Common Causes of Hair Loss

Hair Loss: Common Causes

Androgentic Alopecia or Congenital Hereditary Hair Loss Hereditary

The most prevalent type of hair loss among women is female pattern thinning, known medically as androgentic alopecia (genetic, diffused hair loss) But there are many other reasons for women’s hair loss, including menopause-related hormonal imbalances post-partum stress related shedding, chemotherapy, and Alopecia Areata (spotty hair loss) Some hair loss actually self-induced. The use of harsh chemical relaxers or tight hair braiding can permanently damage the hair follicle.

Some Prescription Drugs May Induce Hair Loss

Between 4 million and 8 million women in America have varying degrees of tricholillomanla (chronic hair pulling), an obsessive-compulsive disorder that can cause permanent damage to the hair follicle.

Inadequate Diet

Specifically, too little protein over a prolonged period of time, seen in certain eating disorders and acute and chronic illnesses. To conserve proteins, the body will stop producing hair, causing people to lose hair in large clumps.

Menopause

Many women experience hair loss later in life as a result of menopause. The onset of menopause causes a drop off in the production of estrogen. Without the presence of estrogen to produce testosterone blocking enzymes, testosterone can be freely converted to dihydro-testosterone (DHT), The result is a shorter hair growth cycle, finer hair, and shedding.

Alopecia Areata

Autoimmune disease where the bodies own immune system attacks the hair follicles. “In a clinical setting, I tell patients with autoimmune disease not to eat large amounts of food or supplements that have even mild immunity enhancing properties, such as Echinacea. Stimulating the immune system in these patients only enhances its ability to attack the body.”‘ Tony Longo, R.D. clinical dietitian and nutritionalist for the Providence Hospital system. Portland, Oregon. Sadly there are no known medical solutions for this condition.

Systemic or Local Disease

Have a hormone panel taken, see a dermatologist, and an endocrinologist. Get as many tests as possible and find out exactly what’s going on, internally.

Trichotillomania

Self inflicted excessive plucking of the eyebrows eyelashes and hair, stress being the biggest contributing cause. Therapy, Paxil, life coaching, acupuncture, and grafted non–surgical hair systems are common treatments.

Physical Trauma

Chemical, thermal, electrical burns, or an auto accident.

Medical or Surgical Treatments

Chemotherapy, radiation, removal of brain tumors, or face lifts.

Congenital Hair Loss

Female heredity hair loss — it’s usually permanent, influenced by levels of sex hormones.

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Hair Loss Statistics

• The average person has about 100,000 hairs on the scalp.
• You will have had to lose about 50% of your hair before Hair loss becomes noticeable.
• It is normal to lose 50-100 hairs from the head each day.
• Scalp hair will grow at a rate of about 1cm, just under half an inch a month.
• Each hair on the head grows for about 4-7 years before being shed.

Don’t let these Hair loss statistics scare you. Although, hair defines many things for women-personality, attractiveness, success, and health, social status, and even family tradition. Hair loss in women has long been considered a taboo due to social stigma. It’s much more common than most people think – roughly 30 million adult women in North America are experiencing thinning hair and hair loss, and some 50% of all women do by age 50, The psychological effects for women can be devastating.

African and Caucasians are more prone to baldness than Asians, “Today the first person a thinning hair victim talks to, is likely to be their hair stylist. That’s why stylists are reaching out for more information, They’re now an important resource: the first line of defense against hair loss,’· Dr Shelley Friedman D.O.

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Causes of hair loss

Causes of hair loss:

Androgenetic alopecia is the scientific name for the genetic predisposition in both men and women for pattern baldness or pattern hair loss. Androgenetic alopecia is the cause of over 95% of all pattern hair loss, including baldness in men and thinning hair in women. Pattern hair loss occurs in somewhat predictable stages, and is relentlessly progressive. This means that those with pattern hair loss will, if they live long enough, eventually progress from the early stages of loss to the advanced stages. We all suffer hair loss; some people just arrive at the advance stages of hair loss sooner than others. Studies have shown that pattern loss is increasingly evident and advanced as people age.

Estrogens: Other hormones included in a class known as estrogens, can inhibit or counteract the follicle-shrinking effect of the androgens. Women generally have more estrogens circulating in their blood than men. As a result of this higher level of estrogens, even women having a genetic predisposition for pattern hair loss are protected from losing their hair because of the high level of estrogen in their blood.

