Causes of hair loss

Causes of hair loss
1-Physical stress car accident, having a surgery, or serve illness, even the flu can cause a temporary hair loss. Stress can send the body into a state of shock which changes the hormone balance.

 

2-Pregnancy

pregnancy caused a hair loss after your baby has been delivered rather than actually during pregnancy, don't worry about this, your hair will grow back in weeks.

 

3-Too much vitamin A

Overdoing vitamin A-containing supplements or medications can trigger hair loss.

 

4-Lack of protein

If you don't get enough protein in your diet, your body may ration protein by shutting down hair growth, Be sure to eat foods containing protein such as meat and fish.

 

5-Male pattern baldness

This type of hair loss, caused by a combo of genes and male sex hormones, usually follows a classic pattern in which the hair recedes at the temples, leaving an M-shaped hairline.

 

6-Heredity

Female-pattern hair loss, called androgenic or androgenetic alopecia, is basically the female version of male pattern baldness. “If you come from a family where women started to have hair loss at a certain age, then you might be more prone to it,” says Dr. Glashofer. Unlike men, women don't tend to have a receding hairline, instead their part may widen and they may have noticeable thinning of hair.

 

7-Emotional stress

most of emotional stress can cause a hair loss such as (case of divorce, after the death of someone you know, or Departure of your lover).

 

8-Anemia


When you don’t have enough iron, your body can’t produce the hemoglobin in your blood. Hemoglobin carries oxygen for the growth and repair of cells in your body, including the cells that stimulate hair growth.With treatment, you can help reverse both the iron deficiency and the hair loss.

 

9-Hypothyroidism


Severe and prolonged hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism can cause loss of hair. The loss is diffuse and involves the entire scalp rather than discrete areas.

 

10-Vitamin B deficiency


Vitamin B12, also called cobalamin, is a cofactor involved in essential body processes such as cellular metabolism, DNA replication and red blood cell formation. Inadequate dietary B12, or poor absorption of vitamin B12 can cause a deficiency with a range of signs, symptoms and disorders. While the most notable impact of a deficiency involves the blood, gastrointestinal or nervous system, a shortfall of this vitamin can cause hair changes, including hair loss.

 

11-Autoimmune-related hair loss


Autoimmune diseases can affect every part of the body, producing a wide range of symptoms, including hair loss.

 

12-Dramatic weight loss


People often don’t take in enough protein when they lose weight, And, when you don’t get enough protein, your body has to decide where to send the protein it does have. Given that your hair isn’t crucial to your survival, it gets the leftovers, and that can lead to hair loss.

 

13-Chemotherapy


Chemotherapy agents actively target and kill rapidly growing cells, such as those in a tumor. But similar to a tumor, the hair follicle is a highly active structure with a host of cells that frequently divide to produce the growing hair.

Because many chemotherapy drugs are designed to effectively kill all rapidly dividing cells, hair is the unfortunate bystander that takes the fall along with the cancer cells.

 

14-Overstyling

styling include tight braids, hair weaves or corn rows as well as chemical relaxers to straighten your hair, hot-oil treatments or any kind of harsh chemical or high heat. Because these practices can actually affect the hair root, your hair might not grow back.

 

15-Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania, classified as an “impulse control disorder,” causes people to compulsively pull their hair out. “It’s sort of like a tic, the person is constantly playing and pulling their hair.

 

16-Aging


Aging can cause many changes to your entire body. Your hair is one part of the body that is not spared by the aging process. Although the amount of hair loss due to aging is largely determined by genetics, nearly all people will experience some hair loss due to aging.

With the natural aging process, the hair begins to thin and fall out. Normally, hair falling out would be replaced with new hair growth, however as we age this happens less and less.

 

17-Anabolic steroids

If you take anabolic steroids the type abused by some athletes to bulk up muscle you could lose your hair.