Hair Loss Development

Hair loss can be an embarrassing factor in everyone's life. Hair loss especially in women can lead to a lot of stress and anxiety due to social stigma. Hair loss can be due to high fever, serious infections, major surgery, hormonal imbalance, emotional and physical stress, unbalanced diet etc. There are some reasons like suffering from thyroid disease, as mentioned above a low protein diet, iron deficiency and prescriptive drugs for blood thymes, acne, arthritis, and diabetes and heart aliments. There have been some cases where women have lost their hairs due to contraceptives pills and immediately after delivery or childbirth. Heredity and hormonal changes in the body play a major role in hair loss problem. Development of bald patches on the beard or on the scalp is reason for hair loss. Hair loss is also associated with people who frequent the barber shops or beauty salons as there are all chances for contacting and getting infected by ringworms. Hair loss is also associated with young adolescence that have been ill for sometime or with unhealthy eating habits.

Androgenetic Alopecia is the most common reason for hair loss where the hair follicles stop producing hair or there is no re-growth of hair leading to thinner hair or sometimes excessive hair loss. There are many who not only lose hair on the scalp but also lose hair on the body, eyebrows and eyelashes.

Hair loss in men is due to genetic disorder and can be in the form of receding hairline, thinning of hair around the crown, and developing bald spots on the scalp . In pregnant women it has been found that hair loss is put on a temporary hold and after some time there is rapid hair loss. Hair loss in teens is a temporary issue. Thyroid, teen medications and skin diseases are some of the few causes where a teenaged person losses his or her hair. Hair grows for a period of 2-6 years and then there is a dormant phase where there is not growth at all and eventually these hairs die and fall off and new hair grows from the hair follicle and it has been proved that hair grows up to 6 inches in a year. If your hair does not get enough protein nourishment then there is no re-growth and slowly you start losing your hair. Thyroid disease, kidney and liver aliments, cancer and lupus are some of the reasons where there people have lost their hairs rapidly and excessively. Use of medicines like Lithium, diet pills with amphetamines and chemotherapy drugs are major reasons for hair loss. Alopecia Areata is a type of skin disease that causes hair loss on the scalp and other places in the body. Trichotilloomania is another type of disorder where hair loss is due to pulling of hair. People who suffer from eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia suffer from hair loss. Excessive use of chemicals to treat hair, shampoos, hair styles worn too tight are reasons leading to hair loss.