The Alopecia Help Collection

Hair loss is often explained using words such as miniaturisation, dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and follicular units. These are scientifically accurate terms, but they can be difficult to picture. What if, instead, you imagined your scalp as a town? This essay explores androgenetic alopecia through a simple analogy inspired by published trichoscopy research, helping to explain why the town often becomes quieter before it becomes smaller.

One treatment kept standing As I reached the end of the paper, one treatment kept surviving. Low-level laser therapy. It isn’t the most powerful treatment we have for hair loss. But it is drug-free. It is non-invasive. And it has one of the most reassuring safety profiles during pregnancy.

“The most important part of PRP happens long before the first injection.” “We specialise in PRP. But we don’t start with PRP. We start with you.”

Where Do You Keep Your Minoxidil? My latest bottle of freshly compounded 6% topical minoxidil arrived in the post this morning. I unpacked the little 30 mL bottle and left it at the bottom of the stairs, intending to take it upstairs later. Then I made myself a hot chocolate and sat down to read some newly published research papers. Within a few minutes, I’d got up and moved the bottle because of what I’d just read. I like to think I’m pretty careful with medicines. Tabl

Why does hair loss usually affect the top of the scalp while the hair at the back and sides often remains thick for decades? Modern research suggests that hair follicles from different parts of the scalp are biologically different and may even carry a “memory” of where they came from. Dr Gwen Adey explores one of the most fascinating mysteries in hair biology: how hair follicles seem to know where they are.

Imagine your phone battery. When it’s brand new, it lasts all day. A few years later, it doesn’t. It still works. Just not as well. A fascinating new study published in 2026 made me wonder whether something similar might happen inside some hair follicles

PRP wasn’t originally developed for hair loss. Discover how a treatment designed to support wound healing evolved into one of the most widely studied regenerative therapies for androgenetic alopecia.

Could hayfever and hair loss be connected? A large 2026 study explored possible links between allergic inflammation, antihistamines and androgenetic alopecia — raising new questions about histamine, prostaglandins and hair follicle biology.

New research suggests PRP is far more complex than platelet count alone, with patient biology and inflammation also influencing outcomes.

New research suggests PCOS hair loss may involve insulin resistance and inflammation — not just hormones alone.

A 2024 ultrasound study found measurable scalp tissue changes beneath the surface in androgenetic alopecia.

Hair loss in women is multi-factor, not just hormonal. Treating one part alone often explains why many women don’t see results.