No hair-raising news is this

NT Bureau
Chennai, Nov 2005

A hair-raising news for men is that they bald four times more than women. Going by the survey, the baldness begins at the 16-25 age group for men.

Such alarming facts were made known to the media in the interactive session got up by Dr. Batras' Positive Health Clinic Pvt. Ltd (DBPHCPL) which opened its fourth branch here yesterday. The branch is its 43rd in the world.

The company has introduced TRICHOSCAN, a sophisticated technology for scientific analysis of hair problems, the first-of-its-kind in the country.

As the leaders in providing homeopathic treatment by introducing sophisticated medical diagnostic equipment in their clinics, the new invention will help the doctors measure the hair loss and prescribe treatment as per the need.

Dr Batra observed that hair loss in the 16-25 group has had a staggering increase of 250 per cent in the last five years. 'Mental stress, unbalanced diet, hereditary, scalp and thyroid disorders, use of wrong hair products are the strong factors. Researches have shown that bald people are the least favoured for sales and marketing jobs.'

Dwelling further, Dr Batra lamented that as per a recent German study, 41 per cent of men got preference over 27 per cent of the balding ones for job interviews.

In the view of Mukesh Batra, CMD, DBPHCPL, 'hair loss is a common complaint in clinical dermatology.

The new technology is patient-friendly and inexpensive, providing patients with precise information regarding the stage of hair loss and the rate of growth, augmenting the efficacy of the treatment.'

Dr Akshay Batra, DMD, DBPHCPL, felt that ancient science will now be practised through modern technology combating the challenge of taking specialised cost-effective treatment to the masses with a personal touch.