Hair Loss

Hair loss is such an important issue that even a movie was made about it. Almost everyone at some point in their life face this problem. A daily loss of 50- 100 hairs is considered normal. It is a part of normal hair cycle. The disturbance of this normal hair cycle is what that leads to hair loss.

Causes of Hair loss

A person can see a sudden hair loss after high fever, surgical trauma, sudden starvation or some heavy bleeding.  The causes for the more commonly observed chronic type of hair loss in both males and females can be; emotional stress, thyroid disorders, profound iron deficiency anemia, dieting or improper diet (like; low protein diet, daily junk food, etc.) or some chronic illness. Then there is a patterned hair loss which is seen in both males and females and is due to a genetic presence of hair loss in the family. It can be both paternal and maternal. In many cases the hair loss can be idiopathic, i.e., without any specific cause.

What to do about it?

Evaluate your diet 

 
Take a look at your diet. See what you are eating. Your diet should be balanced so that you get all the nutrients properly. Also your diet should be rich in protein as they are necessary for your hair growth.

 Take Expert advice

In India there are many experts who always have a remedy for everything, although they might never have tried it themselves. The remaining damage is done by the social media, television and print media advertisement propaganda of innumerable products which claim to grow your hair.

Never believe in any remedy which is not backed by a scientific evidence and experience. Always consult a qualified dermatologist with a MD degree in dermatology. This thing about degree has been mentioned because there are many people who claim to be a dermatologist but have no degree. They just are quacks and have no knowledge of anything. So always ask your doctor if he is a qualified dermatologist before consulting.

Your dermatologist can help you find out any other cause of hair loss. He may ask for some investigations if required. Taking care of these causes can help reduce your hair loss.  As mentioned sometimes there might not be any identifiable cause.

 Treatment

The treatment would depend on the cause of hair loss. The response to treatment is slow in hair loss and it may take up to 6 to 8 weeks to show any visible benefit. There are many medications available for treatment of hair loss but always follow the advice of a dermatologist and take them. Nowadays many procedures, like; dermaroller, PRP, mesotherapy, light therapy and hair transplantation are available as a treatment.  The treatment of every patient is different and it would be evaluated by your dermatologist as to what is needed by you.

Thus to conclude, to prevent hair loss take a balanced diet, include some relaxing workout or activity in your schedule and take an advice of an expert.