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 thinning hair 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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