Hair loss, when the stars talk about a problem that creates suffering

Looking at her, with her flowing black hair, all waves and volume, you would never say that Huda Kattan had a serious hair loss problem. Instead, interviewed by the magazine “Allure”, the beauty entrepreneur, founder of the successful brand Huda Beauty, said with an open heart that she had suffered a lot to see her beautiful dark hair fall in locks, one after the other.

HUDA KATTAN: “I SAW THE HAIR FALLING AND I DID NOT WANT TO BELIEVE”
The 37-year-old Iraqi-born makeup artist started noticing her hair loss when she was just 20.

“I noticed a thinning in the front of my head,” she says. “I was constantly trying to hide the part with the least hairarranging myself as best I could. How many times have I applied dark eyeshadow to my scalp to give a semblance of coverage. It was scary to admit to myself that I was losing my hair. I drastically changed my hair routine, making it super delicate, using moisturizing serums for the care of the scalp, rinsing with bottled mineral water to avoid stress on the hair ». The problem, however, did not go away, so Huda Kattan turned to professionals in the sector. Today, approaching 40 years, the beauty mogul undergoes microneedling treatments to stimulate the scalp (and consequently the capillary growth). It also cannot do without specific supplements and care products. This is not the only famous woman to have talked about this issue: like her, also Naomi Campbell, Lena Dunham and Ashley Graham, the latter very frightened to notice a strong hair loss 4 months after the birth of her first child.

FEMALE HAIR LOSS, THE EXPERT’S ADVICE
As he explains Riccardo Midolo, aesthetic doctor of LabQuarantadue, an expert on hair loss, «the causes of this problem in a woman vary much, much more than in men. It goes from hormonal fluctuations, typically after childbirth and during menopause, atwrong feeding, but also the genetic predisposition, smoking, as well as the presence of health problems, such as anemia or autoimmune diseases, are very important. Strong stress and / or the use of hair can also trigger the weakening and loss of hair repeated and aggressive chemical dyes, but also very heavy extensions “. Solutions to bring back the problem, which – when it happens – creates a strong sense of psychological discomfort? «I recommend taking great care in the diet, which must be varied and balanced. Well the use of topical products, such as pharmacological serums and lotions, to be applied to the skin for a vasodilation effect that promotes hair growth. Supplements based on also help biotin, zinc and selenium, while in the doctor’s office mesotherapy treatments are indicated, with a concentration of active ingredients injected into the scalp to reinvigorate the hair bulb, in addition to combination of carboxytherapy and PRP, to trigger a regeneration process that gives excellent results, containing hair loss ».

In gallery, here are the star who opened up about the suffering problem of hair loss.