Hair Loss Education

'Doctors and Scientist still haven't worked out exactly why some of us loose our hair and some of us don't, male or female. However the list below plays a huge factor:'

Genetics

- Our genetics will play a strong part.

Now, with this still going under studies, we all carry two chromosomes XY for male, and XX for female. In 2005 the University of Bonn carried out a small study discovering the predisposition to baldness passes along our X chromosome. We get this from our mothers. To sum this up, if you are curious about your chances of hair loss as a male, take a look at your male relatives on your mother's side.

Alopcia

- Our body consists of good cells and bad cells. A strong immune system, means we can fight off the bad/ unhealthy cells that enter our body. An autoimmune, mistakes our good and bad cells and will start to fight both. Alopcia falls in the auto immune condition family. Our immune system essentially releases cells attacking the hair from forming and growing. This can flare from severe trauma to the hair/ scalp, poor diet, stress, lack of sleep, vitamin difisintcy (iron), wright loss and mental health struggles.

Hormone Imbalances

- Common hormone imbalance conditions (Menopause, PCOS, Endometriosis and Thyroid conditions ) and Hormone Therapy (HRT and contraceptive medication) will also play a factor with hair loss. This will happen due to hormone levels going up and down causing our hair growth cycle to be shortened.

Medications

- There are many medications that have side effects which relate to hair loss. However, the most well known and most used medication is Chemotherapy or "Chemo'. Chemotherapy is a drug treatment to kill 'rapidly dividing' cells used for cancer patients. Incredibly brave cancer patients who have had chemotherapy, may have experienced hair loss due to the chemo disturbing our fast growing cells (hair, nails and skin)

Mental Health

- Our mental wellbeing should also be considered when it comes to our hair loss. We have a growing stage (Anagen), resting stage (Telogen) and a shedding stage (Exogen) in our hair cycle. Studies from Universities around the world are finding that there are a lot of reasons that keep our hair in the Telogen stage (resting). These include poor selfcare, stress, lack of sleep, diet (weight loss or gain), high cortisol, which all effect our hairs to grow and shed which we need for healthy growing hair.

If you feel you suffer with hair loss, that may have been caused from the above, and want to find out more, email 'medicalink@icloud.com'

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Hair Loss Education