Hair like a cloud may be a high standard to describe the beauty of women’s hair. But for modern women, not to mention like a cloud, as long as it does not fall out is a blessing. Work pressure, irregular diet, poor rest, easy fatigue and weakness …… these are often taken out to say the reasons for hair loss. For the hair loss thing, how much is considered serious? In general, as long as the daily hair loss does not exceed 100 roots, are normal. If you lose more than 100 hairs a day, and continue for more than two months, you can basically diagnose hair loss.
What exactly are the causes of hair loss?
1.Sleep
Long-term insomnia or sleep deprivation will affect metabolism and blood circulation, shorten the growth period of hair follicles, and increase hair loss. Lack of sleep will also increase the amount of scalp oil secretion, aggravate or increase seborrheic alopecia, affecting hair growth.
2.Mental stress
Modern society’s fast pace and fierce competition can easily cause mental stress, which will not only lead to hair loss, but also accelerate a person’s aging and wrinkle growth. If it is a huge mental trauma, hair loss performance is more serious.
3.Nutrition imbalance
If the body is in a state of long-term nutrient absorption or nutrient metabolism dysfunction, or dieting and weight loss leads to insufficient amino acid intake, hair growth will fall out due to the lack of essential amino acids, especially cystine deficiency. Micronutrient deficiency can also induce hair loss. The trace elements closely related to hair are zinc, copper, iron, molybdenum, selenium, calcium and manganese.
4, endocrine disorders
Endocrine dysfunction often leads to diffuse hair loss, such as hypopituitarism, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, diabetes; some women are prone to head hair loss during menopause.
5, pregnant women after childbirth
Female pregnancy pituitary hormone secretion increases, after delivery, pituitary function decreases, hormone synthesis decreases, hair nutrient supply is insufficient, resulting in a large number of postpartum hair loss.
6.Contraceptive pills
The use of birth control pills can lead to false pregnancy, so that the amount of hair in the short term and beautiful, because the pill contains estrogen and progesterone, once you stop taking, the body estrogen decline, hair loss; taking birth control pills will also lack of vitamin C and folic acid in the body, resulting in drug-related hair loss.
7.Cytotoxic drugs
The application of cytotoxic drugs to a certain dose will cause a large number of hair loss in a short period of time, resulting in hair loss during the growth phase. Hair loss is a side effect of many drugs, the incidence of certain drugs hair loss is high. For example, antineoplastic drugs can cause hair loss rapidly when taken. Hair loss is also closely related to the amount of drugs used.
8.Pulling
Pulling hair loss refers to hair loss caused by long-term hair pulling, generally caused by hair hoops too tight, twist braid twist too tight, hard combing hair or hairpin pulling hair, etc.
9, perm hair
Excessive perming can cause scalp congestion, destroy hair oil, and dry out hair. Some low-quality perms can damage hair growth and cause baldness.
10.Living environment
The ecological environment has deteriorated in recent years, and interior decoration pollution can induce or aggravate hair loss.
Diseases such as lupus erythematosus, scleroderma and dermatomyositis can damage the normal growth of hair follicles and cause hair loss. Also hair loss is one of the early symptoms of visceral malignancy, and should be noticed if middle-aged or elderly people experience massive hair loss of unknown origin. If there is a large amount of hair loss and accompanied by physical discomfort, please go to the hospital in a timely manner, do not believe in folk remedies, prescriptions and so on.