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Hair Loss Causes
Genetic. Most hair loss in men and women is inherited. The medical term for this is Androgenetic Alopecia, more commonly known as Male or Female Pattern Baldness.
Contrary to the common myth that hair loss comes from your mother's father, research shows that hair loss genes can be inherited from either side of your family.
Male Pattern Baldness usually starts to occur in your 20's or 30's, but it can begin as early as your mid to late teen-age years.
The name comes from the horseshoe pattern that usually develops on the top of the scalp.
Your hair loss can start in the hairline or in the crown, or both.
You will likely keep the hair on the sides and back of the scalp because those follicles are not usually affected by the genetic factors that cause hair loss. |
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The following Norwood Chart illustrates the patterns of hair loss which usually occur in men:
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Female Pattern Hair Loss is also hereditary and tends to be more of a gradual thinning that occurs throughout the top of the scalp. It may vary in degree and location and can be very traumatizing because hairloss in women is not as common as in men.
Dyhydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT is the hormone that is believed to cause genetic hair loss. DHT is created naturally by the body through an interaction between the hormone testosterone and an enzyme known as 5-alphareductase. |
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Over time, the presence of DHT restricts blood flow to the hair follicle, causing the follicle to shrink and produce smaller and smaller hairs with each growth cycle, and eventually shutting down completely. This process is known as the Miniaturization of Hair.
Growth Cycle. Each hair follicle on the scalp repeatedly goes through 3 stages of growth and dormancy throughout your lifetime. The anagen phase is the growth period that generally lasts for several years. The catagen phase is the intermediate period when the follicle is preparing to shut down. The telogen phase is the resting period when the follicle has shut down completely and the hair has been shed from the scalp.
At any given time up to 15% of the normal scalp can be in the intermediate and resting stages, which generally last for 3 to 4 months. Because of this cycle, it is normal for your scalp to naturally shed 80-125 hairs each day. After the resting period, the growth phase begins again. With male and female pattern hair loss the follicle becomes less productive over time and the miniaturization process accelerates, causing the scalp to shed more hair and preventing the follicle from coming out of its resting stage in a normal, healthy condition. The result is permanent hair loss and baldness.
Alopecia Areata is an autoimmune disease that causes the body's immune system to attack the hair follicles. It manifests itself as bald patches that often come and go randomly throughout the scalp. This condition affects men, women and children and there is no known cure, but we do have programs which address this problem. Please call or email us for details.
Chemotherapy and harsh drugs cause a condition known as Anagen Effluvium. The body's reaction to the drugs cause the hair that is in the growth stage to break off at the scalp, causing immediate hair loss. The amount of regrowth varies from person to person.
Hormonal Changes associated with childbirth, high fever, or surgery can sometimes cause an unusually large number of follicles to enter the telogen, or resting stage, at the same time, resulting in an overall thinning of the hair. This condition, known as Telogen Effluvium, is usually temporary, lasting only the 3 to 4-month period that follicles are in their normal resting stage.
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