Hair Loss

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1The most common cause
• 2androgenetic or pattern hair loss
• 3results from a genetically inherited sensitivity of hair follicles to the hormone dihydrotestosterone
• 4which gradually shrinks the follicles and shortens the hair growth cycle over time. Other causes include telogen effluvium triggered by significant physical or emotional stress
• 5illness
• 6surgery
• 7or hormonal changes such as childbirth
• 8nutritional deficiencies particularly of iron and protein
• 9certain medications
• 10thyroid disorders
• 11and autoimmune conditions such as alopecia areata in which the immune system mistakenly attacks hair follicles. Tight hairstyles that pull on the hair over long periods can also cause a form of hair loss called traction alopecia.