Total Hair Health

What is Hair Loss?Hairs are important biomaterial in human body; this is one of the defining characteristic of mammals. Skin covered in follicles produce hair of many colors, blond, Brown and black hair colors are grown in presence of Eumelanin and pheomelanin is dominant in red hair. Blond hair is result of having little pigmentation in hair strand. Gray hairs are the results of absence or decrease in production of melanin.

Very common disease with hair is loss of hair, a fall of 100 to 150 hairs per day is normal procedure of hair life and growth. But when it increases to bunches of hair in hand while washing or in comb, it is problem. Out of many medical terms for understanding of hair fall or hair loss for a layman below are the reasons of hair fall or hair loss.

Follicles are very sensitive and respond very quickly to any imbalance and changes in the body. Most of the hair loss or hair fall caused by any illness but there are some hereditary and vary from human gender and age.

Common reason of hair fall in all gender and ages are. There may be some temporary and sometimes it may be permanent hair loss.

Medication : Taken from a long times medicines has side effects and can affect hair growth.

Chronic illness : Long time illness creates imbalances in body hormones, produce of protein and overall weakness in body organs to respond to signals from brain.

Thyroid Disease : Both an over-active thyroid and an under-active thyroid can cause hair loss. Your physicians can diagnosis thyroid disease with laboratory tests. Hair loss associated with thyroid disease can be reversed with proper treatment.

Fungus infection : Fungus in head with, redness, itching, oozes. This is very common disease in children and can be cure with medicine and categories as temporary loss

High fever : High fever, severe flu or infection may cause the hair loss and sometimes may be a permanent hair loss.

Stress : A very high percentage of reason of hair fall after the age of 40 is stress.

Cancer treatment : Chemotherapy and radiation treatment stop hair growth because it stops dividing hair cells. And hair growth starts after the end of treatment. But it takes 3 - 6 months at least to start growth of hair.

Constant stress on hair also can cause the hair loss, some children use pulling hair while playing and some artists use hair to pull vehicles and heavy articles may also cause hair loss.