We’ve all seen the “Vampire Facial” made famous by Kim Kardashians bloody faced posting on social media. The Procedure takes platelet rich plasma from your own blood that is then injected into the face to promote natural collagen production. Doctors have now discovered the same procedure can be utilized to revive the dying hair follicles that cause hair loss in both men and women, creating regrowth of hair as well as preventing further hair loss. Most treatments require 3-4 initial treatments about 1 month apart with maintenance treatments suggested about every 4-6 months once initial treatments have been completed. Treatments range anywhere from $1,600-$3,000 for the initial treatments and $400-$600 per maintenance treatment.
PRP treatments have proven to be far less costly than traditional surgical treatments such as hair transplants, and far less tedious then topical treatments such as Rogaine. Although PRP is a relatively new treatment results have shown it to be safe and rather effective, leading many to believe PRP to be the future of hair re-growth and future loss prevention.
High-Fat Diets Could Reduce the Brain’s Ability to Regulate Food Intake
Thursday, January 26, 2023
When high-fat and high-calorie foods are consumed regularly, our brain’s ability to regulate hunger cues, and calorie intake gets reduced. A new study has shown evidence of how continuously eating a fatty diet seems to disrupt the neurological pathway between the brain and the gut.
The cells in charge of signaling the brain when we’ve had enough food are called astrocytes. According to new research published in The Journal of Physiology, calorie intake is regulated in the short term by astrocytes (large star-shaped cells in the brain that regulate many different functions of neurons in the brain). Astrocytes also control the signaling pathway between the brain and the gut, a path that can get interrupted by high calorie diets.
