Have you noticed that your hair is starting to fall out? Seeing hair go down the drain after shampooing can be quiet upsetting to most of people. A number of things can cause excessive hair loss including stress, genetics, thyroid disorders, drugs, blood loss, chemotherapy, nutritional deficiencies (specially iron and vitamin A), hormonal imbalance. These are some of the more common reasons.
Within three or four months after illness you will notice large amounts of hair coming out in your brushes. This is related to the stress of illness and you shouldn't worry about that because that is temporary.
If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This kind of problems usually can be improved by treatment of thyroid disease.
Also about two or three months after pregnancy, some women may suddenly lose a large amount of their hair. This loss is related to hormonal changes and this is not permanent.
But hair loss is usually based on genetic background. If your mother or father or even your grandparents lost their hair at their young age, then you should expect that happens to you too.
Losing hair also occurs if male or female hormones (androgens and estrogens) become out of balance. Curing the hormone imbalance will stop your hair loss.
Some medicines can cause hair problems too. This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine. Certain hairstyles that create pull on the scalp also cause hair loss.
There are many effective treatments available today and many people use them to save their hair and re-grow hair they have lost. The most impressive of these treatments are antiandrogens that prevent the creation of DHT.
