Other Causes of Hair Loss

Excessive loss of hair is not normal. If you are balding, you might want to consider thinking of hair replacements. Other accepts their fate in baldness especially if the cause is hereditary. However, having a balding head cannot be solely blamed on genetic composition. Below are other causes of hair loss:

* A powerful cancer treatment that destroys cancer cells called chemotherapy may also cause hair loss.

* Different kinds of stress coming from different sources like illnesses, surgery, work related or even physical stress.

* Excessive use of different hair tools like hair dryers, curling iron and hair strengtheners. Also hair damage and hair loss may be due to frequent hair beautifying treatments like dyeing of hair * Growing older makes your hair grow less which means hair tends to get thinner and breaks more easily.

* Poor diet like lack of protein or iron.

* Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism disorders

* Common to children, hair loss may be caused by ringworm

Indication of hair loss depends on the kind you are experiencing. Hair thinning happens slowly so you may not become aware right away of the hairs falling out. When clumps of hair fall out, there is the general hair loss where hair is lost all over the scalp, and there is the focal hair loss meaning only one area of hair is lost. Thinning all over the scalp in women may also mean inherited hair loss while men naturally have balding areas on top of the head or just around the forehead.

Because a person's hair is very important to overall appearance, hair loss is a difficult thing to live with. It may sometimes cause having a low self-esteem especially in women and teenagers. With severe hair loss it would be the time to explore having hair replacements.

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By: Cherry lynn