Loss of Hair and its Causes
What is the normal cycle of growth and hair loss?
At any time, about 10% of scalp hair is in a dormant stage. After two to three months, the hair that was on the inactive stage falls and new hair starts to grow in its place. This growth phase lasts between two and six years. During this phase, each hair grows about one centimeter per month. At any one time about 90 percent of scalp hair is growing.
It is normal to drop a little hair each day as part of this cycle. However, some people may experience an excessive loss (more than normal) hair.
What causes excessive hair fall?
A number of things can cause excessive hair fall. For example, more or less after three or four months after an illness or a major surgery you may suddenly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related to the stress caused by the illness and is temporary.
Problems hormone can cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is too active, or if it is less active than you can loss hair. This hair loss usually can help with the treatment of thyroid disease. The hair loss can occur if there is a balance of male or female hormones known as androgens and estrogens. Correcting the hormone imbalance can stop the loss of hair.
Many women find the hair loss more or less within three months of having a baby. This loss is also related to hormones. During pregnancy, high levels of certain hormones that make the body that normally keep hair should fall. When the hormones return to pre-pregnancy levels, the hair falls and the normal cycle of growth and hair loss starts again.
Some medicines cause hair loss. This type of hair loss improves when you for taking the medicine. Drugs that can cause hair loss include those for paring down the blood (also known as anticoagulants), the drugs used to treat goiter in chemotherapy to treat cancer, vitamin A if taken in excess, pills for birth control and antidepressants.
Certain infections can cause hair loss. Children can have hair loss because of a fungal infection on the scalp. The infection is easily with antifungal medicines.
Finally, hair loss may occur as part of a fund such as disease lupus or diabetes. Since hair loss may be an early symptom of disease is important to determine the cause that can be dealt with.
The improper care of my hair can result in the loss of the same?
If you get loose braids or braids glued to the scalp, or use rollers tight, tension in the hair can cause a type of hair loss called traction alopecia. If the tension is for before the formation of scar tissue on the scalp his hair out again normally. However, the scar tissue can cause permanent hair loss. Treatments oil customer “hot oil treatments or chemicals that are used in the standing can cause inflammation, i.e. swelling of the hair follicle which can result in scarring and hair loss.
What is the common baldness?
The term “common baldness” usually refers to male pattern baldness. The male pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss in men. Men who have this type of hair loss usually have inherited the trait. Men who start losing their hair at an early age tend to develop more extensive baldness. In male pattern baldness hair loss typically results in the formation of entries and baldness on the top of the head.
Women may develop female pattern baldness. In this form of hair loss, hair becomes thin over the entire surface of the scalp.
My doctor can do something to stop the loss of my hair?
Possibly Your doctor probably will ask you some questions about your diet, any medicines you are taking, about whether it had had a recent illness and how it cares for the hair. If you are a woman, whether doctor may ask questions about your menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause. Your doctor will want to do a physical exam to look for other causes for the loss of his hair. Finally, blood tests or a biopsy (taking a small sample of cells to examine under a microscope) of your scalp may be needed.
Is there any treatment for hair loss?
There are treatments available depending on the type of hair loss. If a drug it is causing the hair loss, your doctor may prescribe a different medicine. Recognizing and treating an infection could stop the loss of hair. Correcting a hormone imbalance may prevent further loss of hair.
There are medications that can reduce the speed or prevent the development of common baldness.
If there is no appropriate treatment for your type of hair loss might consider different types of hairstyles or wigs, hairpieces, hair interwoven or replacement with artificial hair.
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March 23 2008 12:07 pm | Product Discussion