Alopecia
Alopecia is the abnormal loss of hair, that is, when a person loses more than 100 hairs a day.
There are different factors that influence hair loss:
Heritage: both men and women lose amount of hair by age. Usually, this type of baldness is not caused by a disease and is related to aging.
Stress: physical or emotional stress can cause hair loss. In a matter of days you can notice how most of the hair disappears, this happens in the days of greatest anxiety or in later days.
Unbalanced diet and a diet low in minerals and nutrients.
Excessive use of shampoo and dryer.
Taking medications like, anticoagulants, contraceptives or antidepressants can cause hair loss.
Pregnancy and childbirth, is very common in women who have just given birth to manifest a hair loss.
Hair loss can be due to diseases such as lupus, syphilis, diabetes, hypothyroidism or anemia.
Violent or strong hairstyle.
Radiation therapy.
There are different symptoms:
- Discomfort in the scalp that is manifested by redness or itching.
- Frequently find many hairs on the pillow when you wake up.
- If brushing and washing the hair falls in large quantity.
- Excess of dandruff or fat.
- Acne or facial hair in the menstrual cycle.
- Baldness in beard or eyebrows.
- Weakness of the hair on the top of the head. This is the most common symptom of female baldness.
- In the case of men, the most common symptom is hair loss from the forehead, at the temples or in the upper region of the head.
- Losing hair at an early age, in adolescence or between 20-30 years.
Detect the capillary health problem in time is essential to find the most appropriate solutions.
Heritage: both men and women lose amount of hair by age. Usually, this type of baldness is not caused by a disease and is related to aging.
Stress: physical or emotional stress can cause hair loss. In a matter of days you can notice how most of the hair disappears, this happens in the days of greatest anxiety or in later days.
Unbalanced diet and a diet low in minerals and nutrients.
Excessive use of shampoo and dryer.
Taking medications like, anticoagulants, contraceptives or antidepressants can cause hair loss.
Pregnancy and childbirth, is very common in women who have just given birth to manifest a hair loss.
Hair loss can be due to diseases such as lupus, syphilis, diabetes, hypothyroidism or anemia.
Violent or strong hairstyle.
Radiation therapy.
There are different symptoms:
- Discomfort in the scalp that is manifested by redness or itching.
- Frequently find many hairs on the pillow when you wake up.
- If brushing and washing the hair falls in large quantity.
- Excess of dandruff or fat.
- Acne or facial hair in the menstrual cycle.
- Baldness in beard or eyebrows.
- Weakness of the hair on the top of the head. This is the most common symptom of female baldness.
- In the case of men, the most common symptom is hair loss from the forehead, at the temples or in the upper region of the head.
- Losing hair at an early age, in adolescence or between 20-30 years.
Detect the capillary health problem in time is essential to find the most appropriate solutions.
To avoid hair loss it is essential not to wash your hair every day and use the shampoo that best suits our hair. In addition, taking care of food will help to have the necessary nutrients to maintain a stronger and healthier hair.
Types.
Non-scarring alopecia
They are very common and can be cured by means of treatments. There is a lot of types:
Androgenic alopecia: is the loss of hair due to genetic factors. It affects many men and women rarely.
Alopecia areata: in most cases, the hair falls out in strands leaving hairless areas. This type of alopecia can cause the loss of all the hair.
Traumatic alopecia: is the consequence of external factors such as dryers, metal combs, dyes or permanents.
Diffuse alopecia can appear due to diseases, hormonal changes or the side effects of some medications.
Alopecia by drugs: vitamin A in large doses can produce alopecia. Usually, this type of alopecia usually disappears in the months following the suspension of the drug.
Alopecia due to diseases.
Alopecia due to hereditary syndromes.
Cicatricial alopecia
It can be detected when baldness appears and there is a sensation of burning or pain in the area that is losing hair. There are several types: primary cicatricial alopecia, acquired primary cicatricial alopecia, and secondary cicatricial alopecia.
Other types:
Infective alopecia is about total or partial baldness caused by fungi, viruses or bacteria.
Alopecia by physical chemical agents.
Alopecias by antitumor treatment.
Alopecia due to dermatosis.
Alopecia due to hereditary diseases.
Diagnosis
It is essential that the patient perform a diagnostic test of hair loss to determine exactly the reason for hair loss.
Treatments
If the hair loss is not serious, the hair in a few months grows back without needing treatment.
For the most severe cases, the common treatments are the hair implant injection, the topical medications applied to the skin and the ultraviolet light therapy.
Other data
Follow an adequate diet, because if a nutrient is missing in our organism, the contribution is removed to the hair.
It is essential to keep hair clean with shampoos appropriate to the type of hair.
Apply the masks on the tips and in the middle areas of the hair, never on the root.
The hair should be dried with a towel first, then outdoors or with a dryer at medium temperature.
Protect hair with sunscreen and hats.
The prognosis of the other forms of alopecia will depend on different characteristics of the patient, his or her illness, and the precocity at the beginning of the treatment.