What exactly is Microfusion hair augmentation? A method of adding hair to thinning areas and replacing hair in areas where there may be no hair at all.

Microfusion is not one solution, but a "platform" upon which a variety of solutions to your female pattern baldness can be based, depending upon the degree and location(s) of your thinning hair.

At the heart of Microfusion is beautiful, shiny, utterly life-like 100% human hair. The hair is integrated to a grid or network of fibers that are nearly invisible to the human eye. The grid allows Microfusion the flexibility required to solve almost any pattern and degree of female pattern baldness.

For example, the grid can contain a small amount of hair or a larger amount, depending upon the degree of coverage needed. The grid itself can be widened or narrowed to accomodate the exact size of the hair loss area. The grid can also be adjusted to accomodate the location of the hair loss, whether it's the frontal hairline, anterior scalp, a diffused progression on the top of the scalp, or any combination thereof.

What makes Microfusion beautiful goes beyond the fact that no one cal tell where the new hair ends and your own growing hair begins. What makes Microfusion beautiful is what it does for you.

With Microfusion, you can wear your hair in nearly any or every style. There are no more restrictions, no necessity to wear styles that are more adept than others at covering your hair loss... no matter if they flatter your looks or not. Whether you want to keep up with the latest trends or simply find a style that you always liked but never could achieve, Microfusion lets the choice be yours. With Microfusion, you can also be who you are. You can exercise, swim, sweat and perform all the activities that you do now, without restriction. You don't have to worry about where you can go, such as a boat or an open car, like you would with a standard wig. You also don't have to worry if someone touches your hair, if it gets wet, or if it's a particularly windy day.

That's because Microfusion is part of you... not something you remove at the end of the day, but rather, an enhancement that becomes a part of your life.

To a large extent, Microfusion also improves your quality of life. You won't have to worry where you sit in a restaurant because the light might be hitting you in a certain way that could highlight your hair's thinness. You won't have to worry about bending down where others might be able to more fully see the thinness of your hair. In fact, you'll never have to worry about any of the things that have troubled you since you started losing your hair. With Microfusion, you'll look at yourself as you did before you started losing your hair. And so will everyone else.

Women can lose hair for a variety of reasons. In pregnancy, changes in hormone levels can produce hair loss. Stress and anxiety can also cause hair follicles to cease production. In some cases, a vitamin deficiency can lead to hair loss. Certain medications can cause hair to fall out, too. But in all the aforementioned cases, the hair loss is only temporary for most people. Once the condition causing the hair loss ceases, either naturally or through intervention, the hair follicles will "wake up" and begin producing hair once again.

There are two conditions in which hair loss is irreverible. The first is from the condition known as alopecia universalis. Very few people are afflicted with alopecia universalis, but those who are facing the devastating effects of all hair production ceasing on their body-they actually produce no hair at all, from their scalps to their toes. The condition is believed to be caused by a virus and there is no "cure" for it.

The overwhelming majority of women suffer from what is known as androgenic hair loss. This is caused by hormones. It was previously mentioned that pregnant women can expierence hair loss due to changes in hormone levels. With androgenic hair loss, the principle is the same but the caues is quite different.

Both men and women have hormones of the opposite sex. Men have levels of estrogen in their body, just as women have levels of testosterone. In women, the cause of what is known as female pattern baldness is the testosterone hormone. Women with hair loss do not have abnormal levels of testosterone in their body. These women are just unable to "break down" testosterone properly.

There is much testosterone found in a person's scalp. If the hormone does not break down properly as it ages and is ready to be disposed of as waste, a by-product known as dihidrotestosterone (DHT) exists.

Female Pattern Hair Loss is an emotionally devastating condition. Unfortunately, 50% of women will experience some degree of hair loss by the age of 60.

The most common form of hair loss in women (Androgenetic Alopecia also known as Female Pattern Hair Loss) occurs in women that are genetically predisposed.

Like any medical condition, early detection is the best practice for prevention.

Prior to the introduction of the HairDX genetic test, the medical diagnosis and prediction of Female Pattern Hair Loss remained a difficult challenge that was met with limited success.

Unlike Male Pattern Hair Loss, "pattern distribution" is not typical for most women with Androgenetic Alopecia. In most cases, for women thinning occurs diffusely without a pattern. Often the frontal hair line is intact, but behind this the scalp becomes visible in the midline. Progressive thinning over time may extend back to the crown area, and often impacts areas on the sides and back of the head, leaving the scalp covered with diffusely thinning hair, but usually no bare areas. Figure illustrates hair loss in women due to Female Pattern Hair Loss.

Because of this lack of a defined pattern one cannot distinguish Female Pattern Hair Loss from other causes of hair loss just by looking at it.

It is important to exclude other causes of hair thinning which can mimic Androgenetic Alopecia in women.

Most women will come to their diagnosis after excluding medically treatable causes such as anemia, thyroid disease, fatty acid deficiency, medication side effects, heavy metal exposure (lead, arsenic, mercury) just to name a few. There are also dermatologic conditions that can look like Androgenetic Alopecia, but require different treatment approaches, so an accurate diagnosis is important.

Proper early prediction and diagnosis of female hair loss is key to saving your hair.