Understanding Hair Loss
There is no magic potion that will instantly give you back a full crop of thick, lush hair. But if we look at the way advances in hair loss treatments have evolved recently, perhaps we’re not far from it.
Hair loss can be caused by many factors, the most common being Pattern Baldness which affects more then 40% of the male population.
Women also suffer from hair loss, although the causes can be quite different than in men. Baldness can be quite a degrading condition for millions of men and women, and can lead to psychological problems and feelings of self worthlessness.
But the scientific discoveries in recent years have made the treatments for balding more effective, and like all medical conditions, if you act on the problem when it is in it’s infancy, you’ve got a better chance of minimizing the effects, or even reversing the condition.
When you are feeling a little down with this problem it can help to get away for a bit, say for instance getting yourself off on some malta holidays, might do the trick, or even some where more exotic, the choice is yours.
Then again you may even want to just stay at home or work off the tension down at the local gym, followed by a really good home sauna.
Although these ideas wont help cure the problem, they can help take your mind off of it, for a bit.
The causes for hair loss are many and varied. Genetic ‘Pattern Baldness’ is the most common, but there are other very common causes such as Hormonal Imbalance, Illness, Poor Diet, Poor Hygiene, Drug Abuse and Stress.
These are just the core issues that contribute to the hair loss. To get a better understanding of exactly how the hair stops to reproduce entails a bit of a scientific look at how hair actually grows.
Hair grows in 3 stages. In the first stage (Anagen) a new hair is produced and this is the stage where most growth occurs. Next, in the Catagen (Regressive) stage, the hair has stopped growing but is yet to shed.
In the final stage (Telogen) the hair is resting and eventually falls out, and a new one begins to grow. In Pattern Baldness, DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) miniaturizes hair follicles by shortening the Anagen (growth) stage and at the same time can also lengthen the Telogen (resting) stage.
This is usually a gradual process, and the end result is an increase in the number of short, thin hairs which are barely visible above the scalp