|
Cause of
Hair Loss in Teens and Adults: There are many causes of hair loss.
Both men and women can obtain it. It can be because of nutritional
deficiency, hormone imbalance, stress, and diseases. But generally the
most common cause of it is called adrogenetic alopecia. It is the
medical term for hair loss or baldness. Adrogenetic refers to the
influence of androgens (male hormones), and genetic predisposition to
balding can be the reason of such a hair loss. Genetic is not that
simple, and also the hair loss case. Just the presence of someone in
your family of balding is not enough to predict that you will also
become bald. It is really hard to predict who will go bald and how fast
will it be. That is why planning for hair restoration will be very
important for those people who gets alarmed about it.Normal man and
women produce androgenic hormones. Dihydrotestosterone, androsteinedione,
testosterone (DHT) is the most common. For men Testicles and
adrenals are the one to produce it. For women ovaries and adrenal
glands are the one to produce. These hormones are important for both
sexes. But have different concentrations, and this is more predominant
for males than females. This in part, differentiates the genders.
Exposure of hair follicles to DHT, in a susceptible person, in a period
of time leads to male and female pattern to baldness or the so-called
adrogenetic alopecia. |
There is
no exact age for balding occurrence. Balding is a process, simple yet
this fact is often ignored. This process can be slow or rapid. It
usually starts at late teens. Illnesses and medical conditions is one of
the causes of hair loss. Such as thyroid disease and diabetes, can cause
hair loss. Those people with liver and kidney diseases and lupus can
also have baldness. Adult women and teen girls can have hair loss due to
hormone imbalance in polycystic ovary syndrome. Medications such as acne
medicines cause hair loss. Amphetamines in diet pills can also cause
hair loss. And the very known medication that causes hair loss is
chemotherapy. Alopecia areata is a skin disease than causes hair loss on
the scalp and sometimes on the body. It is an autoimmune disease. The
own immune system is the one to damage the hair follicles. Alopecia
areata starts as small bald patches and can progress to total baldness.
Trichotillomania is a psychological disorder in which a person pulls
his/her own hair that can also lead to hair loss. Hair treatments and
styling the hair gives tension to scalp and hair becomes damaged and
leads to hair loss. Nutrition is also one factor of baldness because of
lack of protein, vitamins and minerals that sustains the hair.
Disruption of hair cycle growth is also a problem. Like delivering a
baby, getting anesthesia, or having surgery. |