Thinning Hair Treatment
 It
is quite normal to lose hair everyday as the average person
has about 100,000 hairs on the scalp where 60 – 100
hairs are shed everyday. However it is when the number of
hair that sheds increases that hair thinning starts to occur
in a person.
It has been found that over the years, the number of people
who have been experiencing hair thinning has increased. And
the best thing to do to understand and treat this thinning
hair is to find out what are the reasons for hair thinning
and the external factors that are responsible for hair
loss.
Like most health problems and conditions in a person, thinning
hair is hereditary. Between men and women, it has been found
that thinning hair in men is much more common than thinning
hair in women. In fact, more than 40% of men under 35 suffer
from hair loss, which starts with thinning at the crown and
a receding hairline.
Women too suffer from thinning hair
This thinning of hair slowly leads to the development of
a bald spot at the crown that eventually leads to complete
baldness.
After lots of research, it has been found, and declared that
it is the chemical from testosterone, DHT
(dihydrotestosterone) that is the strongest cause and reason
for thinning hair in men.
Women too are not far behind in thinning hair. Women too
suffer from thinning hair; the only difference is that women
usually suffer from this condition only after the age of 40.
Even the cause for thinning hair is different in women than
in men, and is more complicated than the cause for hair thinning
in men.
Women tend to suffer from diffuse thinning
Men tend to experience a definite pattern when their hair
starts thinning which called male
pattern baldness; however women tend to experience an
overall thinning of hair which is called ‘diffuse thinning’.
As there are many causes for thinning hair in women, it is
important for you to get a GPS diagnoses on the exact cause
for your hair thinning, before treating it.
Pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and an overactive thyroid
tends to affect the hormonal balance of the woman’s
body, and this is what contributes to thinning hair. There
are also cases of women suffering from thinning hair after
using extreme hair treatments like perms, hot oil treatments
and colorants. These extreme hair treatments tend to inflame
the scalp, and in the process, damage hair follicles.
Treatment options for thinning hair
There are many treatment options for preventing hair loss
and for regrowing hair for both men and women. Topical solutions
with minoxidil are great for stopping thinning hair and for
stimulating hair growth. There are also some DHT
shampoos that work at removing the damaging DHT chemical
from the scalp, and thus arrest thinning hair.
Besides all this, you could also take dietary supplements
with vitamin B6, magnesium, folic acid, saw palmetto and biotin
to help stop thinning hair. Even Finasteride is effective
in stopping thinning hair, but is effective only for men.
It is based on the type of hair loss you suffer from that
these hair loss treatments have to be used continuously to
prevent the reoccurrence of hair thinning.
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