Hair Loss
Stress causes hair loss
I doubt there is a person who can honestly say that there is stress in your life. Even the happy things, like weddings and births cause a type of stress. The most important thing is how we handle stress. If you’re stressed and experiencing hair loss, the two causes are likely to be connected in some degree. There are different types of stress that can affect us and I think they are all interconnected. There are ways to reduce stress levels through some treatments and processes.
Emotional stress is often caused by problems, disease, injury and trauma. The loss of a job, relocation or loss of a loved one or pet can create emotional stress. Outside the tension, some people may develop nervous habits. Nervous habits include rubbing the scalp too much and literally pull their hair. Read the rest of this entry »
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Causes of hair loss in women
The dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a derivative of the male hormone testosterone, is the enemy of hair follicles on the head. In short, under certain conditions like the follicles DHT dead. This simple action is at the root of many types of hair loss.
Androgenetic Alopecia, commonly called male or female pattern baldness, is only partially understood until recent decades. For many years, scientists thought that androgenetic alopecia was caused by the predominance of male sex hormone testosterone, which women also have in trace amounts under normal conditions. While testosterone is at the center of the process of baldness, DHT is thought to be the main culprit.
Testosterone is converted to DHT with the help of the enzyme type II 5-alpha reductase, which is in the oil glands of a hair follicle. Scientists now believe it is the amount of circulating testosterone that causes the problem, but the level of receptor binding of DHT in the scalp follicles. DHT shrinks the hair follicles, making it impossible for healthy hair to survive. Read the rest of this entry »
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