31 March, 2013

Causes of Thinning Hair

By Allan Johns


There are many causes of thinning hair amongst humans. For example, you can suffer from effuviums, alopecia areata, scarring alopecia, congenital hypotrichosis, or have a fungal infection.

You may also be affected by hairloss according to your sex i.e. male-pattern or female-pattern hair loss.

Hairloss can also be caused by various diseases, conditions, adverse reactions to medication and the amount of stress you might have in your daily 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.

Congenital Hypotrichosis, a genetic disease and therefore not technically a hairloss condition, prevents hair growth in the affected area. Sadly, this type of problem does not usually respond to treatment. Sufferers either accept baldness or resort to hair pieces or other forms of head cover including colourful bandanas 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.

There are a multitude of causes of thinning hair so it is important to correctly identify and understand the type of problem you are dealing with personally before deciding what course of action to embark on.

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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