It is an eternal question worldwide, "Why is my hair
falling out?" The causes of hair fall are many. Experts are trying to find out the causes relentlessly. The health.com has found some common causes of hair loss in
men and women. Let's see the reasons in brief:
1. Physical Stress: A temporary hair loss may occur because
of any physical stressful event such as, a surgery, a severe illness, an
accident etc. But there is a good news, hair will start to grow as soon as the
body starts to recover.
2. Pregnancy: Pregnancy is a stressful state, and stress
causes hair loss. But don't worry, your hair will grow back soon after giving
birth to a child successfully.
3. Too much vitamin A: The American Academy of Dermatology
is saying that medications or supplements that contain much vitamin A may cause
hair loss. So stop taking excess vitamin A.
4. Lack of protein: Take protein rich food such as, fish,
meat and eggs much otherwise your body may ration protein by stopping your hair
growth.
5. Male Pattern Baldness: Male sex hormones and a combo of
genes are responsible for it.
6. Heredity: It is the female version of male pattern
baldness. If any woman in your family has a history of hair loss, you may be
prone to it.
7. Female hormones: Hormonal balance change during pregnancy
and at menopause may cause hair loss.
8. Emotional stress: It causes less hair loss than physical
stress.
9. Anemia: Iron deficiency causes anemia and anemia causes
hair loss.
10. Hypothyroidism: Underactive thyroid gland cannot pump
out sufficient hormones. As a result, Hypothyroidism occurs and hypothyroidism
contributes to hair loss.
11. Vitamin B deficiency: Low levels of vitamin B may cause
your hair loss.
12. Autoimmune-related hair loss: An overactive immune
system causes alopecia areata which causes hair loss.
13. Sudden weight loss: Though weight loss is good for
health, sudden weight loss may cause stress that may be a cause of hair loss.
14. Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy destroys rapidly dividing
cancer cells. It destroys rapidly dividing hair cells also.
15. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): It is another
imbalance in female and male sex hormones which causes hair loss.
16. Antidepressants, blood-pressure and other drugs: Blood
thinners and the blood-pressure drugs are more common factors for hair loss.
17. Overstaying: Tight braids, high heat, hair weaves, corn
rows, hot-oil treatments etc. affect hair root and cause hair loss.
18. Trichotillomania: It is an "impulse control
disorder". People affected by this disorder pull their hair out.
19. Aging: Especially women loses their hair when they enter
their 50s and 60s.
20. Anabolic steroids: To bulk up muscle, many take anabolic
steroids which is a cause of hair loss.
Thousands of questions come to people's mind about hair loss
causes. As hair is a part of our beauty, we cannot neglect it anymore. Among
the thousands questions, let's find out some questions and their answers:
Hair loss causes in young males:
What causes hair loss in your 20s? Androgenic alopecia is
known as Male Pattern Baldness. Though it can affect both men and women, males
are affected by it at their teenage or early 20s. Alopecia areata can cause
complete baldness although hair returns in 90% cases. Young adults and children
are the most sufferers of it.
Hair loss causes in young females:
About 40 percent of hair loss sufferers are women. The most
causes of hair loss in young women are:
- Androgenetic alopecia,
- Fluctuating hormone (Estrogen) levels,
- Physical and emotional stress,
- Pregnancy,
- Eating disorder, and
- Excessive styling.
Hair loss environmental causes:
Dust and smoke create air pollution. Dust and smoke contain
various kinds of chemicals which settle on the scalp and hair. 'Sensitive Scalp
Syndrome' is created by these. As a result, hair roots experience itching, oily
scalp, dandruff and pain. All these things cause hair loss.
Can head lice make your hair fall out?
There is no scientific evidence that lice is directly responsible
for hair loss. But lice cause inching which causes people to pull out their own
hair.
Hair loss is a global problem. To get rid of this problem,
we have to know the causes of hair loss first. From the above discussion we
have known that physical and emotional stress can cause hair fall. Pollution is
also responsible. It is true that, we have no hand in the genetic causes of
hair fall, but we can change our life-style to be free from avoidable causes.
