Hair-Loss-Treatment
Hair loss or Alopecia is a disorder created by the interruption in the body's hair production cycle. To be precise, hair loss can occur on any part of your body, but the most affected area of your body is your scalp.
Hair loss problems can be temporary or permanent. It depends upon the reason and root cause of hair loss. It can be a result of heredity, hormonal changes, disease, and medical conditions.
What are the Causes of Hair Loss?
The most common causes of hair loss in male or female pattern baldness
- Hereditary hair loss (may begin as early as puberty)
- Surgeries
- Traumatic events
- Hormonal changes like pregnancy, childbirth, discontinuing the use of birth control pills, menopause
- Medical conditions like thyroid disease, alopecia areata, scalp infections like ringworm
- Diseases causing scars, such as lichen planus
- Due to medications used in treating (cancer, high blood pressure, arthritis, depression, heart problems)
- Physical or emotional shock such as a death in the family, extreme weight loss, a high fever
- Some hairstyles that put pressure on the hair follicles (by pulling the hair back very tightly)
- An imbalanced diet lacking protein, iron, and other nutrients
What are the Signs and Symptoms of Hair Loss?
The most common Signs and Symptoms of hair loss in male or female pattern baldness
- Thinning of hair on the scalp
- A receding hairline
- A horseshoe-shaped pattern leaving the crown of the head exposed In women
- General hair thinning at the crown of the head
- Sudden loss of patches of hair
- A horseshoe-shaped pattern leaving the crown of the head exposed In women
- General hair thinning at the crown of the head
- Sudden loss of patches of hair
- Patches of broken hairs
- Incomplete scalp and eyebrow hair loss
- Excessive shedding of hair
- Various illnesses and drug treatments
- Rapid weight loss, anemia, or stress
Some common symptoms of hair loss disorders
- Androgenetic alopecia: gradual thinning on top of the head
- Alopecia areata: circular and patchy bald spots
- Telogen effluvium: rapid loosening of hair after pregnancy, any disease, or some medication
Some of the treatment for hair loss includes
i Simple medications
ii Hair transplant procedures
iii Non-surgical treatment
What are the Treatments for Hair Loss ?
- Hair Loss is a common problem, and it can make you feel inferior. With the latest technologies and experienced dermatologists, it is now easier to resolve your hair loss problem.