Hair Loss: Causes and Treatment

Research shows that half of the men experience one or the other type of hair problems in their lifetime. Hair thinning is one of the common hair problem seen in both men as well as in women. Even though men witnesses hair thinning at an alarming rate, women are the one who are greatly upset.

Finding the actual cause for the problem is the first step towards the treatment for hair loss. Medical conditions like Thyroid results in hair thinning, directly or indirectly it affects the normal hair growth both in men as well as in women. Proper treatment for the medical condition will fetch u back the normal hair or else consulting a dermatologist would be the right way.

Serious medical conditions like Cancer which needs Chemotherapy as a treatment can seriously affect and damage the healthy hair; it not only results in a hair fall but causes a complete baldness in both.

Baldness can also occur due to Pattern Baldness, it’s an inherited condition where in the genes responsible for hair loss gets inherited and thus resulting in baldness. Pattern Baldness causes complete baldness in males where as hair thinning in females.

Hormonal imbalance is one of the major cause that affects Hair growth. The Hormone behind Pattern baldness is DHT (dihydrotestosterone) which destroys hair follicles by limiting the supply of nutrients required for the normal hair growth.

Treatment for the hair loss or Baldness depends on the root cause of it. Hair re-growth can be enhanced in the condition where Hair fall had occurred due to the diagnosis of certain medical conditions like cancer, improper menopause etc.

Rogaine, one of the FDA approved hair fall treatment can be the effective treatment in which the follicles are supplied with sufficient nutrients and also enhancing the blood circulation. Hair transplant, hair replacement surgeries are the costlier options in which the hair growth is enhanced by placing the healthy follicles on the scalps that are affected by baldness.
Products like Finasteride (Propecia) are prescribed for men and minoxidil for women that showed best results in getting back the lost hair.