Hair loss, or Alopecia can affect your entire body or just your scalp, it can be temporary for some or permanent. It can be the result of heredity, hormonal changes, medical conditions or a normal part of aging. Males and females can lose hair on their head, but it’s more common in males.
Excessive hair loss from your scalp is typically referred to as Baldness. The most common cause of baldness is hereditary hair loss with age. Some people prefer to let their hair loss go on its course untreated and unhidden but others may cover it up with hairstyles, makeup, hats or scarves. And some choose one of the treatments available to prevent further hair loss or restore growth.
What are the symptoms of hair loss?
- Gradual thinning on the top of head. This is the most common type of hair loss, it affects people as they age. In males, hair often begins to recede at the hairline on the forehead while females typically have a broadening of the part in their hair. Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, a receding hairline for older women is an increasingly common hair loss pattern.
Male-pattern baldness. Female-pattern baldness.
2. Circular or patchy bald spots. In some people, hair loss is in circular or patchy bald spots on the scalp, beard or eyebrows.
The skin may become itchy or painful before the hair falls out.
3. Sudden loosening of hair. A physical or emotional shock can cause hair to loosen. This type of hair loss usually causes overall hair thinning but is temporary.
4. Full-body hair loss. Some conditions and medical treatments, such as chemotherapy for cancer, can result in the loss of hair all over your body.
The hair usually grows back.
5. Patches of scaling that spread over the scalp. This is a sign of ringworm. It may be accompanied by broken hair, redness, swelling and, at times, oozing.
What are the causes of Hair loss?
- Hereditary hair loss, Both male and female develop this type of hair loss, which is the most common cause of hair loss worldwide. Is regrowth possible? – Yes
- Age, most people notice some hair loss because hair growth slows. At some point, hair follicles stop growing hair, which causes the hair on our scalp to thin. Hair also starts to lose its color. A woman’s hairline naturally starts to recede. Is regrowth possible? – Yes, if caught early. Treatments help some people regrow hair.
- Cancer treatment, chemotherapy or radiation treatment to your head or neck, you may lose all (or most of) your hair within a few weeks of starting treatment.n Is regrowth possible? – Yes
- Childbirth, illness, or other stressors, A few months after giving birth, recovering from an illness, or having an operation, you may notice a lot more hairs in your brush or on your pillow. This can also happen after a stressful time in your life, such as a divorce or death of a loved one. Is regrowth possible? – Yes, If the stress stops, your body will readjust and the excessive shedding will stop.
- Disease (like, Alopecia Areata), Alopecia areata is a disease that develops when the body’s immune system attacks hair follicles (what holds the hair in place), causing hair loss. Is regrowth possible? – Yes, but if your hair fails to grow back on its own, treatment may help stimulate regrowth.
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