes the good part. The truth is that this treatment is virtually pain free. All you might feel are little pinches on the scalp which are next to unnoticeable. This literally makes our concern go away, doesn’t it?

Modern science has really come a long way in solving most of our problems. A major one of which was hair loss, and mesotherapy is here for that. So, invest in your hair after all it’s the crown you never take off.