Monday, December 5, 2011

Causes Of Hair Loss

By Owen Jones


Hair loss is one of the biggest causes of loss of self-confidence among people of both sexes and most of us would leap at any chance to avert their loss of hair. This has given rise to a colossal industry providing hair loss treatments, most of which are spurious, which is why there is a healthy scepticism around hair loss products.

The fact is that hair loss basically comes from two factors: heredity and illness.Nobody can do anything about their genetics and a doctor is the best person to talk to about illness. However, there are very minor conditions of the scalp that hairdressers are able to cope with such as dryness and dandruff.

The first signs that you are having issues with alopecia, the medical term for hair loss, are dandruff and dry, brittle hair. The problem is confirmed when you begin losing over 100 hairs a day. However, you may like to attempt to sort these minor symptoms out yourself with shampoo for dry hair or dandruff and hair tonic.

Rapid hair loss is sometimes a sign of a more serious illness, so it is vital to go to the physician for a general check up. It is unlikely that the check up will expose a serious disease like diabetes, lupus or thyroid issues, but these can be factors for alopecia, so it is worth eliminating them as the reasons as soon as possible.

If it is not an illness that is causing your hair loss, it could be a drug that you are taking for an unrelated problem. If you check with your medical doctor, she can prescribe another medication in its stead.

The difficulty might be being caused by over-the-counter medicines. For example, slimming pills, anti-depressants and pain killers may be causing the problem.

The use of leisure drugs may also cause hair loss, especially those that could contain amphetamine such as speed, cocaine, crack and ecstasy.

Although some of these drugs do not naturally contain amphetamines, they are often cut with them. In some countries, tablets to help you remain awake longer (uppers) may also contain amphetamine of one sort or another.

Your diet may also be a cause of hair loss. Your body requires specific vitamins and nutrients to be able to carry out precise functions, so if your diet is not providing these items, then something will suffer. Malnutrition is a major cause of hair loss in some countries. A poor diet is often the cause of hair loss among women.

If food is in short supply, many mothers will deprive themselves in favour of their children, but women who want to lose weight are also at risk. Fad diets are a prime cause of undernourishment in the West, however, novice vegetarians and vegans, who do not fully understand how to replace meat in their diet may also have concerns until they learn more about vegetarianism or veganism.

Hormonal changes can also affect the condition of the hair in both men and women. Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) can have an impact on women's hair for the better or the worse, so middle-aged women ought to monitor their hair loss on a fairly regular basis.




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