Kolossus Health: ABOUT HAIR LOSS AND THEIR CAUSES

Summary
Any hair loss in excess of 10% of all hair at any point in time can be regarded as abnormal hair loss,, which may require treatment or special care.

It is very natural for an individual to loss 50 to 100 strands of hair daily due to the body's hair renewal process. But most people at least once in their lifetime suffer with heavy hair loss. Various reasons are attributed to this; such as medications, exposure to radiations, nutritional and hormonal factors, thyroid diseases etc.

In most cases hair loss is temporary but in certain cases it maybe permanent depending on the severity of the condition. Most common causes are as follows;

HORMONES
Hormones are stimulant to hair growth and can also cause hair loss problems. Hormones play a big role in our hair growth, which affects both male and female. Hair thinning is one of the hormonal problems which affects both male and female. This is usually caused by an enzyme alpha reductase which converts testosterone to dehydrotestosterone. __DHT__leads to shrinking of the hair follicles that results in a generation of thinner and weaker hair strands that fall off easily. Everyone has DHT but only some few suffer from severe hair loss problem, you might be wandering why? Well, the hair follicles have a lot of androgen receptors of which DHT happens tobe one. The most effective drugs to use are anti-androgens which prevents the creation of DHT.

CHILD BIRTH
Females experience varying degrees of hair loss after labor, usually two to three months post delivery. In such situations the enters the resting stage also known as telogen. Hair loss due to pregnancy is temporary and will,in most cases resolve in one to six month.

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