Maybe you have bad genes. For men the main reason they experience premature balding is due to heredity. This is why some males start going gray at 17 while others don't start showing signs of aging until their 40s. The same goes for balding patterns.
Now when it is in your genes to experience hair loss it can be more difficult to prevent it. Make sure you speak to your physician as soon as possible about options. The sooner you start taking vitamins and prescriptions to prevent balding the better. Make sure to ask you father and grandfather at what age they started to experience significant hair loss so the information can be analyzed and translated by a specialist.
When it comes to women and hair loss, usually there are external factors. Hormones, eating habits, weight influx, stress and excessive hair products can all be culprits. Women should make sure to take daily vitamins and when you become pregnant it is even more important to take prenatal vitamins. Pregnancy can drain vital vitamins and minerals from the woman to her child and this can result in hair and tooth loss. There are also over the counter vitamins available for hair, skin and nails. Please take caution when taking hair, skin and nail supplements though. They can have negative side effects so check with your doctor and take these pills with caution.
For excessive hair products, both men and women can be guilty whether they like to admit it. Hair dyes are also a reason people can lose hair. Unfortunately, African Americans can be more susceptible to mistreating their hair more than many other races. Harsh chemicals like relaxers can damage hair if it is applied too frequently or it stays on the hair for too long. The extreme results can mean hair breaking or burning off and this is why the at home kits are not a smart solution. The over use of straightening and curling irons can also damage hair. If you are consistently putting heat to your hair, applying an excess of products or putting chemicals in your hair then make sure to use frequent conditioning oils to protect your hair.
Lastly, try not to do everything to your hair at once. As your hairdresser may suggest if you recently colored your hair you should be waiting a month before you choose to relax it. If your hair becomes too stressed out split ends will appear, your hair will easily break and no women want this.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
How Stress Causes Hair Loss?
The problem of thinning hair may be caused by a genetic predisposition that comes from a familyhistory of thinning hair. Health problems such as Hyperthyroid or Hypothyroid conditions;medications such as chemotherapy, any hormone replacement medications including birth controlpills are culprits often overlooked.
It is normal to shed some hair each day as part of this cycle. However, some people may experience excessive (more than normal) hair loss. Hair loss of this type can affect men, women and children.
Are you Stressed?
Thinning hair can also be attributed to stress and trauma that can cause constriction of blood supply and poor vitamin assimilation to the scalp and hair. Or, simply from poor nutrition and diet that can include a high consumption of animal fat, high protein and fad diets. Even external environmental toxins and pollutants, such as chlorine, metals, minerals and water pollution cannot be ignored. All these factors can be causing your clients' hair to look thinner.
Under a microscope
The hardening prevents hair growth. The hair cycle slowly becomes disrupted and more hair is shed than normal. In time hair growth stops completely and baldness results. Here you see an example of a hair follicle as seen under a microscope.
Age and hormones
Most people naturally experience some hair loss as they get older. But age, changing hormones and heredity cause some to lose more hair than others.
Female-pattern baldness starts with the replacement hairs becoming progressively finer and shorter. They can also become almost transparent.
It has been recorded that about 50 percent of women experience hair loss have female-pattern baldness! Unfortunately, it is often permanent just as in men. Not all hair thinning and loss must be permanent. There has been various cases of peri menopausal women, for example, experiencing thinning and lost hair who, once their hormone levels become balanced, can experience the thickness of previously thinning and the regrowth of lost hair that occurred during the ebbing and flowing hormonal years.
It is normal to shed some hair each day as part of this cycle. However, some people may experience excessive (more than normal) hair loss. Hair loss of this type can affect men, women and children.
Are you Stressed?
Thinning hair can also be attributed to stress and trauma that can cause constriction of blood supply and poor vitamin assimilation to the scalp and hair. Or, simply from poor nutrition and diet that can include a high consumption of animal fat, high protein and fad diets. Even external environmental toxins and pollutants, such as chlorine, metals, minerals and water pollution cannot be ignored. All these factors can be causing your clients' hair to look thinner.
Under a microscope
The hardening prevents hair growth. The hair cycle slowly becomes disrupted and more hair is shed than normal. In time hair growth stops completely and baldness results. Here you see an example of a hair follicle as seen under a microscope.
Age and hormones
Most people naturally experience some hair loss as they get older. But age, changing hormones and heredity cause some to lose more hair than others.
Female-pattern baldness starts with the replacement hairs becoming progressively finer and shorter. They can also become almost transparent.
It has been recorded that about 50 percent of women experience hair loss have female-pattern baldness! Unfortunately, it is often permanent just as in men. Not all hair thinning and loss must be permanent. There has been various cases of peri menopausal women, for example, experiencing thinning and lost hair who, once their hormone levels become balanced, can experience the thickness of previously thinning and the regrowth of lost hair that occurred during the ebbing and flowing hormonal years.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Hair Loss Therapy For Ladies
There are numerous sorts of hair loss in girls including alopecia areata, alopecia totalis, alopecia unviversalis, androgenetic alopecia and telogen effluvium. Telogen effluvium is thinning and general losing of hair occurs a few weeks after shock to the system, and it is transient. It could be as a consequence of stress, weight loss or as a byproduct to some medicines. Androgenetic alopecia is a variety of baldness whereby your hair thins slowly from the head of the head. This type of hair loss is common after menopause and it is hereditary.
