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Top Hair Loss Reasons Exposed
There could be a number of different reasons for why you may start to lose more hair than would be considered normal. Yet although it was thought, for a long time, to be a problem that only men had to deal with, today there are quite a few women who have to deal with this condition as well. Below we look at some of the main hair loss reasons, which can result in this condition occurring no matter the person's age.
There could be a number of different reasons for why you may start to lose more hair than would be considered normal. Yet although it was thought, for a long time, to be a problem that only men had to deal with, today there are quite a few women who have to deal with this condition as well. Below we look at some of the main hair loss reasons, which can result in this condition occurring no matter the person’s age.
As mentioned previously hair loss has been thought of as a problem that men only have to deal with. Yet today it is just as common for some women to deal with the issue as well. In fact in the United States alone around 30 million women are now suffering from some form of hair loss.
Even though the problem of hair loss has been around for centuries, today many medical experts and professionals cannot actually decide just what the main causes for this problem is. Below however we do look at some of the more common factors, which will often contribute to hair loss.
1. Heredity - This is the most common reason for why a person is actually losing their hair. In fact, around half of all children who have a parent that suffers from this type of condition are also likely to suffer from the same condition as well.
Yet even though many people think that this can only happen to men then they need to rethink this. You will find that pattern baldness is very common in men and women. There are plenty of women who currently suffer from Androgenetic Alopecia. The reason for this being that a woman is just as likely to carry the gene that causes this medical condition as a man and then transmit it on to their child.
2. Drugs and Medical Treatments - There are many drugs and medical treatments including radiation therapy and chemotherapy, which can result in a person losing their hair. The problem with such medical treatments is that they often prevent the hair follicles from being able to grow further after old and dead hair has been shed.
3. Imbalance In Hormone Levels - In some cases especially with women, it has been noted that their androgen and estrogen hormone levels have become imbalanced. When this occurs, the body will produce much more DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) which will prevent the right signals from passing through to the hairs follicles allowing them to grow hair properly.
As well as the three main hair loss reasons we have mentioned above, there are plenty of other factors that can contribute to a person losing their hair.