When lose hair strands are more than 100 strands per day, this is considered as an increase in hair fall which can lead to hair loss. Hair loss can be a sign of all kinds of health conditions like giving birth, extreme stress, experiencing something traumatic, receiving chemotherapy and many others.
Luckily, these types of hair loss are just temporary and with the use of a good quality hair loss treatment, hair will grow back in no time.
But when hair loss occurs without any medical conditions and while you're in your middle ages, then this condition is quite normal. This type of hair loss is called androgenetic alopecia; it is passed on through generations and the gene is carried by both your father and mother.
In men, this is commonly called "male pattern baldness". The term male pattern is used because almost all men follow the same sequencing of hair loss. It usually starts as a receding hair line and slowly progresses to the top of the head. For some, hair loss starts with a receding hair line and hair thinning at the top of the head at the same time. As hair loss progresses, only a rim of hair on the sides and back remain and in worse cases, total hair loss can occur.
Women can also be affected by this kind of hair loss. Also called "female pattern baldness", the typical pattern of hair loss is generalized hair thinning. Fortunately for women, total hair loss rarely occurs.
Both conditions are a result of the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It's believed that DHT stiffens the skin of the scalp, shrinking the blood vessels leading to the hair follicles. This theory though is being questioned because hair transplanted on the scalp managed to survive. It also important to point out that when hair is being transplanted, micro incisions are made to the scalp and as a natural process, the body will try to heal these areas and providing "new" blood vessels to the area. So you cannot really rule out this theory.
Luckily, these types of hair loss are just temporary and with the use of a good quality hair loss treatment, hair will grow back in no time.
But when hair loss occurs without any medical conditions and while you're in your middle ages, then this condition is quite normal. This type of hair loss is called androgenetic alopecia; it is passed on through generations and the gene is carried by both your father and mother.
In men, this is commonly called "male pattern baldness". The term male pattern is used because almost all men follow the same sequencing of hair loss. It usually starts as a receding hair line and slowly progresses to the top of the head. For some, hair loss starts with a receding hair line and hair thinning at the top of the head at the same time. As hair loss progresses, only a rim of hair on the sides and back remain and in worse cases, total hair loss can occur.
Women can also be affected by this kind of hair loss. Also called "female pattern baldness", the typical pattern of hair loss is generalized hair thinning. Fortunately for women, total hair loss rarely occurs.
Both conditions are a result of the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It's believed that DHT stiffens the skin of the scalp, shrinking the blood vessels leading to the hair follicles. This theory though is being questioned because hair transplanted on the scalp managed to survive. It also important to point out that when hair is being transplanted, micro incisions are made to the scalp and as a natural process, the body will try to heal these areas and providing "new" blood vessels to the area. So you cannot really rule out this theory.
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