HAIR LOSS Preventions

1.Be careful with layering styles that lose a lot of your hair. If you're already experiencing hair loss, don't speed it up by having the hairdresser remove more hair! However, careful layering can actually create a fuller look to the hair. Hair that is too long and all one length can pull the roots flat to the scalp and make the hair thinner.

2.Avoid brushing wet hair. This snaps off a lot of hair that could still be growing! If you must comb wet hair, use a very wide-toothedcomb.Also avoid brushing hair too frequently as doing so can injure hair and increase loss.Use your fingers to undotangles, not a comb or brush.Avoid rubbing hair vigorously with a towel after washing it. This can also lead to hair breakage. Pat it dry gently instead.

3.Avoid very low-calorie liquid diets. As well as depleting your energy in a major way, such diets can cause hair loss.Avoid eating raw egg whites. Not only can these harbor bacteria that can harm you, raw egg whites contain a substance that binds biotin. This prevents its absorption.

4.Be sure to getadequate sleep, the restorer of good health.Exercise regularly. Good as a stress reduction strategy, physical activity also encourages better circulation, including for your scalp.

5.Egg oil massage. Regularly massage yourscalp with egg oil. Egg oil is an excellent natural solution to all round hair care to prevent hair fall, treat dandruff, arrest graying, moisturize the scalp and promote new healthy hair growth

6.Avoid too much exposure of your hair to sunlight. Avoid hot hair styling tools, as they damage hair and can cause split ends, leading to breakage.Dandruff shampoos containing zinc have been shown to promote modest hair growth.Sleep with braided hair rather than keeping it out. You will pull less on the hair as you toss and turn during sleeping.Don't always leave your hair open. It makes the hair collect dirt and increases chances of dandruff. 

5 Major CAUSES of Hair Loss

Why is my hair falling out?

Men are more likely to lose their hair than women, mostly due to male pattern baldness (more on that later).But thinning hair and hair loss are also common in women, and no less demoralizing. Reasons can range from the simple and temporary—a vitamin deficiency—to the more complex, like an underlying health condition.In many cases, there are ways to treat both male and female hair loss. It all depends on the cause. Here are some common and not-so-common reasons why you might be seeing less hair on your head.

Lack of protein

If you don't get enough protein in your diet, your body may ration protein by shutting down hair growth, according to the American Academy of Dermatology.This can happen about two to three months after a drop in protein in take, they say.What to do:There are many great sources of protein, including fish, meat, and eggs. If you don't eat meat or animal products, here are the14 Best Vegan and Vegetarian Protein Sources.

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is one example of the type of physical stress that can cause hair loss (that and hormones). Pregnancy-related hair loss is seen more commonly after your baby has been delivered rather than actually during pregnancy. What to do:
If you do experience hair loss, rest assured that your hair will grow back in a couple of months.

Dramatic weight loss

Sudden weight loss is a form of physical trauma that can result in thinning hair. This could happen even if the weight loss is ultimately good for you. It’s possible that the weight loss itself is stressing your body or that not eating right can result in vitamin or mineral deficiencies. Loss of hair along with noticeable weight loss may also be a sign of an eating disorder such asanorexiaor bulimia.
What to do:
"Sudden weight loss seems to shock the system and you’ll have a six-month period of hair loss and then it corrects itself,”

Vitamin B deficiency

Although relatively uncommon in the U.S., low levels of vitamin B are another correctible cause of hair loss.
What to do:
Like anemia, simple supplementation should help the problem. So can dietary changes. Find natural vitamin B in fish, meat, starchy vegetables, and non-citrus fruits. As always, eating a balanced diet plentiful in fruits and vegetables as well as lean protein and “good” fats such as avocadoand nuts will be good for your hair and your overall health.

Overstyling

Vigorous styling and hair treatments over the years can cause your hair to fall out. Examples of extreme styling include tight braids, hair weaves or corn rows as well as chemical relaxers to straighten your hair, hot-oil treatments or any kind of harsh chemical or high heat. Because these practices can actually affect the hair root, your hair might not grow back.What to do:In addition to avoiding these styles and treatments, theAmerican Academy of Dermatology
recommends using conditioner after every shampoo, letting your hair air dry, limiting the amount of time the curling iron comes in contact with your hair and using heat-driven products no more than once a week.

CAUSES of Hair Loss

Most people normally shed 50 to 100 hairs a day. But with about 100,000 hairs in the scalp, this amount of hair loss shouldn't cause noticeable thinning of the scalp hair. As people age, hair tends to gradually thin. Other causes of hair loss include hormonal factors, medical conditions and medications.

Hormonal factors

The most common cause of hair loss is a hereditary condition called male-pattern baldness or female-pattern baldness. In genetically susceptible people, certain sex hormones trigger a particular pattern of permanent hair loss. Most common in men, this type of hair thinning can begin as early as puberty.Hormonal changes and imbalances can also cause temporary hair loss. This could be due to pregnancy, childbirth, discontinuation of birth control pills or the on set of menopause.

Medical conditions:-

A variety of medical conditions can cause hair loss, including:

*.Thyroid problems.

The thyroid gland helps regulate hormone levels in your body. If the gland isn't working properly, hair loss may result.

*.Alopecia areata.

This disease occurs when the body's immune system attacks hair follicles — causing smooth, roundish patches of hair loss.

*.Scalp infections.

Infections, suchasringworm, can invade the hair and skin of your scalp, leading to hair loss. Once infections are treated, hair generally grows back.

*.Other skin disorders.

Diseases that can cause scarring, such as lichen planus and some types of lupus, can result in permanent hair loss where the scars occur.

Medications

Hair loss can be caused by drugs used to treat:
*.Cancer
*.Arthritis
*.Depression
*.Heart problems
*.High blood pressure

Other causes of hair loss

*.A physical or emotional shock.

Many people experience a general thinning of hair several months after a physicalor emotional shock. Examples include sudden or excessive weight loss, a high fever, or a death in the family.

*.Hair-pulling disorder.

This mental illness causes people to have an irresistible urge to pull out their hair, whether it's from the scalp, their eyebrows or other areas of the body. Hair pulling from the scalp often leaves patchy bald spots on the head.

*.Certain hairstyles.

Traction hair loss can occur if the hair is pulled too tightly into hairstyles such as pigtails or cornrows.

HAIR LOSS

Hello friends after some healthy weight loose and gain now we will talk about one of the main diesease which is basically very common in both male and female. 

HAIR LOSS

Hair loss or baldness(technically known asalopecia) is a loss of hair from the head or body.Baldness can refer to general hairloss.Some types of baldness can be caused by alopecia areata, anautoimmune disorder. The extreme forms of alopecia areata arealopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, andalopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body.

Baldness is the partial or complete lack of hair growth, and part of the wider topic of"hair thinning". The degree and pattern of hairloss varies, but its most common cause is androgenic alopecia,alopecia androgenetica, or alopecia seborrheica, with the last term primarily used in Europe.These difficult names which are responsible fot hair loss is very common now a days especially in INDIA.

Hair Loss can have many causes, including fungal infection ,traumatic damage, such as by compulsive pulling ,as a result of radio therapy or chemotherapy, andas a result of nutritional deficiencies such asIron deficiency, and as a result of auto ammune phenomena.

There are various CAUSES of hair loss and also there are TREATMENTS which we will discuss in another post and from where you will get your appropriate result.