What is the normal cycle of hair growth
and loss?
At any one time, about 10 percent of the hair on your scalp
is in a resting phase. After 2 to 3 months, the resting
hair falls out and new hair starts to grow in its place.
This growing phase lasts for 2 to 6 years. Each hair grows
approximately 1 centimeter per month during this phase.
About 90 percent of the hair on your scalp is growing at
any one time.
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.
What causes excessive hair loss?
A number
of things can cause excessive hair loss. For example, about
3 or 4 months after an illness or a major surgery, you may
suddenly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related
to the stress of the illness and is temporary.
Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland
is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This
hair loss usually can be helped by treatment of the thyroid
disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones,
known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance. Correcting
the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss.
Many women notice hair loss about 3 months after they've
had a baby. This loss is also related to hormones. During
pregnancy, high levels of certain hormones cause the body
to keep hair that would normally fall out. When the hormones
return to pre-pregnancy levels, that hair falls out and the
normal cycle of growth and loss starts again.
Some medicines can cause hair loss. This type of hair loss
improves when you stop taking the medicine. Medicines that
can cause hair loss include blood thinners (also called anticoagulants),
medicines used for gout, medicines used in chemotherapy to
treat cancer, vitamin A (if too much is taken), birth control
pills and antidepressants.
Certain infections can cause hair loss. Fungal infections
of the scalp can cause hair loss in children. The infection
is easily treated with antifungal medicines.
Finally, hair loss may occur as part of an underlying disease,
such as lupus or diabetes. Since hair loss may be an early
sign of a disease, it is important to find the cause so that
it can be treated.
Did you know ????
Men are not the only ones who suffer
from baldness. Female pattern baldness usually begins at
the age of 30 a begins to become noticeable around the age
of 40, and may even become more noticeable after menopause.
It is estimated that 20 million American
women suffer from baldness.
Is there any treatment for hair loss?
Depending on your type of hair loss, treatments are available.
If a medicine is causing your hair loss, your doctor may
be able to prescribe a different medicine. Recognizing and
treating an infection may help stop the hair loss. Correcting
a hormone imbalance may prevent further hair loss.
Medicines may help slow or prevent the development of common
baldness.It may take up to 6 months before you can tell if
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