Some of the possible causes of severe hair loss may be androgenetic alopecia, patchy baldness, ringworm of the scalp, resting hair loss, and so on.
1. Androgenetic alopecia: androgenetic alopecia, also known as seborrheic alopecia, is a common cause of severe hair loss, and the form of hair loss varies between men and women, with men mainly manifesting hairline migration, M-type alopecia, and ultimately Mediterranean-like alopecia, accompanied by thinning and sparse hair, etc.; female patients with hairline migration is not obvious, and it mainly manifests itself in the form of thinning of hair at the top of the head.
2. Patch baldness: autoimmune, genetic, emotional stress, endocrine and other factors may lead to the occurrence of patch baldness, resulting in severe hair loss, which is mainly manifested in the scalp area suddenly appeared in the border clear patch hair loss, such as patients with hair loss is too serious, and may even lead to generalized baldness, total baldness, and other serious baldness occurs.
3. Tinea capitis: fungal infection of the scalp will cause the occurrence of tinea capitis in the scalp area, which will make the patient appear itchy scalp, dandruff increase, hair loss increase and other symptoms, so hair loss combined with itchy scalp patients may be caused by tinea capitis.
4. Resting hair loss: long-term late night, lack of sleep, mental stress and other stimuli may cause changes in the growth cycle of the hair follicles, so that a certain number of hair growth period to the rapid transition to the resting period, thus causing hair loss, so hair loss may be caused by resting hair loss.
To summarize, it is recommended that patients with severe hair loss go to the hospital to clarify the cause of the disease and receive timely treatment to avoid aggravation of hair loss.