www.hairguard.com
If you’ve heard that scalp tension is related to hair loss but aren’t sure exactly how this works, you’re watching the right video. I’m going to break it down for you in plain English.
And then I’m going to show you various easy ways of treating the problem at its root. I can promise you that after watching this video, you‘ll never see hair loss in quite the same light.
Timestamps
📌 0:00 - Intro
📌 01:00 - Scalp tension explained
📌 4:54 - Addressing the problem at its root
📌 6:45 - Scalp invigorator
📌 7:16 - Shampoo shower brush
📌 8:15 - Simple Massage technique
📌 8:40 - Simple Massage technique 2
📌 8:56 - One-handed squeeze
📌 9:25 - Two-handed squeeze
📌 9:42 - Scalp Shake
📌 10:11 - Eyebrow raises
📌 10:24 - Raise & Hold
📌 10:36 - Lowering eyebrows
📌 10:45 - Lower & Hold
📌 11:04 - Combining the techniques together
📌 11:33 - Inversion massage
📌 11:45 - Growbands
Transcription
On the top of our head, directly underneath the skin and subcutaneous tissues, is a sheet of connective tissue called the galea aponeurotica.
Galea is latin for helmet, which makes sense when you consider this thing’s shape and location on the head.
Now on the front, rear and sides, the galea is connected to various muscles.
These are constantly exerting pressure by compressing and stretching it.
Which results in chronic tension.
The galea is firmly bound to the overlying skin by a rigid subcutaneous layer.
So think of a sandwich with multiple layers. Skin at the top, subcutaneous layer underneath, and galea at the bottom.
Due to the firmness of the subcutaneous layer, any tension in the galea is transmitted to the overlying scalp skin, and the whole thing acts as a single unit.
There are two big clues that the galea is related to hair loss.
Firstly, hair loss in men is restricted to parts of the head overlying the galea.
On the sides and back of the head that are covered with muscle, the so-called occipital and temporal regions, there is no hair loss, even in advanced baldness.
The second major clue is the correspondence between the degree of tension across the galea, and the pattern in which hair loss develops.
Take a look at these two graphics.
On the left you see the severity of tension in the galea.
Lighter blue areas are those with the highest tension.
On the right is the Norwood map of the head, which shows the typical progression of hair loss.
There is an astonishing correlation between the two.
Areas with the highest tension are the first to lose hair, followed by those with intermediate tension.
Areas with the least tension are the last to go.
The mathematical probability of this being due to chance is less than 1 in 10000.
Tension in the galea is believed to result in a chronic, low-grade inflammation of the overlying skin.
In response to this inflammation, the scalp upregulates its expression of DHT.
In turn, the DHT induces a protein called transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1).
This protein, along with the DHT, result in a chronic, gradual, structural reshaping of the scalp tissue.
The most important characteristics of this reshaping being fibrosis.
By fibrosis, we refer to an excess deposition of collagen around the follicles.
Now collagen is a protein that forms one of the essential building blocks of human skin.
But when its production increases out of control, it begins to form what’s essentially microscopic scar tissue.
Reference Links
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/a...
-------------------------------
Disclaimer
This video is for educational purposes only and is not intended to treat, diagnose or cure any disease.