What may cause your hair loss & treatment?

This information is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment of a health care provider or examining and assessing a patient’s specific and unique circumstances. Hair loss disorder is best diagnosed and treated by a physician. Only your medical doctor should diagnose the underlying health issues and assess your hair loss condition.

In diagnosing your hair loss, a doctor’s diagnosis is best to determine the cause of why your hair falls out. 

1. Are you a senior & your hair is slowly thinning out? Most likely, it is a normal aging process. Is your hair loss seems to be gradual in front? Male pattern baldness is the answer. Female pattern baldness may also be diffused hair loss all around. For treatments, Rogaine, Propecia, or other medicines are available. Cosmetic hair system hair replacement or surgical hair transplant are other options.
2. Are you taking any new medications or steroids? Hair loss may be a side effect of the medicine. It’s time to review your medications and a possible replacement to avoid losing more hair. 
3. Does your hair fall out in small patches & are these patches red or itchy? Possible Ringworm or other skin condition is affecting the hair follicles. Or it may be Alopecia Areata hair loss, an autoimmune disease that may progress to complete hair loss. A doctor may treat fungal infections with oral medications such as terbinafine or fluconazole. For Alopecia Areata, most likely treatments will start with corticosteroids treatment used for Alopecia areata or other medicines of choice.
4. During menopause, pregnancy, or the months after giving birth, Estrogen levels decrease & testosterone increases, causing hair loss. This cause female hormonal imbalance problem. Your doctor will tackle the hormonal imbalance problem.
5. Are you a female using birth control pills? Check the hormonal imbalance problem and consult your doctor about switching to another medication.
6. Do you feel abnormally tired or weak? Health issues may cause hair loss, such as the overactive or underactive thyroid gland iron or zinc imbalance.
7. Do you feel stress in your life? Do you have anxiety habits, such as compulsive hair pulling or scalp rubbing? Damage to hair follicles due to nervous behavior is known as trichotillomania. Please discuss with your doctor how to alleviate your stress and address the psychological reasons for the anxiety. Cognitive behavior therapy is effective for the treatment of trichotillomania.
8. Are you under chemo and radiation therapies? Hair loss is known to occur while using these products. Hair growth should resume after treatments stop.
9. Your hair care routine may cause your hair to fall out. Have you recently used any strong chemicals on your hair, like the perm or hair straighter? Are you using tight braids or other hair pulling styles? Scarring alopecia due to inflammation of hair follicles. Stop any use of harsh chemicals immediately. Also, scarring alopecia condition occurs in African-American women due to persistent tight braiding of hair. Stop pulling your hair roots, tight braiding immediately.