{"id":2652,"date":"2022-02-04T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/?post_type=treatment&#038;p=2652"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:24:58","slug":"alopecia","status":"publish","type":"treatment","link":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/alopecia","title":{"rendered":"Alopecia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"dp-section\">\n    <div class=\"dp-inner-wrap dp-list-inner--xs\">\n                \n        <div class=\" dp-media-text-accordions-grid-media--left dp-grid--1-1 dp-content-align--start\">\n                                    <div class=\"dp-media-text-accordions-headline dp-text--m-left\">\n                                <p class=\"dp-media-text-accordions-headline__accent dp-margin--zero dp-accent--default\">\n                    ALOPECIA                <\/p>\n                \n                                <h2 class=\"dp-media-text-accordions-headline__heading dp-margin-top--zero\">\n                    Clinical Symptoms                <\/h2>\n                            <\/div>\n                                        \n            <div class=\"dp-media-text-accordions-content\">\n                <p>Alopecia, also known as baldness, is characterized by a lack of hair in places where there is normally hair. The clinical picture includes loss of hair, skin lesions and possibly scarring. Hair loss occurs gradually and usually, medical examination of an area affected by androgenetic alopecia highlights thinning of the hairs, which are largely in a telogen phase and with each new life cycle lose their growth potential and gradually degenerate.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, a long process of thinning and degeneration called miniaturisation takes place, until the hairs reach the point of terminal degeneration and the disappearance of the hair follicle, where the remaining hairs appear as transparent, thin fluff (terminal hair, velus hair).<\/p>\n<p>Alopecia is a scalp problem with significant psychological and social implications for patients, as lush hair has always been an important beauty feature in both sexes.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n                            \n            \n            <div class=\"dp-media-text-accordions-media dp-row-align--s\">\n                <figure class=\"dp-aspect--8-5 \">\n                                        \n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dp-media-fit dp-img-focus--50-50 dp-img-focus--m-50-50\" \n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/trixoptosi-alopekia-img.jpg\" \n                            alt=\"\">\n                    \n                                        \n                                    <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n        \n        \n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section \n        class=\"dp-section\">\n\n    <div class=\"dp-inner-wrap dp-owl--m\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-headline dp-owl--s\">\n            \n                        \n                        <h2 class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-headline__heading dp-margin-top--zero\">\n                TYPES OF ALOPECIA            <\/h2>\n            \n            \n        <\/div>\n\n        \n\n        <ul class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-list dp-list--none dp-gap--m dp-grid--4 dp-grid--l-2 dp-grid--m-1\">\n\n                \n                    \n            <li class=\"splide__slide dp-related-posts-grid-item dp-col-align--c dp-position--rel\">\n\n                <figure class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__img dp-aspect--4-3\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" \n                        class=\"dp-media-fit\" \n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/androgenetiki-alopekia-hero-img.jpg\" \n                        alt=\"Androgenetic Alopecia\">                       \n                <\/figure>\n\n                <h3 class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__title dp-text-height--m dp-text--center dp-margin-top--xs dp-margin-bottom--m\">\n                    <a \n                        class=\"dp-clickable-parent dp-text--regular dp-text--accent dp-link--none\" \n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/androgenetic-alopecia\">\n                        Androgenetic Alopecia                    <\/a>\n                <\/h3>\n\n                <p class=\"dp-btn--accent dp-margin-top--auto dp-related-posts-grid-item__btn\">\n                    Read more                <\/p>\n            \n            <\/li>\n        \n                \n                    \n            <li class=\"splide__slide dp-related-posts-grid-item dp-col-align--c dp-position--rel\">\n\n                <figure class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__img dp-aspect--4-3\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" \n                        class=\"dp-media-fit\" \n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/gyroeidis-alopekia-hero-img.jpg\" \n                        alt=\"Alopecia Areata - What Is It\">                       \n                <\/figure>\n\n                <h3 class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__title dp-text-height--m dp-text--center dp-margin-top--xs dp-margin-bottom--m\">\n                    <a \n                        class=\"dp-clickable-parent dp-text--regular dp-text--accent dp-link--none\" \n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/alopecia-areata\">\n                        Alopecia Areata                    <\/a>\n                <\/h3>\n\n                <p class=\"dp-btn--accent dp-margin-top--auto dp-related-posts-grid-item__btn\">\n                    Read more                <\/p>\n            \n            <\/li>\n        \n                \n                    \n            <li class=\"splide__slide dp-related-posts-grid-item dp-col-align--c dp-position--rel\">\n\n                <figure class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__img dp-aspect--4-3\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" \n                        class=\"dp-media-fit\" \n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/diaxiti-alopekia-hero.jpg\" \n                        alt=\"Diffuse Alopecia - What Is It\">                       \n                <\/figure>\n\n                <h3 class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__title dp-text-height--m dp-text--center dp-margin-top--xs dp-margin-bottom--m\">\n                    <a \n                        class=\"dp-clickable-parent dp-text--regular dp-text--accent dp-link--none\" \n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/diffuse-alopecia\">\n                        Diffuse Alopecia                    <\/a>\n                <\/h3>\n\n                <p class=\"dp-btn--accent dp-margin-top--auto dp-related-posts-grid-item__btn\">\n                    Read more                <\/p>\n            \n            <\/li>\n        \n                \n                    \n            <li class=\"splide__slide dp-related-posts-grid-item dp-col-align--c dp-position--rel\">\n\n                <figure class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__img dp-aspect--4-3\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" \n                        class=\"dp-media-fit\" \n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/oulotiki-alopekia-hero.jpg\" \n                        alt=\"Cicatricial Alopecia\">                       \n                <\/figure>\n\n                <h3 class=\"dp-related-posts-grid-item__title dp-text-height--m dp-text--center dp-margin-top--xs dp-margin-bottom--m\">\n                    <a \n                        class=\"dp-clickable-parent dp-text--regular dp-text--accent dp-link--none\" \n                        href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/cicatricial-alopecia\">\n                        Cicatricial Alopecia                    <\/a>\n                <\/h3>\n\n                <p class=\"dp-btn--accent dp-margin-top--auto dp-related-posts-grid-item__btn\">\n                    Read more                <\/p>\n            \n            <\/li>\n        \n                \n        <\/ul>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"dp-section\">\n    <div class=\"dp-inner-wrap dp-owl--m\">\n                <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-headline dp-owl--s dp-col-align--c dp-text--center dp-col-align--l-s dp-text--l-left\">\n            \n                        <h2 class=\"dp-alternate-media-headline__heading dp-margin-top--zero\">\n                Diagnosing Alopecia            <\/h2>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n                \n        \n                <div class=\"dp-owl-l--l\">\n                                    <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section dp-content-align--center dp-grid-alternate-media dp-grid-alternate-media--split dp-grid--1-1 dp-grid-alternate-media--right\">\n                <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section__headline dp-grid-alternate-media-headline\">\n                                        \n                                        <h3 \n                                                class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-container__heading\">\n                        Pull Test                    <\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section__content dp-grid-alternate-media-content dp-list-inner--xs\">\n                    <p>With this test, the doctor will gently pull the hair and then evaluate how many hairs are left in his\/her hand. These hairs are then examined microscopically for the diagnosis of alopecia. This is the classical diagnostic method known as\u00a0<strong>trichogram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                \n                                                <figure class=\"dp-grid-alternate-media-media dp-aspect--16-9 dp-aspect--m-4-3\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dp-media-fit dp-img-focus--50-50\" \n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/alopecia-diagnosi-test-elxis.jpg\" \n                        alt=\"Diagnosis of alopecia by the method of traction\">\n                                    <\/figure>\n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section dp-content-align--center dp-grid-alternate-media dp-grid-alternate-media--split dp-grid--1-1 dp-grid-alternate-media--left\">\n                <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section__headline dp-grid-alternate-media-headline\">\n                                        \n                                        <h3 \n                                                class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-container__heading\">\n                        Biopsy                    <\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section__content dp-grid-alternate-media-content dp-list-inner--xs\">\n                    <p>A scalp skin biopsy helps in the correct diagnosis, when there are issues with the differential diagnostic. It is particularly useful in cases with an unclear clinical picture,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/alopecia-areata\" data-schema-attribute=\"about\">alopecia areata<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/cicatricial-alopecia\" data-schema-attribute=\"about\">cicatricial alopecia<\/a>.