If your hair is falling out, we will tell you why and for what reason your hair is falling out in this section, which was published in Dr. Salam medical magazine under the title of causes and factors of hair loss.
Sometimes hair loss occurs as a side effect of some diseases, and when that health problem is resolved, hair loss is also treated by itself. When hair loss is due to hair conditions and diseases, such as alopecia, it is permanent.
The main causes of hair loss:
1- Thyroid problems
One of the complications of Hashimoto’s disease or hyperthyroidism is hair loss due to hormonal imbalance.
Hormones regulate body functions such as hair growth.
If you have the right treatment, the hormones will be balanced again and the hair growth will start again.
2- Pregnancy
During pregnancy and childbirth, hormones fluctuate and hair loss occurs.
After pregnancy, it takes three months for the hormones to normalize.
Hair loss during pregnancy is temporary and hair growth starts again later.
3- Medicines
Side effects of some drugs are hair loss.
Blood thinners, oral contraceptives, antidepressants, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, calcium channel blockers, and beta blockers all cause thinning hair or baldness.
High consumption of vitamin A and retinoid drugs can cause hair loss.
Some chemotherapy drugs used to treat cancer also cause total hair loss, but after chemotherapy, hair growth starts again.
Once you stop the mentioned drugs under the supervision of a doctor, hair growth will start again.
4- Alopecia
Alopecia is one of the types of hair loss.
There are two types of alopecia: alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia.
Alopecia causes loss of hair on the head or loss of hair all over the body.
As a result of alopecia, hair thinning, patchy hair loss, or complete baldness occurs, and these symptoms can be permanent or temporary.
There are various reasons for this condition, one of which is genetic.
5- Physical injuries
When the body is affected by physical stress, the cycle of hair growth and rest is destroyed and causes hair loss.
Any shock in the body such as: having an accident, surgery, severe burns or being seriously ill can affect the hair follicles.
In some cases, after a month after the physical shock, hair loss or thinning occurs.
6- Emotional stress
Divorce, bankruptcy and financial problems, loss of home or loss of a loved one destroy the cycle of hair growth.
This hair loss is temporary and when the stress is removed, the hair loss will also stop.
7- Nutritional deficiencies
Having vitamins and mineral elements and a balanced diet makes the whole body and internal organs do all the work they are responsible for well.
Malnutrition or strict diets can cause nutritional deficiency and cause hair thinning and loss, from patches to baldness.
8- Taking care of hair a lot
Hair style can cause damage and breakage of hair and lead to thinning and loss of hair.
Too much shampooing or drying the hair with a hair dryer, pulling the hair, putting the hair in a ponytail, or rubbing the scalp too much will cause hair loss.
9- Infection
A large number of infections and diseases cause hair loss.
Infections that cause high fever, fungal skin infections, and bacterial infections such as syphilis all cause baldness or thinning hair.
Treatment of these infections causes hair regrowth and prevents hair loss.
10 – Autoimmune diseases
Often, alopecia areata (regional baldness) is related to autoimmune diseases.
Diabetes and lupus are two autoimmune diseases that cause hair loss.
Hair loss due to autoimmune disease is not always reversible and in some cases, it is permanent.
But drugs and hair restoration surgery can compensate for any type of hair loss.