Menopause: When these women reach menopause however, their estrogen level may decrease sufficiently, and the hair loss message may start to get through to the genetically programmed follicles. Their hair can begin to thin, sometimes dramatically.

Exposure Time, Not Hormone Quantity: The time period for exposure to DHT is a critical factor in pattern hair loss, and it can take many decades for some genetically programmed follicles to get the message to stop producing hairs. The specific way that time duration affects pattern hair loss is not completely understood. It is the genetically programmed receptiveness of the hair follicles, and an adequate amount of time, not the amount of hormones, that cause hair follicle shrinkage, and the hair thinning that results. People with thin hair have the same amount of testosterone as those with thick hair. The difference is in their hair follicle’s genetically programmed receptiveness to DHT. Even on the same person’s head, where all the follicles have the same exposure to hormones in the blood, some follicles are programmed to keep growing, while others begin to spend more time resting.

Genetic Program is the Cause: Pattern hair loss is not the result of “trapped hair follicles”, build-up of DHT, scalp oils, or anything else on the scalp, poor circulation, inadequate oxygen, constant stress, or inadequate nutrition. Pattern hair loss is simply the result of genetic programming of hair follicle cells and the exposure of the cells to hormones in the blood over a long period of time.

No Cure for Causes of Hair Loss; Only Treatments: At present there is not a cure for androgenetic alopecia. There is nothing that will stop the condition once and for all. There are however, many treatments for this form of hair loss, and each has advantages and disadvantages. Treatments and hair replacement are described in detail in other parts of this site. Some hair loss treatments for women are designed primarily to separate those with thin hair from their money, rather than restore hair.

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Two common types of hair systems available:

Stock Hair Systems —

These are mass produced according to the most common color graduations and hair loss sizes. Because they are sold “as is” and off-the-shelf, they can be a very inexpensive way to buy. However, many people have a more unique (or larger) hair loss pattern than the standard horseshoe shape.

Custom Hair Systems —

The obvious benefit to a custom system is the level of measurements that are taken for your specific size and pattern of hair loss. Getting an exact color match and organic graduation into your own natural growing hair is also an important detail to achieving an undetectable look

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What is Alopecia and What Solutions are Available?

What is Alopecia and What Solutions are Available?

Alopecia:

is a common autoimmune disorder that causes hair thinning and loss on the scalp and possibly the face. According to the the National Alopecia Areata Foundation, Alopecia areata “affects as many as 6.8 million people in the United States.” It’s not limited to a single age or gender, as it can affect people of all ages, men and women, and all ethnic groups.

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What Is Female Pattern Baldness

Female pattern hair loss effects 30 million women.

Understanding the hair growth cycle may help us to recognize when we may not have normal hair loss. Anagen is the first phase in hair growth.  In this phase, the hair grows at an average rate of one half inch per month from its follicle.  The anagen phase lasts two to six years.  

Next the resting phase, or telogen, begins. Telogen usually lasts three to four months.  

Towards the end of the telogen phase the hair falls out and new hair begins to grow in its place.  Typically, 85 percent of your hair is in the growth phase and the remaining 15 percent is in the resting phase.

 Losing 50 to 100 hairs per day is normal. A healthy scalp usually has around 100,000 hairs.

When the rate of shedding exceeds that of new growth, new growth is thinner than the hair that was shed, or shedding happens in patches, any of these situations may indicate androgenetic alopecia.

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Hair Loss Facts

 

The American Academy of Dermatology has estimated that at least half the women in the U.S. will experience some form of hair loss by the time they are fifty. The problem typically falls into a few general categories.  One being telogen effluvium, it is described as generalized hair-shedding. It can occur in the months post-childbirth, after you stop birth control pills, or after a major emotional or physical trauma. Fortunately, in most cases it recedes within a year.

Another type of effluvium is brought on by medication or a medical problem, such as severe anemia, hormonal or endocrine abnormalities, or a thyroid disorder. Dermatologists will take a history, then order blood tests and maybe a scalp biopsy to determine the cause.

The third type of hair loss is female pattern baldness, also known as androgenic alopecia. Women do not get large bald spots like men do, but if your hair is relentlessly thinning, your hairline is becoming more see-through and your part is growing wider – you’ve got FPB. It is genetic, and occurs with the plummeting estrogen levels related to menopause. Some women will opt to slow the progression of FPB with a topical solution minoxidil (Rogaine) which can take up to a year for results and is better for keeping what you have rather than replacing what you have lost.

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