Alopecia areata often is affecting younger girls. In alopecia areata hair is lost in patches because of issues in the immune system. In most cases hair grows back after a couple of weeks as the follicles aren't utterly damaged. Complete hair loss is called alopecia totalis. Some girls also experience alopecia universalis whereby they lose hair completely on the head and the whole body. The kind of hair loss treatment you undergo is set by the root of thinning or hair loss, and the kind of baldness you have.
One method that can be used as hair loss treatment for women is drugs. Drugs are typically used to treat androgenetic alopecia. In order for a doctor to prescribe systemic treatment, he or she must discern that the reason for hair loss is excessive production of male hormones (androgens). If that's the case, physicians frequently prescribe topical treatments that are applied directly to your scalp. It is advisable to begin treatment as fast as the hair loss begins to achieve the most satisfactory results. This is because if androgenetic alopecia goes untreated for long, it may damage almost all of the hair follicles. Use of anti-androgen drugs after a long period of hair loss prohibits more serious damage, and inspires hair regrowth from realistic torpid follicles. If you stop using drugs and the male hormones aren't controlled in another way, hair loss might reoccur. It is also judicious to maintain your mineral and vitamin levels when taking anti-androgen medicines.
Another hair loss treatment for women is hair transplantation. This strategy involves using little grafts of natural follicular units customarily 1-4hairs, to move hair-producing follicles to the thinning parts on the scalp. The hair is usually transplanted from the back of the head. The follicular units are surgically inserted in the scalp in great proximity to one another, and in large numbers. This strategy of hair restoration is only effective for some women. Hair transplantation can produce positive and life changing results for acceptable applicants. This method is the best to treat hair loss caused by intensely tight braiding or as a result of scarring.
Low-level laser therapy may also be used as hair loss treatment for ladies. This method involves photo-biostimulation of the follicles to stimulate hair growth. During treatment, a laser care machine is placed over your head. This machine is a static device which contains several laser diodes. The diodes emit a specific wavelength and frequency of light to excite the follicles. A laser treatment session lasts about 25 minutes. The limit of hair loss is what defines the amount of sessions required per week. Usually, you are given particular hair regrowth and care products to use alongside the laser therapy for the best results. These are examples of the options that can be used as hair loss treatment for women.
Alopecia areata often is affecting younger girls. In alopecia areata hair is lost in patches because of issues in the immune system. In most cases hair grows back after a couple of weeks as the follicles aren't utterly damaged. Complete hair loss is called alopecia totalis. Some girls also experience alopecia universalis whereby they lose hair completely on the head and the whole body. The kind of hair loss treatment you undergo is set by the root of thinning or hair loss, and the kind of baldness you have.
One method that can be used as hair loss treatment for women is drugs. Drugs are typically used to treat androgenetic alopecia. In order for a doctor to prescribe systemic treatment, he or she must discern that the reason for hair loss is excessive production of male hormones (androgens). If that's the case, physicians frequently prescribe topical treatments that are applied directly to your scalp. It is advisable to begin treatment as fast as the hair loss begins to achieve the most satisfactory results. This is because if androgenetic alopecia goes untreated for long, it may damage almost all of the hair follicles. Use of anti-androgen drugs after a long period of hair loss prohibits more serious damage, and inspires hair regrowth from realistic torpid follicles. If you stop using drugs and the male hormones aren't controlled in another way, hair loss might reoccur. It is also judicious to maintain your mineral and vitamin levels when taking anti-androgen medicines.
Another hair loss treatment for women is hair transplantation. This strategy involves using little grafts of natural follicular units customarily 1-4hairs, to move hair-producing follicles to the thinning parts on the scalp. The hair is usually transplanted from the back of the head. The follicular units are surgically inserted in the scalp in great proximity to one another, and in large numbers. This strategy of hair restoration is only effective for some women. Hair transplantation can produce positive and life changing results for acceptable applicants. This method is the best to treat hair loss caused by intensely tight braiding or as a result of scarring.
Low-level laser therapy may also be used as hair loss treatment for ladies. This method involves photo-biostimulation of the follicles to stimulate hair growth. During treatment, a laser care machine is placed over your head. This machine is a static device which contains several laser diodes. The diodes emit a specific wavelength and frequency of light to excite the follicles. A laser treatment session lasts about 25 minutes. The limit of hair loss is what defines the amount of sessions required per week. Usually, you are given particular hair regrowth and care products to use alongside the laser therapy for the best results. These are examples of the options that can be used as hair loss treatment for women.
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