Hair loss can occur in both women as well as men. There are many different causes for losing your hair. There are some specific causes, such as pattern baldness, where hair growth cycles shorten, and hair follicles are not as thick as the once were. Each time to growth cycle starts, roots are more superficial, and tend to fall out. The causes of this are mostly hereditary, and this also effects at what age your hair starts to thin out.
Of course there are other causes of hair loss as well. Some medications as we know, especially ones that are used to treat cancer, can cause hair loss, both temporary as well as permanent. Other medications that may effect you hair include those that treat arthritis, heart disease, high blood pressure, depression, as well as some types of birth control pills. Diabetes and Lupus can cause you to lose you hair.
Some causes of hair loss can be prevented. Not having enough protein and iron in your diet can cause you to lose your hair, as well as poor nutrition in general. Eating disorders, crash or fad diets can also contribute to the loss of hair. Hormonal changes can also cause hair loss. These can include pregnancy and child birth, menopause, or even from thyroid problems, to name a few. Usually, but not always, correcting this problems will make hair follicles start growing again.
If you are one of those people who is constantly dying their hair, having perms, or bleaching, this is one of the causes, abuse of the hair and scalp. This can not only cause damage to the hair and scalp, but cause permanent hair loss. Also, over brushing and styling can cause hair loss when the hair becomes damaged and entangled.
Scalp infections, such as scalp fungus, or ringworm can also cause hair loss, but this is not permanent and once the scalp has been treated and healed, hair usually regrows as well as it did before.
There are many other causes of hair loss, and those people that are suffering often try to seek help. There are probably just as many different treatments as there are causes. Some are simple, and as mentioned earlier, are just a matter of improving your diet, getting your hormones in balance, and changing medication. Once you have made these changes, your hair will usually come back on its own.
Now there are many different topical remedies for thinning hair, and these have pros and cons. Some of these work just on men, others for both sexes. They can be found over the counter or even by prescription. The problems with these remedies is that they can be expensive, and once they start to work, you have to continue for the rest of your life. If you stop the treatment, hair loss will come back.
There are several different permanent methods of stopping hair loss, most of these require hair replacement surgery. In most cases, these are simple outpatient programs, transplanting hair follicles from a part of the scalp that is still growing to areas that have stopped producing hair. These treatments are effective, and only require a few visits to the clinic to get desired results. Since the hair follicle is transplanted by the root, once healed and in place they continue to grow just like the rest of the scalp.
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