7 Possible Reasons of Losing Hair

Now we know that genetics, hormones and various other factors are responsible for the hair loss you are having. But do you know that many of your habits and your life style may be responsible for the hair loss you’re suffering from. And if those habits are not reconsidered then you will probably be the next victim of Alopecia.

Though there are ways to regain your lost hair by going through hair transplant in Kolkata but it’s always recommended that prevention is better than cure.

Now there are various external factors leading to your hair fall:

 

1. Diet:

What you eat affects your body. Now apart from health of your body, your diet also affects the health of your hair. Deficit of nutrients from the diet or excessive intake of junk food might be the reason of hair strands you found in your pillow.

Vitamins are the most important nutrient which affects your health in all respect, be it your immunity or the health of your hair. People who goes for “crash dieting”, which is a form of diet rearrangement for rapid fat loss, loses a lot of important nutrients in their diet instantaneously resulting in insufficient nutrients reaching the hair follicles. Resulting in dry, frizzy and damaged hair.

 

2. Smoking:

Smoking is the reason of various problems like lung cancer, heart disease and strokes. But recent studies say that smoking disrupts the blood circulation in the body which means the blood circulations also gets disrupted in the scalp which eventually leads to hair fall.

The hair follicles need optimum supply of blood and oxygen for their proper growth but smoking changes the optimum supply to the scalp hence the growth affects.

Also smoking increases ageing, like a person who smokes are prone to having wrinkles, grey hair earlier compared to the person who doesn’t. And ageing leads to hair loss and baldness.

So smoking affects the hair and scalp including your health. If you want to take care of your hair stop smoking!

 

3. Stress:

Stress is a very tricky problem to diagnose, as different person respond differently on different situation. Some excels their performance in a short span of stress where some starts to panic

The problem arises when a person experiences chronic stress like losing a job, or bereavement which eventually results in deterioration of health both mentally and physically. This also causes temporary hair loss.

 

What happens is that the body produces hormones such as cortisol and noradrenaline in response to periods of stress which affect the hair growth/loss cycle. These hormones cause the hair follicles to enter the resting stage of the cycle which prevents new hair growth. Your hair will be lost as per normal during the shedding stage but is not replaced by new hair. This abnormal cycle causes the hair to become thinner and eventually fall out.

 

The hair follicles will rest for a period of time and then grow back after a period of time i.e. around 6 months. The fact is once the stress is treated the hair cycle goes back to normal again.

 

So relaxing and keeping your calm will be beneficial for both your physical and mental health as well as your hair.

 

4. Pollution:

Various environmental factors lead to hair damage. One of them is pollution, and you are more prone to it if you are a city dweller.

 

The car exhaust fumes affect the protein formation (keratin) in the hair structure which leads to damaged thin hair strands. Studies show that this pollution is the leading reason of male pattern baldness.

 

Dust is also a problem which attracts mites and leads to scalp infection or inflammation. Itchy scalp is a symptom, though not always. The symptoms are so mild that people forget that they have a problem and eventually they lose their hair.

 

5. Sun exposure:

The sunlight is stimulates Vitamin D in our body which is good for our teeth, nails and bones. But too much is also not good as it can cause malignant melanoma amongst other things and can affect our hair as well. Too much sun makes our hair dry and frizzy which is evident by the split ends.

 

6. Hair Products:

Making the perfect hairstyle is something that every person wants and hence usage of hair gels, waxes, dyes, hair extensions etc.

 

Using hair product though makes you look great for the day but excessive usage of those products ultimately damages your hair.

 

Male grooming has become a booming business as every man has become very much concerned about their physical appearance. So they want to keep their hair perfect as it is the most important that someone notices be it a job interview or a date.

 

But over usage of hair product will definitely dry out your hair making it frizzy and prone to breakage. If you notice a problem you must visit your hair stylist and getting it treated by cutting it short or changing your hair product.

 

7. Tooth Infection:

This seems surprising as you might be wondering what could be the connection of your hair fall with your tooth infection.

 

When you suffer from a tooth infection the body starts to produce more white blood cell to fight the infection. In due process various white blood cells also travel to different part of the body. Hence some ends up in the cells found in the hair follicles.

 

These cells damage the hair follicles and hence no new hair is grown in that place, hence you notice the thinning of hair because the old hair strands are not replaced. This thinning leads to baldness.This hair loss or infection-induced alopecia tends to occur near to the site of the infection. So if you have a tooth infection in the upper jaw you will notice the thinning hair the temple area.

 

If you notice hair loss having infected teeth, you must visit the dentist as they are trained to notice the hair loss patches due to infection.

 

There is no particular treatment for these secondary factors which might be the reason for your hair loss. But according to the best hair transplant clinic in Kolkata, taking care of your hair might be a little difficult but it will always be worth it.