Causes of Hair Loss in women:
· Women, on the other hand, are affected by hair loss in a different way. Starting at the age of 30, their hair gradually thins out. By the age of 50 or shortly after their menopausal stage, the scalp becomes more noticeable because of lessened hair strands all over the head.
- Hair loss is one of the
body changes that most people fear of. Just like menopause, hair loss can
easily divulge a person's age. But unlike menopause, which can be kept from
everyone but yourself, hair loss can be detected or seen by almost
everybody.
· Different factors may cause hair loss. Aging and genetics are only a few.
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Giving birth - About a month after a woman gives birth, some of her hair
strands have the tendency to fall off easily. Hair strands that fall off are
usually from one portion of the head, leaving moon crater-like hair. The falling
off of hair in this instance actually does not lead to baldness and it is not
permanent, though the recovery period will take up to a year. anaemia in
females could also be the major cause of hair fall.
· Causes of Hair Loss in men:
· At about the age of 35, the effect of hair loss can already be seen in men -- either their hair line recedes or a "dome" begins to appear at the back of their hair; some even experience both. InProfollica, it is stated that 65% of all men are suffering from the effects of hair loss and a majority of them have Male Pattern Baldness.
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· Different factors may cause hair loss. Aging and genetics are only a few.
· But in men, basically, it is caused by dehydrotestosterone hormone, or DHT. This hormone's chief purpose is to develop the traits of men such as deep voice, larger muscles, and mustache. However, it also develops Male Pattern Baldness. What this hormone does is it accumulates and develops in the DHT receptors found around the follicles of hair. As the hormone has established itself, it will eventually kill the hair as well as the follicle, making it hopeless for hair to grow back. According to Profollica, DHT production in women is as not as high as in men, hence, women do not suffer from the same radical hair loss as men do.
· DHT increases as men age, killing more and more of the hair follicles. Excess production of DHT can lead to baldness. Although every person has this hormone, there are some who only produce enough amount of DHT. Fortunately, they are the ones not suffering from extreme hair loss.
· Other factors for hair loss in both men and women are:
· 1. Disease or illness - Losing hair could be a sign of being unhealthy. Illnesses such as systemic lupus erythematosis and syphilis, or thyroid disorder show hair loss as a symptom. Chronic kidney dysfunction may also cause lots of hair to fall as it makes them unhealthy, dry, and breakable.
· 2. Side effects of medications - Drugs that contain lithium, beta-blockers, warfarin, heparin, amphetamines, and levodopa (Atamet, Larodopa, Sinemet) can cause numerous hair to fall off. In addition, some medications being used in treating cancer like doxorubicin can cause rapid but temporary hair loss.
Medicines causing hair loss (on long term use):
- Parkinson Medications: levodopa
- Ulcer drugs: cimetidine, ranitidine and famotidine
- Anticoagulents: Coumarin and Heparin
- Agents for gout: Allopurinol
- Antiarthritics: penicillamine, indomethacin, naproxen and methotrexate
- Vitamin A derivatives: isotretinoin and etretinate
- Antidepressants: tricyclics, amphetamines
- Drugs to treat high blood pressure: propranolol, atenolol etc
- Drugs to treat high cholesterol: Clofibrate
- Antithyroid drugs: Iodine, carbimazole etc
- Blood thinners, male hormones (anabolic steroids)
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