Between 15 and 20 million Italians lose their hair due to scalp diseases, different diseases or simply due to hereditary factors. Those who suffer from it - say the specialists - feel profound psychological discomfort. To systematically address baldness of any type,
the Integrated Alopecie Center (Cia)
at the Dermopathic Institute of Immaculate Conception (Idi) Irccs
was born in Rome, the first in Europe
, a structure able to manage in a coordinated manner under the same I cover the phases of diagnosis and therapy of all scalp affections. The Center, directed by Gianfranco Schiavone, welcomes up to 700 patients a month, of which about twenty a day are young people between 15 and 22 years of age, 20% of whom are women.
According to the IDI data, the phenomenon affects, contrary to what is believed, about 50% of women in different stages of life: with onset from puberty in the most severe cases, but usually after pregnancy or menopause. For men, at 30, the fall affects on average 30% of the population, 50% at 50, 80% at 70.
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The typical patient is a very young boy
- explains Schiavone - who begins to see the receding hairline or thinning on the top of the head, very anxious about how the situation may evolve, especially if the parents have the same problem. in the past, current therapies do not represent a risk as they do not alter any hormonal structure. In cases where it is necessary, we proceed with the transplant ".
After all, to understand the weight and spread of the phenomenon just look at the exponential growth of the so-called medical tourism in recent years in Albania or Turkey for hair transplants. "In Istanbul, which has become like Rio De Janeriro for cosmetic surgery in the 1980s, half that of a private specialist in Italy is spent - says Schiavone - but there are those risks associated with possible post-operative complications that should not be overlooked. If when you return home you have an infection, fever, scabs, it is unlikely that the patient will take the plane back to Turkey or Albania. With all the consequences of the case ".
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