What Causes Hair Loss?

June 12th, 2010 by tyfowler

“My Sink is Full of Hair – Help, I’m Losing My Hair!”

Heredity, diet, stress, hormones, stress, illness, & poor hair care – are all factors in female and male hair loss. Illness, diet and stress are generally temporary conditions. Hair loss is reversible when the anxiety-producing conditions subside. When hair care and diet are improved hair loss begins to dissipate.

Heredity and hormones is a different story. Heredity, says you get no choice in the matter. You’ve got to deal with it. The trickiness comes in because hormones are hidden, however each individual is effected differently.

Males produces the hormone testosterone in abundance. The DHT is a substance that attacks testosterone. DHT hair loss is responsible for shrinking hair follicles and other conditions that are detrimental to healthy hair growth.

DHT causes hair follicles to shrink. Once this happens, new hair is unable to push through the skin. Then the hair dies and is not replaced. When this happens repeatedly, you eventually have bald spots or go completely bald.

Another thing that causes women to lose hair is hormonal imbalances. Menopause, pregnancy, and childbirth cause hormonal imbalances that effect your mental and physical state of being. This can also cause additional hair loss, that is both temporary and permanent.


Ty Fowler, EzineArticles.com Platinum Author


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