Avoid   Baldness

Hair grows all over your body except palm of your hands and sole of your feet. Some hair is visible but some are so fine, so hardly visible.

90 percent of your hair follows a two to six year growth cycle. This is known as Anagen phase of hair growth. The balance 10 percent is in a two to three month resting phase known as Telogen. After the rest period, it sheds and new hair starting to grow. The loss of hair could be of 80 to 150 hairs a day based on your age, hair type, decease, and other genetic conditions. Hair can grow up to six inches a year. But as you age, growth rate of your hair is slowing.

So, gradual thinning of your hair with age is natural. More and more hair goes into Telogen phase with age. However, males can experience thinning of hair as early as their teens or twenties, while women may experience this in their 40s. This condition is known as Androgenic alopecia (for men it is commonly known as Male Pattern Baldness and for women it is Female Pattern Baldness). If you experience non age related condition, seek help from a professional.

Sometimes poor health conditions in both men and women induce abnormal hair loss. Severe medical conditions causing hair loss could be diseases like hypothyroidism, diabetes, malnutrition, anemia, polycystic ovary syndrome, depression etc. When these typical medical terms tend to create confusions, a quick overview of the cause and effect relation helps to clarify the facts.

The state of blood deficiency in human body is referred as anemia. Oxygen enriched blood supplies natural nutrition to the hair root. But an insufficient blood condition remains unable to provide required nutrition and oxygen to the hair follicles, which ultimately causes hair loss.

Drugs, prescribed for treating various medical conditions such as depression, acne, gout, heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, ulcer etc. might cause hair loss as a possible side effect. In few cases women suffer from polycystic ovary syndrome, which affects the normal hormone level inside their body and also increases the insulin level. This adverse medical condition also causes unusual hair loss. Diabetes is again another possible medical condition causing hair loss. This disease increases the blood sugar level. It deteriorates skin condition and hair growth.
Medical conditions causing hair loss also comprises hypothyroidism as another influential factor. Hypothyroidism signifies an underactive thyroid, which results an undernourished hair root and eventually increases hair loss.

Malnutrition or anorexia nervosa is one major medical condition responsible for hair loss. When the hair does not get the required nutrition for its growth, it gets brittle and gradually falls. Lupus is another cause of major hair loss. It is a type of autoimmune disease which causes scalp scars and as a result the hair stars to fall.

Excessive hair loss can be noticed as a possible symptom of psoriasis. This is an unwanted medical condition when the skin of the scalp starts to grow too quickly. Psoriasis makes the skin dry and creates thick patches on the affected area.