Hair Loss

Hair loss causes:

• INTERNAL CAUSES:
• Poor diet
• Severe stress
• Hormonal changes
• Puberty,pregnancy,menopause
• Hypothyroid
• Iron deficiency anaemia
• Drugs used for cancer,chemotheraphy
• EXTERNAL CAUSES:
• Pollution
• Shampoos

HAIR GROWS IN 3 PHASES

• ANAGEN PHASE:actively growing phase
• CATAGEN PHASE: breaking phase
• TELOGEN PHASE:not growing,getting prepare for cyclic shedding

 

HAIR LOSS CLASSIFIED AS

• LOCALISED/PATCHY HAIR LOSS/SMALL AREA:
• ALOPECIA AREATA:small size patch on scalp usually grow in months.coin sized.usually regrow in 6to 12 wks.sometimes alopecia can affect hair on any other parts of the body such as beard,moustaches.
• TRACTION ALOPECIA:hair loss is due to repetitive persistant pulling force on hair roots
• TINEA CAPITIS:hair loss is due to tinea infection.affects school going children
• TRICHITILLOMANIA:habit of some one voluntarily pulling at their own hairs,twisting them.
• DIFFUSE HAIR LOSS:
• TELOGEN EFFLUVIUM:rapid shedding of hair after child birth,after fever,menopause,after attaining menarchy,after loosing wt suddenly.
• ANDROGENIC ALOPECIA/MALE PATTERN BALDNESS:m shaped baldness found in adolescent boys,middle age group.
• INVOLUTIONAL ALOPECIA:natural condition in which the hair gradually thins with the age.

DRUGS WHICH AFFECT HAIR LOSS

• Blood Thinners
• Birth Control Pills
• Drugs used to treat Cancer
• Medicines used to treat Blood Pressure
• Cosmetic procedures such as straightening of hair,Chemical Irritants in Shampoos

 

PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR HAIR LOSS

• Take healthy diet rich in VIT B,IRON,CLCIUM,PROTEIN ,rich diet.such as egg,fish ,milk,wall nuts,broccoli,whole grain cerels,spinach,cauliflower,redmeat,kidney beans,sweat potatoes
• Avoid Pollution which increases Dandruff
• Consume plenty of water
• Avoid chemical treatments to the hair