Facts About Baldness

Last reviewed on: 21st November, 2021

Baldness is a loss of hair from the part of the head or body, is sometimes known as ‘alopecia’ or ‘hair loss’. This condition does not involve any inflammation or scarring, the extent of the condition may vary from small area to the whole body. Most people with baldness have psychological distress.

This condition affects both men and women, if you have hair loss try to examine the cause of the problem, because there are several types of hair loss with different causes. Treatment options of hair loss vary according to their cause, and you can be able to select the best prevention techniques.

Men and Women pattern baldness occurs gradually with age and alopecia face female and male of any age while hair loss occurs unexpectedly. There are four kinds of baldness; Male-pattern baldness - caused by male hormones and genetic factors; Female-pattern baldness - the cause is not well understood; Alopecia areata - cause by uotoimmune; Telogen effluvium - caused by physical or psychological stress to an individual.

FACTS ABOUT BALDNESS

Most people lose about 50 to 100 scalp hairs a day, hair loss is normal for every human being. Baldness occurs when the lost hairs do not recovered by natural cycle. The large volume of hair fall out does not mean a person has genetic baldness as many people falsely believe.

Hair loss is normally results after destruction of follicle, follicle is a special component of hair, it is where hair roots develop. If this component destructed the roots of hair cannot grow and hair shaft can certainly not develop. Hair comprises of hair shaft that grow on your skin.

Male-pattern hair loss it is caused by genetic factors and can be inherited from parents to children. Inherited baldness occurs later in life but some male begins baldness earlier around 20s. Baldness occurs gradually overtime and can start anywhere over your head normally at the front or back of your head.

The amount of testosterone in the blood does not verify baldness but numerous causative specific genes are involved forming hair follicle more active to those hormones.

Other types of hair loss to be aware of include Alopecia areata, which involves the loss of small areas of hair over your head or the entire body. This kind of hair loss is caused by physical or psychological stress. Other reasons causing temporary hair loss includes; hormonal imbalances, chemotherapy, surgery and sudden weight loss. If you discover the cause of baldness, you’ll be able to stop spreading and overtime lost hair will recover.

There is myth behind hair loss; most people believe that due to closeness of hair follicle to your brain, thinking too much or having mental problem will directly impair hair growth. This myth proposes that men with baldness have mental problem or are highly intelligent.

Some people thought that vigorously shampooing can result to balding, but this does not make sense because shampooing cannot uproot your hair from your skin as hair loss result from damage of hair follicle within your skin. Also hair loss is normally visible during shower on the bath room floor or you might see some lost hair stick on your bar soap.

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Posted by: Lusubilo A. Mwaijengo