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What is the Cause of Hair Loss?

Written by admin on Friday, April 20th, 2007 in Hair Loss, Health and Fitness.

For decades men, women and even children have had to stand the embarasment caused by hair loss. There are number for reasons for hair loss. Let us have a quick discussion on “What is the cause hair loss?”

There are so many causes for hair loss. When we say “hair loss” most of you may think about the usual types of hair loss, which includes male pattern baldness, female pattern baldness, and even alopecia areata.. But there are so many other reasons for hair loss.

Before knowing the factors that may cause hair loss, we should know the normal hair shedding process. Do you know about 10% of our hair is shedding daily at a given time? Hair losing at this level is a normal phenomenon. If the hair falling percentage exceeds the ten percent, then it is an alarming problem.

If you have undergone any surgery or any sort of illness, then it may cause hair loss. This is mainly due to the amount of stress you have acquired due to the operation and also the side effect of the medication you have taken for preventing infection during your illness.

Sometimes hormone problem may also cause hair loss. During the hormonal imbalance, you may experience hair loss. This can easily be corrected by injecting appropriate hormones to correct the imbalance.

Pregnancy may also cause hair loss. Hair loss is noticed among the pregnant women even after delivery.. This is also related to hormones. In this condition, there is no need to worry because the hair regrowth will be back to normal after some months.

In addition to all these factors, one important factor that may cause hair loss is how you wear your hair. In case if you are a woman and having a tendency of wearing your hair in tight fashion, then you might suffer from hair loss.

Some medicines, which may cause hair loss irrespective of sex, are anticoagulants, wincrysticin or onchocryticin (Cancer medication), medicines used for gout, birth control pills, antidepressants and Vitamin A (if it is taken in excessive amount). Sulpha drugs may cause hair loss as well.

Sometimes underlying diseases such as lupus or diabetes may also cause hair loss. Hence it is very important to detect the cause for hair loss as early as possible to stop the hair falling. Once you have lost so much hair it is very difficult to treat the condition because prevention is better than cure.

As you have gone through these factors which may cause hair loss, it is clearly evident that there are so many reasons for hair loss and surprisingly in some cases the hair is growing back. Hence don’t worry about the hair loss and also do not panic too much because panic itself may cause hair loss!

Ways to Identify the Best Hair Loss Products

Written by admin on Friday, April 20th, 2007 in Hair Loss, Health and Fitness.

Think yourself – there are so many hair loss products on the market, which promise onehundred percent cure for hair loss. But still people are buying different hair loss products and more over most of them are still having hair loss problems. So don’t throw away your money by buying a hair loss product without doing a proper research. A lot of hair loss products make false claims e.g. they state that they are clinically proven, but in fact they are not.

Are you confused? You don’t have an idea which hair loss product on the market is the best for you? Honestly, no one can answer this. One person might feel a particular product gave great results, another person claims that it is of no use. In case you are a multi millionaire with lots of money, you may try all these products!

The most important thing you should know is that no product on the market will give you results overnight. All of them may consume long time may be even years together for you to see marginal results.

In most cases hair loss products prescribed by doctors are giving better results than hair loss products available in drugstores.

It is always advisable to spend considerable time to find the cause for your hair loss rather than searching for hair loss products. If you found the reason for your hair loss problem than you are half way there! As in most cases hair loss is caused by a wrong diet, a lack of vitamins and minerals, medication or stress, correcting these factors may easily cure your hair loss.
Most individuals suffering from hair loss may choose herbal hair loss products due to the fact that there are no side effects. When selecting a hair loss product you should always make sure the product restores dead hair follicles and supports hair growth.

It is also highly recommend to search for hair loss products on the internet. You can easily identify scam hair loss products as they claim that they will completely stop hair loss within x days! There are no legitimate products on the market with the ability to do this. Women should not use these hair loss products because they may cause hair growth all over the body- not just on the head.

You may also try herbal hair loss since you can get these products without doctor’s prescription. Although these pills are herbal in origin, some of them might have side effects. So again: contact your physician before taking any kind of pills.

Ways to Hide Hair Loss after Pregnancy

Written by admin on Friday, April 20th, 2007 in Hair Loss, Health and Fitness.

Most women suffer from gradual or sudden hair loss after pregnancy and also during pregnancy. This is mainly due to “raging hormones”.

Hair loss after pregnancy can be noticed in different times – after parturition or after nursing stopped. Most of the women get startled after seeing clumps of hair coming out while showering or during combing. It is widely noticed that most of the women experience hair loss after pregnancy especially around six months after childbirth.

Hair loss after pregnancy is mainly due to the fact that women’s body is nourishing the new born rather than feeding the hair because the infant and the mother are the important persons not the hair.

There are other reasonso for hair loss after childbirth. The hormones, which are causing normal hair loss are completely lost during pregnancy. Hence normal shedding of hair is not noticed while pregnant. Once the baby comes out of the womb, the women’s body returns to normal and the hair, which have not fallen during pregnancy start to shed in conspicuous bundles. The hair loss after pregnancy is mostly noticed in the areas around the ears, close to the hairline, and near the temples.

There are so many hair styles available from different hairdressers for the lactating mothers. One of the wonderful options for coiffing hair to perfection regardless of current hair situation is using super volumizing tonic by these mothers to correct hair falling. This hair growth product is free from alcohol, and is also natural and is readily available at drugstores.

Another idea to correct hair loss after pregnancy is to go for a better cut or new hair style.
Most of the new moms don’t have enough time to go for different hair care designs in order to hide the hair loss after pregnancy. So ask your hubby to baby-sit while the new mom may find little time to look after their hair to camouflage the hair-lessened areas.

If you find enough time to look after your hair despite your new baby, the hair loss after pregnancy can be taken care by having woven with lowlights around your face to improve your skin and face by masking the hair falling.

Finally, you can choose hair accessories such as ponytail with hanging pearls. These hair accessories can be used as useful hair-helpers to mask hair loss.

Even headbands are the perfect fit in areas of hair loss especially near the temple or over the ears and around the hairline. A beautiful twist or bun can be easily created in seconds using claw or condor clip by the busy new moms..

By adopting these ways, the temporary hair loss after pregnancy can easily be handled for attending any evening event with their new born. Happy weekend with no fear of hair loss after pregnancy!



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