Dr. Gan Lee Ping

Domain IV

Hair

The scalp is the foundation.

Hair health considered from the scalp outward — addressing the follicular environment, hormonal and nutritional context before density itself.

Philosophy

By the time thinning is visible, the underlying process has usually been active for months or years — early attention changes the trajectory.

Density is downstream of scalp circulation, inflammation, hormones and nutrition; treating hair in isolation rarely holds.

The goal is to preserve what is there for as long as possible, and to intervene early enough that fewer measures are needed later.

Hair

Sudden Hair Shedding After GLP-1 Weight Loss or Stress: How to Stop Acute Telogen Effluvium

A sudden increase in hair shedding two to three months after a major physical or emotional stressor — including rapid weight loss on a GLP-1 medication — has a name, a known timeline, and, in most cases, a genuinely reassuring prognosis.

· 7 min

Hair

Postpartum Hair Loss in Singapore: When Does 'Normal Shedding' Require Medical Intervention?

Nearly every new mother sheds more hair than usual in the months after childbirth. Knowing what counts as the expected pattern — and what doesn't — is what determines whether reassurance or further investigation is the right next step.

· 7 min

Hair

Hair Salons vs Medical Aesthetic Clinics: Why Hair Spa Treatments May Not Stop Hair Loss

A hair spa treatment and a medical hair loss assessment are not competing versions of the same thing. They address different layers of the problem, and knowing which one applies is the more useful question than which is 'better.'

· 6 min

Hair

Does Singapore's Climate Cause Hair Loss? Understanding Heat, Humidity and Hair Thinning

Heat and humidity change the scalp environment in specific, measurable ways. Whether that amounts to genuine hair loss, or simply a harder environment to manage hair in, depends on what's actually driving the shedding.

· 6 min

Hair

Male and Female Pattern Hair Loss: Science-Backed Treatments for Androgenetic Alopecia

Androgenetic alopecia is the most common cause of hair thinning in both sexes, yet it is also the most inconsistently treated — because so much of what is marketed to treat it is not built around how the condition actually behaves.

· 8 min

Hair

Scalp Health: The Foundation Before the Follicle

Most hair density conversations start at the follicle. The more useful conversation starts one layer up, at the scalp environment the follicle depends on.

· 5 min

Hair

The Early Signs of Hair Thinning Most People Miss

By the time thinning is obvious in a photograph, the underlying process has often been active for a year or more. The earlier signs are quieter and easy to dismiss.

· 5 min

Consultation

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