Worrying about "HAIRFALL"? Know 6 Major causes & symptoms of it/Treatment

Hairfall

Hairfall aka allopecia. You might've ever experienced this in your life irrespective of sex. But mostly we can have it either in our 20s or during ageing. 

There are few types of Hairfall that can be observed that are male pattern baldness ( transferring baldness character  from male to male) , female pattern baldness ( transferring baldness character from female to female) , allopecia areata( Hairfall from specially particular area of head in a patches) which is caused due to an autoimmune issue etc. 

But apart from it - the main question that might've arisen in you is WHY ❓. This is what we are going to talk about.

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Causes

There are certain hair fall number per day i.e. about 60-100 hairs are falling per day. If your having more than this number then it's time to think. There are many causes behind this hairfall but among them the major 6 problems are 

1. Genetics

* Genetics is something that is hereditary since your zygotic stage of intrauterine life, which remains fixed with some exceptional gene therapy. If your family is having a history of baldness like from your grandfather to father and then you then you may have this issue. Baldness (uncontrollable hairfall)  can be seen in a pattern in both male and female.

2. Hormonal change

* Hormones are the chemical messenger of our body . Hormonal change is mainly seen in case of female at certain period of life like during pregnancy , parturition (child birth) etc. Also if you're having a thyroid disorder.

* In males if your androgenic testosterone is being converting into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) present in your hair follicles.

3. Stress 

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* In today's time many of us are stressed for different ways and are depressed . Such stress weakens our hair follicles resulting hairfalls.

*  Poor vascular supply to these follicles also enhances falling. Such kind of physical or psychological stress results in a type of hairfall typically known as telogen effluvium.

4. Medications

* If you are undergoing certain chemotherapy with a purpose of treating cancer, drugs curing cardiopathy along with blood pressure.

5. Chemicals use

* Applying Wrong products on your hairs like shampoo & conditioners containing parabens, sulfates , silicones etc , applying too much different types of hair wax ,gels and heating them at high temperatures.

6. Dandruff

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* Last but not least . Dandruff caused by oily scalp , yeast like fungus causing mild itching along with flakes coming out from hair scalp. Untreated & prolonged dandruff may result in baldness.

Symptoms

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Some main symptoms that may alert you before going bald include- 

* receding hairline, 

* thining of hairs,

* itching scars sometimes

* Circular balding

* In male pattern baldness - thining from temple region while in female pattern baldness- thining from frontal and parietal

* different kind of allopecias etc

 Treatment

 For treatment there are certain medications and few transplantation techniques that you can go for as per as your comfy.

* There are some drugs prescribed mainly for male pattern baldness patients like 

 - minoxidil ( mostly prescribed drug  for allopecia patients too; vailable in liquid or foamy form)

 - finasteride( 1 mg per day is prescribed usually; not given to females) 

 - dutasteride etc

* For females suffering females pattern baldness mainly drugs are preferred which are antagonist to androgens for hyperandrogonism issue

 - sometimes oral contraceptives works too.

* If medications are not so effective then patients are advised for hair transplantation which has a high successful rates as we can see alot of organization performing it with cheaper than others like Dr. Batra's hair transplant clinic etc.

* Another type of surgery includes lowering down your higher hairline upto an appropriate place of forehead aka lowering hairline surgery.