What causes hair loss
Hair loss can be caused by any number of things here are some of them:
- high fever
- serious infections
- major surgery
- emotional and physical stress
- thyroid disease
- not enough protein in your diet
- low iron
- many prescription drugs
- Arthritis
- heart disease
- women on contraceptives
- after giving birth
- family genes
- hormonal patterns
- Ringworms
- not eating properly
But the most common cause is Androgenetic Alopecia, Anyone can experience some form of hair loss it can be your body hair, eyebrows, the scalp, or eyelashes.
For men the signs of genetic baldness are thinning around the crown, receding hairline, and of course bald spots. Based on our hereditary genes, any males who produce a lot testosterones are more prone to experience baldness.
Pregnant women may find that the normal process of shedding hair every day is put on hold. Then in about 3 months the hair may start shedding rapidly. In most teens hair loss is usually only temporary and may be caused by disease, medications, and some type of skin disease.
When our hair grows-it grows in a cycles and we normally will shed 50 to 100 hairs a day, the hair on our scalp grows approximately 6 inches a year. Your hair is made up of protein an the proper amount of protein is need to assist in normal hair production.
Some illnesses like lupus, kidney or liver problems, thyroid disease, and cancer cause loss of hair. If your taking medications like diet pills with amphetamines, lithium, or any chemotherapy drugs these can cause major hair loss problems as will.
Alopecia Areata which is a skin disorder causes loss of hair not only on your scalp but on many other places on your body. If you have an eating disorders like bulimia or are anorexia these can create hair loss problems.
