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Hair loss, or balding, can be triggered by a multitude of varied reasons. Factors such as age or a medical condition can trigger hair loss, and factors such as diet or severely damaged hair (as a result of over styling) can make hair fall out. With such a huge number of reasons for hair loss, it is integral to identify the factors of hair loss for each individual case.
Skin infections on the scalp (like ringworm) can cause hair loss. Sometimes ringworm can be treated with a daily spray medication, although if it is serious a pill taken orally and prescribed by your doctor may be necessary. Loss of hair due to ringworm infection is usually patchy and not widespread over the scalp. Ringworm is a fungal infection, and not an actual worm as the name implies. Usually with ringworm caused hair loss, you will notice an increase of dandruff like skin flakes from the area that is infected. Ringworm is highly contagious but is not a serious health threat to humans. It is easily treated.
If you have a major surgery, or experience a serious injury, you may experience loss of hair afterwards. Your body may halt hair growth in response to a serious health emergency. This type of hair loss is usually temporary and the hair will return on its own when your body returns to it\'s normal state.
Medications can also cause temporary balding. Some common medications that have triggered loss of hair in some people are medications for depression or high blood pressure. Medical treatments such as chemotherapy (for cancer) can cause balding as well. Usually hair will return after the patient is taken off their regimen of radiation therapy.
Another huge factor in hair loss is poor nutrition. People with eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia often experience balding, because the body lacks vital nutrients, and therefore can shut down all unnecessary processes in the body to try to save nutritional for vital life processes. This type of balding is temporary, and as soon as the person returns to a diet where a sufficient amount of nutrients are present the hair should begin to return.
Extreme damage to the hair and hair follicle, such as from excessive bleaching, or styling, can lead to hair loss. If too many chemicals are used too often in the styling of hair, it can become extremely damaged, to the point beyond repair. This will cause hair loss, or extremely brittle, unhealthy hair that will break at the slightest provocation. When hair is damaged to the point of falling out usually the only remedy is to wait, cut the unhealthy hair away, and wait for healthy hair to grow and replace the badly damaged hair. The chemicals can also damage the scalp with incorrect or over use. If this happens, the time it takes to grow new, healthy hair may be sufficiently longer. It is important to be very carefully when chemically treating your hair (like dying, bleaching or styling chemically).
Occasionally hair loss may be experienced because of internal disease. Thyroid disease have been known to cause hair loss. Diabetes also can cause hair loss, because diabetes can interfere with hormones or cause increased stress which is are key player in the loss (and growth) of hair. Many diabetic patients experience unexplained hair loss or thinning of the hair prior to being diagnosed with the disease. If you experience unexplained hair loss you may want to contact your physician and talk to them about the possible reasons for it. It is usually something very simple and non threatening but unexplained hair loss can indicate an underlying medical condition.
As many people age, they experience the thinning or loss of hair. This is a normal part of the aging process although there are products to combat balding on the market today. A talk with your health care provider regarding hair loss can yield several solutions to hair loss, depending on the reasons that facilitate the condition. |
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