Hair Boosters

Approximately 6.5 million men and 8 million women in the UK are currently affected by hair loss. The most common cause of hair loss is androgenic alopecia or male/ female pattern hair loss which affects 85% of men by the age of 50 and 40% of women by the age of 50. One cause behind this is alopecia areata – an immune condition known to affect 1 person out of every 500 in the UK. This condition causes bald patches to develop on and around the scalp, which, left untreated, can eventually cause more severe forms of hair loss, such as alopecia universalis or alopecia totalis.

While many of the conversations around hair loss traditionally focus on men, approximately 40% of women show signs of hair loss by 50, with less than 45% of women reaching 80 with a full head of hair. Female pattern hair loss, a condition that causes hair to thin and fall out, is estimated to affect a third of women.