14 DAY TRIAL // In some cases, you may use all the possible and impossible remedies, and waste a fortune because you don't want to be bald, but your capillary 'adornment' is doomed. In other cases, there might be some solution to your problem. That's why it is important to find the cause of your hair loss.
1. Most often, hair loss is hereditary. Is your father bald? Does your mother have hair loss problems? Then you have 50-100 % chances of experiencing the same problem. Androgenetic alopecia is the main culprit in over 95% of the cases of permanent hair loss. It affects millions of people and it is not characteristic just for men, but also for women and children.
The hair follicle has normally several life cycles, which each cycle being of several years. The direct action of testosterone or testosterone-induced dandruff can shorten the cycles' periods, and its several life cycles take place more rapidly than the lifespan of the individual, leaving him/her bald. Thus, it's clear that hair loss actually starts during childhood.
2. Severe diseases, like lupus and diabetes. Hair loss can be considered in this case one of the signs of this disease. If in your case, hair loss has no apparent reason, and you had no other cases of baldness in your family, then you definitely should pay a visit to the doctor.
3. Malnutrition can also be a potential cause. Wrong diets meant to make you lose weight are very dangerous for the health of your hair. Following a hypocaloric (low in calories) diet for losing weight, you may get rid of those extra-pounds, but your hair is also affected, as it falls faster. The effect is felt 2-3 months after starting the diet.
Children experiencing malnutrition and subnutrition are usually bald. Hair requires precious proteins (especially those containing sulfur), which the organism now needs for more important functions.
4. Hormonal unbalance, like that of the hormones secreted by the thyroid gland (over or under secretions) can cause hair loss. Drugs can fix this. Pregnancy also causes hormonal unbalances, and pregnant women complain about hair loss before and after birth.
5. Temporary hair loss can be caused by chemicals. Drugs known to have this effect are cholesterol, gout, chemotherapy substances, anticoagulants, some antibiotics and anti-schizophrenia medication. Steroids, interferon, over vitamin A and contraceptives have the same effect.
When the treatment is ceased, the hair grows back? but if there is genetic baldness 'programmed', it won't! The therapy only speeds up the hair cycles.
6. Stress can cause two types of issues: telogen effluvium and alopecia areata. Alopecia can induce partial hair loss (just on certain areas); there's also the possibility for the hair to grow back by itself. This affects especially men and boys under 25.
7. Fungal infections can cause massive hair loss, especially in children with a weak immune system.
8. Your hairdo may ? "steal" your hair. If you stretch the hair while wet in pony Tails, or arrange it in pigtails too tight, you affect the hair root (this process is called traction alopecia). Any hairdo affecting the root may - in time - lead to premature hair loss. Hair gels can also 'asphyxiate' the hair root if improperly applied. Chemical treatments for stretching the hair or perm treatments can induce massive hair loss.