Normal hair falling|Hair care

1. Alopecia Areata may be occurring, a disease affecting one’s capability to increase the hair recycling mechanisms

. This disease affects both men and women irregardless of age.

This is one of the extensive hair loss issues affecting both sexes and involves therapies like topical immunotherapy, biologic-response modifiers (minoxidil), anthralin and glucocorticoids.

Therapy on the other hand may restore hair growing mechanism may not achieve the complete hair thickness as before.

2. Hormonal imbalance caused by dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

This is categorized as an enemy of the hair follicles and is a converted form of the male testosterone through the aid of type.

II 5-alpha reductase. Hormone imbalance triggers hair loss particularly for those women

Who are undergoing menopausal stage because the hormone levels among women decline during that period.

3. Thinning of head scalp called andogenetic alopecia. Female pattern baldness may also occur on diffuse thinning pattern or similar to men’s distinctive baldness pattern.

Thinning of head scalp may be a caused of hormonal imbalance too. Some of the hormonal actions included are women’s high intake of birth control pills, menopause, pregnancy and the occurrence of ovarian cyst.

5. Traumatic hair pattern also occur and caused by pulling of hair follicles tightly. This is called traction alopecia and is commonly caused by hair styling such as tight ponytails, braiding, hair extensions and cornrows.

Causes of hair fall:-

• Heredity determines characteristics of colour, thick or thin, straight or curly. Premature greying and baldness is determined by genes.

• Drugs like anti-cancer, blood-pressure lowering, oral-pills can cause hair fall.

• Trauma (injury) in the form of tight-winding, pulling can aggravate hair loss.

• Hormones like thyroid-disorders can make hair brittle and sparse. Generally, estrogen (female sex hormone) stimulates hair growth and androgen (male sex hormone) inhibits hair growth. Therefore, you see more bald men than women.

• During pregnancy hair condition improves. Hair loss is seen 2-4 months after delivery.

• Crash diet leading to weight loss.