Hair loss is baldness or noticeably thinning hair occur for a number of different reasons.
Sometimes hair loss is a side effect of a health problem that needs to be addressed and will remedy itself when the health problem is properly treated.
majorly hair loss is due to a situation connecting the hair itself, as in case of alopecia, the hair loss can be enduring.
Alopecia refers to any form of hair loss, hair thinning, or balding anywhere in the body.
Hair loss often goes unprocessed, since it is not measured as a disease, besides regular hair fall is also a natural occurrence. On an average, one can lose between 80 – 100 hairs a day, of the 100,000 to 150,000 hairs on an adult head.
sensitive hair loss and a sudden augment in hair loss, could occur due to many reasons such as stress, pregnancy in women, male pattern baldness, female pattern baldness, exposure to strong sunlight, anemia, hypothyroidism, vitamin B deficiency, the autoimmune disorder, chemotherapy etc.
Most people normally shed 50 to 100 hairs a day. Hair loss occurs when this series of hair growth and flaking is disrupted or when the hair follicle is damaged and replace with wound tissue.
The exact cause of hair loss may not be fully understood, but it’s usually related to one or more of the following factors:
- Family history
- Age
- Poor nutrition
- Certain medical conditions, such as diabetes and lupus
- Stress
Some of the most common causes of alopecia/hair loss include:
- Hormonal changes are one of the major causes of hair fall.
- physical stress due to overwork illness, accident, injuries, childbirth, emotional disorders, or surgery which can cause telogen effluvium
- usage of birth control pills by women
- pregnancy in women which can result in hormonal imbalances
- scalp infections such as ringworm or fungal infections
- reduced diet, especially a smaller amount protein intake, which can cause hair loss as hair strands are essentially made of the protein, keratin
- excessive hair styling and coloring
- smoking
- genetic hair loss
- an autoimmune disorder such as Alopecia areata, or lupus, anywhere the immune system of the body attacks its own healthy cells, as well as the hair follicles
- chemotherapy which can result in spot baldness or complete baldness
- taking excessive amounts of Vitamin A supplements
- male pattern baldness caused by a combination of family genes and male hormones
- female pattern baldness caused by family genes
- medical conditions such as, anemia, iron deficiency, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in women, eating disorders, and thyroid disease
- vitamin B deficiency in the body
- sudden weight loss due to physical trauma
- burns and X-rays too can cause sudden temporary hair loss
- taking medicines such as blood thinners and anti-depressants
- trichotillomania which is an impulse control disorder causing people to compulsively pull out their own hair
- natural aging, especially when people enter their 50s or 60s.