<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                \n                                                <figure class=\"dp-grid-alternate-media-media dp-aspect--16-9 dp-aspect--m-4-3\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dp-media-fit dp-img-focus--50-50\" \n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/alopecia-diagnosi-biopsia.jpg\" \n                        alt=\"Diagnosis of alopecia through biopsy\">\n                                    <\/figure>\n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section dp-content-align--center dp-grid-alternate-media dp-grid-alternate-media--split dp-grid--1-1 dp-grid-alternate-media--right\">\n                <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section__headline dp-grid-alternate-media-headline\">\n                                        \n                                        <h3 \n                                                class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-container__heading\">\n                        Phototrichogram                    <\/h3>\n                                    <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"dp-alternate-media-content-section__content dp-grid-alternate-media-content dp-list-inner--xs\">\n                    <p>The most modern method of determining alopecia is the\u00a0<strong>phototrichogram, with the use of a special digital microcamera<\/strong>. At Advanced Hair Clinics, we use the\u00a0<strong>Follysis<\/strong>\u00a0method for the evaluation of alopecia and the selection of the suitable treatment option. More specifically, using the special Follysis software, photos of the affected and the healthy areas are digitally analysed. The <strong>extent of the affected area<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>number of follicles<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>average number of hairs per follicle<\/strong>, as well as the\u00a0<strong>hair shaft diameter<\/strong>\u00a0are determined and compared with reference values from the healthy area of the scalp.<\/p>\n<p>A decreased strand diameter is an early indication of development or progression of alopecia in the examined area. After diagnosing the type of alopecia, the clinic\u2019s dermatologist and plastic surgeon jointly decide on the type of treatment. Advanced Hair Clinics is one of the most specialised alopecia treatment centres at a European level, and plastic surgeon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/plastic-surgeon-dr-anastasios-vekris\" data-schema-attribute=\"about\">Dr. Anastasios Vekris<\/a>\u00a0is one of the pioneers in the field of surgical restoration of alopecia.<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>\n                \n                                                <figure class=\"dp-grid-alternate-media-media dp-aspect--16-9 dp-aspect--m-4-3\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dp-media-fit dp-img-focus--50-50\" \n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/alopecia-diagnosi-trixorizogramma.jpg\" \n                        alt=\"Diagnosis of alopecia through phototrichogram\">\n                                    <\/figure>\n                \n                \n                            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"dp-section--aux dp-padding-block--l\">\n    <div class=\"dp-doctors-quote\">\n        <div class=\"dp-doctors-quote__quote dp-col-justify--c dp-text--white\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"dp-doctors-quote__text dp-text-max--75 dp-position--rel\">\n                <p><em>The dermatologist and the plastic surgeon of the clinic, after having diagnosed the form of alopecia, jointly decide on the type of treatment that will be followed. Advanced Hair Clinics is, at European level, one of the most specialized centers for alopecia treatment and plastic surgeon Dr. Anastasios Vekris is one of the pioneers in the field of the surgical restoration of alopecia.<\/em><\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n            <div class=\"dp-doctors-quote__info dp-margin-top--m\">\n                <span>Dr. Anastasios Vekris, Plastic Surgeon<\/span>\n                \n                                <span>Scientific Director of Advanced Hair Clinics<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n        \n                    <\/div>    \n        \n        <figure class=\"dp-doctors-quote__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"dp-img-focus--50-10 dp-height--full\" \n                src=\"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/plastikos-xeirourgos-anastasios-vekris-thumb.jpg\" \n                alt=\"Plastic Surgeon Dr Anastasios Vekris\">\n        <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10555,"template":"","treatment-type":[65],"class_list":["post-2652","treatment","type-treatment","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","treatment-type-alopecia-treatment-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/treatment\/2652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/treatment"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/treatment"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"treatment-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.advancedhairclinics.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/treatment-type?post=2652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}