There are many causes of hair loss. Both men and women can obtain it.
It can be because of nutritional deficiency, hormone imbalance, stress,
and diseases. But generally the most common cause of it is called
adrogenetic alopecia. It is the medical term for hair loss or baldness.
Adrogenetic refers to the influence of androgens (male hormones), and
genetic predisposition to balding can be the reason of such a hair loss.
Genetic is not that simple, and also the hair loss case. Just the
presence of someone in your family of balding is not enough to predict
that you will also become bald. It is really hard to predict who will go
bald and how fast will it be. That is why planning for hair restoration
will be very important for those people who gets alarmed about it.
Normal man and women produce androgenic hormones.
Dihydrotestosterone, androsteinedione, testosterone (DHT) is the most
common. For men Testicles and adrenals are the one to produce it. For
women ovaries and adrenal glands are the one to produce. These hormones
are important for both sexes. But have different concentrations, and
this is more predominant for males than females. This in part,
differentiates the genders. Exposure of hair follicles to DHT, in a
susceptible person, in a period of time leads to male and female pattern
to baldness or the so-called adrogenetic alopecia. There is no exact
age for balding occurrence. Balding is a process, simple yet this fact
is often ignored. This process can be slow or rapid. It usually starts
at late teens.
Illnesses and medical conditions is one of the causes of hair loss.
Such as thyroid disease and diabetes, can cause hair loss. Those people
with liver and kidney diseases and lupus can also have baldness. Adult
women and teen girls can have hair loss due to hormone imbalance in
polycystic ovary syndrome.
Medications such as acne medicines cause hair loss. Amphetamines in
diet pills can also cause hair loss. And the very known medication that
causes hair loss is chemotherapy.
Alopecia areata is a skin disease than causes hair loss on the scalp
and sometimes on the body. It is an autoimmune disease. The own immune
system is the one to damage the hair follicles. Alopecia areata starts
as small bald patches and can progress to total baldness.
Trichotillomania is a psychological disorder in which a person pulls
his/her own hair that can also lead to hair loss. Hair treatments and
styling the hair gives tension to scalp and hair becomes damaged and
leads to hair loss.
Nutrition is also one factor of baldness because of lack of protein,
vitamins and minerals that sustains the hair. Disruption of hair cycle
growth is also a problem. Like delivering a baby, getting anesthesia, or
having surgery.
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