Essay On Hair Loss

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Everybody loses some of their hair sometimes. A normal healthy person loses fifty to a hundred hairs per day. For those of us with thicker darker hair, this may seem more than for those with thin, lighter hair but it’s still perfectly natural. When hair loss becomes dramatic, when we notice it coming out in handfuls or we see thinning areas and bald patches while not experiencing any side effects to our health, it could be a sign of a hair thinning condition. Up to 60% of the female population experience a hair thinning condition at some point in their life. The good news is, it’s normally not dangerous and there’s often something you can to prevent it and promote new hair growth. Telogen Effluvium Hair Loss The most common cause of dramatic…show more content…
We’ve included it towards the bottom of the list because it is so common that any incident of hair loss is usually first believed to be androgenetic alopecia. Because Androgenetic alopecia is managed with medical treatments, it’s always best to rule out the other possible causes first. Women with androgenetic alopecia often develop thinning at the hairline behind the fringe and at the temples. Many women don’t notice they have the condition until it becomes pronounced, but the condition can arise in your 20’s. As it become more visible a pattern of thinning make appear and it may diffuse and spread across the entire scalp, leaving wispy, thin hair with bald patches. As with many other types of female hairloss, there is a solution. Your first port of call should be to check with your dermatologist that you have androgenetic alopecia. After which you can use a minoxidil product such as Rogaine to stop the loss and regrow your hair. You’ve probably heard of men using Rogaine and likely heard of the good results. That’s because, Rogaine is easy to use, simply ,apply to the scalp twice a day. Of course, if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant or nursing you should delay using Rogaine and minoxidil products until it is safe to do
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