The main causes of hair loss and how to prevent them

For a woman, thick beautiful hair is a symbol of femininity, beauty and health. Every woman wishes to have healthy, shiny, strong hair.

Unfortunately, not every woman can boast of such hair. A third of the female population   has complaints about the type and condition of the hair: it splits, breaks, falls out, dandruff appears.

All this brings discomfort, inconvenience and waste of money, often in vain. How to protect hair from falling out? What are the main causes of hair loss?

The causes of hair loss must be sought "inside"

Hair on the human body performs a protective function. The life cycle of the hair is arranged in such a way that it consists of several phases that replace one another, in the end, the hair follicle dies and the hair falls off. This is a normal regeneration process of the body.

It is believed that the loss of up to 100 hairs per day is the norm. But, it is unlikely that someone will collect their lost hair during the day and count them. In addition, a person does not always notice his hair that has fallen out.

 

An important diagnostic criterion should be the level of hair loss compared to a recent period of time. For example, if a woman begins to notice much more hair loss when combing or washing her hair, this should not be ignored. In such cases, it is worth looking for the cause of hair loss.

As you know, hair falls out as a result of processes that have passed into the stage of decompensation. Hair loss is a signal of the body for help in order to draw the attention of a person to his state of health and reconsider his lifestyle.

That is, the causes of hair loss are not in the hair itself, but in the state of health. Hair Loss: When to See a Doctor?

Let's look at the main causes of hair loss

1. Iron deficiency. Iron is an essential trace element in many reactions of the body, in the absence of which many processes do not occur properly. So, with iron deficiency, hair loss begins and their early gray hair develops. Women are very prone to this reason, because due to regular blood loss, iron is also lost, which is difficult to replenish.
2. Hormonal changes. When a girl transitions into adolescence, during pregnancy and menopause, the female body undergoes many hormonal changes that do not always affect the appearance in the best way. Often young girls complain that their hair began to fall out more, and earlier, at school age, the hair was much thicker. All this is due to hormones and age-related changes. In men, a common cause of hair loss is the accumulation of dihydrotestosterone in the upper layer of the skin. It has a hereditary predisposition.
3. Medicines. Medications – it is pure chemistry, which is alien in structure to the body and often causes side effects, including hair loss. A separate group is represented by drugs for the treatment of cancer (chemotherapy). Almost all drugs have a percentage of the likelihood of adverse effects on the hair. Often, when experiencing side effects from medications in the form of hair loss, women attribute this to the use of a new shampoo.

The most common drugs that cause hair loss are: aspirin, diuretics, antidepressants, antihypertensive drugs, contraceptives, steroid drugs. Intermittent hair loss as a symptom of temporary alopecia?

4. Insufficient blood circulation in the scalp. This cause of hair loss is common among women who have long hair. When combing hair, little attention is paid to combing at the roots of the hair. With rare combing (less than 2 times a day), blood circulation in the vessels of the scalp slows down. As you know, nothing works and does not exist without food. If substances and oxygen are not received from the vessels, the bulbs die prematurely and the hair falls out.
5. Stress. Many people know about such an enemy as stress. But not everyone knows how wide influence it has on a person. Women have long noticed that after stressful psychological or physical factors, increased hair loss is observed. So, after poisoning, illness, injury, as well as after nervous tension (often combined stress), hair begins to fall out intensely.
6. Atmospheric pollution. Harmful emissions into the atmosphere, increased levels of radiation affect the state of health and, consequently, the condition of the hair, causing hair loss.
7. Inadequate nutrition. With an unbalanced diet, dieting or prolonged starvation, there is a reduced content of vitamins and nutrients that are not enough to maintain the hair in the bulb. At the same time, the hair, just starting to grow, is already falling out.
8. Influence of physical factors. It has been observed that in some women, in a normal state of health, in the process of washing their hair with unboiled tap water, hair falls out from the tap. When using boiled water, everything passes. Hair can also be affected by exposure to high or low temperatures.

Measures against hair loss

To keep your hair strong, beautiful and healthy  they need care and attention. A wholesome diet enriched with fruits, vegetables, and iron-rich foods (beef, liver, fish, eggs) will provide the foundation upon which hair can grow.

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Massage is effective against hair loss. It is necessary to massage the scalp daily with a comb or hands. To improve the blood supply to the scalp, a mustard mask is effective. Mustard, causing a sharp spasm of blood vessels, provokes their further sharp expansion, which has a beneficial effect on blood circulation. Therefore, mustard is always used in masks against hair loss.

Of course, sometimes this is impossible, but, nevertheless, one should try to avoid nervous tension. Also, you can not get carried away with advertised drugs and self-medicate. All drugs that a person takes must be prescribed by a doctor.

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 Timely detection of ailments and ailments in the body can save not only a beautiful appearance, but also health.