What causes hair loss?


	Articles: Hair loss treatment options: Hair growth tonics/shampoos, medications, surgical hair implants, and non-surgical hair replacement Non-surgical hair replacement: Toupee's, wigs, hairpieces, hair loss medications.….how do they compare? Does medical hair replacement (hair restoration) hurt? How long does medical hair replacement surgery take? How does medical hair replacement work? How long will the surgically implanted hair last? Does it need to be cut? What risks exist for patients who choose medical hair replacement? Questions to ask your doctor about medical hair replacement? Who is an ideal candidate for medical hair replacement? Who isn't an ideal candidate for medical hair replacement? Female hair loss? Is it common? What hair replacements options exist? What causes hair loss? Misconceptions and myths about hair loss and medical hair replacement. Finding a Hair Transplant Surgeon: How to go about it? Finding a surgeon or doctor for medical hair replacement Do those Hair Replacement Products Really Work? The Evolution of Hair Transplants Hair Cloning Hair Replacement: On the Cutting Edge of Technology Not Just Hair Loss A Cure For Grey? Hair Restoration Options The Best Baldness Treatments for Your Type of Hair Loss Fighting Hair Loss with a Proven Remedy: Vitamin Products Propecia and Rogaine: The Latest in Medical Hair Loss Treatments for Alopecia Thinning Up Top? Consider Hair Restoration through a Replacement Transplant Rogaine for Women: A Powerful Female Hair Loss Remedy Generic Propecia: The Side Effects of This Popular Hair Loss Remedy Genetics and Solutions: Issues in Male Pattern Baldness		What causes hair loss? The most common type of hair loss is androgenetic alopecia, also called male-pattern hair loss and female-pattern hair loss. In this case, people inherit the tendency to go bald from either or both parents. In both women and men, genes trigger a sensitivity to a class of hormones called androgens, including testosterone, which causes hair follicles to shrink. Shrinking follicles, the sheath that surrounds the root of a hair, produce thinner hair and eventually none at all. In men with androgenetic alopecia, hair loss occurs in a typical pattern on the forehead area and on top of the head. In women with androgenetic alopecia, hair loss occurs throughout the scalp with overall thinning of hair. Other, less common types of hair loss can cause clumps of hair to fall out or hair thinning and may be caused by an illness. Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease in which inflammatory cells attack hair follicles, resulting in distinct, round patches on any area of the scalp or body. Trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder (as are compulsive gambling and compulsive stealing), in which there is an inability to resist urges to pull out one's scalp hair, eyelashes, eyebrows, or other hair. Traction alopecia involves hair loss around the edge of the hairline and is especially noticeable around the face and forehead. It is caused by hairstyles that pull hair too tight; for example, tight braids or tight ponytails can cause hair loss. Telogen effluvium involves widespread hair thinning over the scalp or other areas of the body. It is caused by changes in the growth cycle of hair. Posted on May 30, 2004 at 04:59 PM

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