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Factors Revealed As To Why Women Experience Hair Loss

By: C. Gray When certain things aren't taken care of regularly it can go bad quick. The same is true when it comes to your hair as well. If a good amount of individual attention is not given, it will soon lead to damaged hair and quite possibly the loss of your hair. While both genders both have hair loss problems, more and more women are reporting some sort of hair thinning or hair loss than ever before. There are many factors that can actually impact how hair grows or if it grows at all. The reasons that are playing a dominating in hair loss are: Hormones, Genetics, Medications or drugs, any possible deficiencies in nutrition, and the Environment. Women's hair styles have shown to be destructive due to the methods used to achieve certain hairstyles. Methods like highlights, hot oil treatments, and perms stress the hair causing serious damage over time. Overall poor hygiene can even play an important part in a woman experiencing excessive thinning of hair or hair loss.

First, let's discuss what causes damage to hair follicles. There are several different factors that contribute to hair loss and damage; hair style, perms, highlights, hot oil treatments, poor hygiene, and more. Each one of these factors can ruin your hair and may cause permanent damage. For example, hot oil treatments are great for those who suffer from dry hair and scalp but did you know that hot oil treatments can cause the hair follicle to become inflamed which can cause scarring and permanent hair loss? Putting your child's hair up in piggy tails is great but did you know that pulling their hair too tight will cause hair loss? It can scar the scalp and permanently damage the hair follicles which will block the hair from growing forever.

Brushes used can also cause damage to your hair. That is mainly due to no one having the same texture of hair. Therefore, when you brush your hair with a flair styler brush it may cause your hair to become frizzy, contain tangles or even split dead ends. Using a cushion brush with healthy hair there isn't any static or frizz that usually occurs with unhealthy hair. As long as split ends are not a problem for you, a vent brush is a great choice. One set back is that if you do have split ends it is possible to worsen damage to your hair resulting in frizzy and unmanageable hair. Combs are also good to use with hair that isn't too damaged.

Next, we'll review other reasons attributed to hair loss.

1. Family Genetics

Recent advances in genetic research have allowed scientists to grab hold of new tools with which to learn more about how genetics may cause hair loss in some women.. Heredity will always play a big role when it comes to hair growth problems. If your direct relatives are thinning or balding, you are pretty much certain to experience the same as them.

The good news is that if you recognize your genetics and plan for inevitable hair loss by devising a treatment plan, you can help prevent hair loss by retaining and re-growing your hair. There are many treatment options available these days for you to consider.

2. Hormones

Hormones are also a factor on why people lose their hair. It's not necessarily hormones themselves but more fluctuations in hormone levels. Like when women are pregnant, their hair is thicker, healthier, and more beautiful than it ever will be. But after childbirth, their hair will usually begin to fall out in large amounts. This hair loss is normal due to their hormones. Eventually the hair thinning will cease once the hormonal balance is brought back into alignment.

Some people only need to check and adjust any hormonal imbalances to help prevent hair growth problems. The one thing to undertake before anything else is to talk with your doctor concerning your specific case of pattern baldness. He or she will be able to do some blood work and see if any imbalances or other possible medical justifications, that may cause hair loss, can be ruled out. Also, any causes found by your doctor will quite often stop once it is properly treated.

3. Medications or Drugs

Although illegal drugs will definitely do damage to your hair, including sudden hair loss, a number of legal prescription drugs may also cause sudden hair loss in some women. Research has denoted certain drugs that tend to cause sudden women's hair loss (where the hair falls out in clumps or patches), which include Nexium, Accutane for acne, most anti-coagulants containing Wafarin, most Anti-convulsants (typically given for epilepsy), and most anti-depressants.

This is usually a rare occurrence, but if you are experiencing more than usual hair loss or hair thinning and are on one of these types of medications, you may want to contact your doctor about it. It will be up to your doctor whether to reduce your dose or change your prescription if they think it is directly related to your hair loss.

4. Environmental Factors

A major cause of dangerous estrogen production in the body is pollution. you will need to improve your body's ability to neutralize the pollution before it causes the production of estrogen, unless you plan on moving away from all major cities. For stopping the effects of pollution, you will most likely need to have your liver detoxified. Cleanse options are abundant and it is advised that you do a liver cleanse on aconsistent basis.

5. Nutritional Deficiencies

Nutritional deficiency is also another reason some people lose their hair. Hair loss is one of the symptoms of anorexia and bulimia because these disorders are characterized by a lack of nutrients. However, your deficiency does not need to be severe for you to notice a difference in your hair. Even a slight nutritional deficiency can lead to thinning hair.

This is why you will find supplements on the market designed just for hair health. Even if you feel you're not deficient in any nutrients, these supplements can help accelerate growth and strengthen your hair. Another thing to consider regarding nutritional deficiencies is what kind of food you are eating. Food these days have a lot of chemicals that can cause the production of estrogen, which can also have an impact on whether or not you experience hair loss. Making sure to incorporate a low carbohydrate/high protein diet in your daily regime, will help combat hair loss. Liver detox will also help to neutralize the chemicals found in food, but a much better way is to avoid chemicals in food by eating more organic foods.

For taking care of your hair you probably will need to use a natural approach, rather than a medical one, to keep from having follicle inflammation or damaged hair and scalp. For example lemons can be used for hair highlights, olive oil for moisture, aloe vera for a conditioner. You will be able to locate all the other pure natural products available at health food stores. Of course, if you think your hair is thinning a little more than it has in the past, or you are beginning to see abnormal hair loss, a doctor visit should be the very first thing you do. You will need to make sure that your hair thinning, or loss, is not the result of a medical condition. This is also the perfect time for you to discuss the best treatment option for your individual case. There are plenty of ways to aid in reversing your hair loss. These options include the use of natural supplements, topical formulas, doctor-prescribed medication, hair transplant and much more.