Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Causes of Hair Loss | What are they?

By Allan Johns


The causes of hair loss can be many and varied. It could quite easily be scarring alopecia, effuviums, congenital hypotrichosis, alopecia areata or even fungal infection.

There is also hair loss problems directly related to whether you are a man or woman, in the form of either female-pattern or male-pattern hair loss.

There is also hairloss associated with other diseases, conditions and adverse medication reactions, as well as hair thinning problems resulting from the stress in your every day life.

Seeing a hair loss specialist is vitally important so they may accurately diagnose the type of condition you are suffering from. Once the cause, or multiple causes, is identified, treatment can begin.

It is essential that you provide your doctor or dermatologist with an accurate account of all your symptoms and the length of time during which you have been suffering from excessive thinning hair.

Your symptoms, along with what your diet is like and whether you are currently experiencing any stress, can help to arrive at the correct type of problem you are suffering from.

Effluviums, which means "outflow", causes people to lose hair by affecting differing phases in the cycle of hair growth.

A second cause of hair loss, Alopecia Areata, is a type of condition affected by your own immune system. The hair follicles are where all hair growth begins and it is here where Alopecia Areata attacks. Although it occurs at any age, this type of thinning happens most often in those younger than age 20.

Cicatrical alopecia, also known as scarring alopecia, leaves behind scar tissue over the scalp after first causing irreversible damage to the hair follicles.

The genetic disease, Congenital Hypotrichosis, is when there is no hair growth at all, so it is technically not a hair thinning condition but a situation in which no hair at all appears on the scalp. There are not usually any treatments for this type of baldness so sufferers will need to either accept baldness or get creative in covering it up or using hair pieces and wigs.

Fungal Infection is another of the causes of thinning hair and is most commonly seen in children and teenagers. Easily treated with antifungal medications, the hair will grow back after treatment.

With so many causes of hair loss, it is critical that you seek an accurate diagnosis, in turn leading to the correct form of treatment.

Most types of thinning will have easily diagnosed causes, leading to appropriate hair loss treatments. Your doctor can explain about the different types of conditions and also discuss the type you actually have plus the treatment options available to you.




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