Problem Hair Loss

Hair loss prevention often comes to mind when you are taking a shower or brushing your hair and you notice that once again, your hair is falling in what seems too great a quantity!

It is typical then for most people to ask themselves “how on earth can I prevent more hair falling out?” Their thoughts then typically turn to hair loss prevention products they have seen advertised.

However, before you start experimenting with the many hair loss prevention products available, you need to know what the underlying causes of hair loss are.

There are two main causes of hair loss; the first is genetics, also known as androgenetic and male pattern baldness.

The lifespan of a single hair is around five years and a human will lose around 100 hairs a day. Hair loss occurs when the body stops replenishing the lost hairs, so in fact this is normal to a certain point. However, genetic baldness will cause the body to completely fail to replenish the dead hair. Hair loss prevention remedies seem to be futile at this point.

Curiously, the gene for male baldness is present in all men but is only active in about 50 percent. This active gene suffocates the hair follicles so that when the old hair falls out, the new will not grow in its place. Thus causing the distressing hair loss symptons leading to baldness.

The next largest cause of male baldness is stress in its many forms. There are also other causes of hair loss which are more

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It is well documented that stress and hair loss go together, to the extent that even what you eat plays a part in the process when you are at your highest stress levels.

Nowadays stress is the cause of many health related problems. It is not surprising really with the hurried lifestyles that most of us are forced to lead.

There are many situations where stress and hair loss creeps up on us, the possibilities are endless, but here is a list of the main culprits:

emotional stress
physical stress
marital stress
financial stress
job-related stress
the stress of illness
extreme situation
even everyday situations such as driving can lead you to generate enough stress that can lead to sudden hair loss.

Stress and Hair Loss Medically Defined

Medically ‘telogen effluvium’ is defined as hair loss induced by the sudden onset of stress.

It is easy to forget about stress and hair loss being connected as quite often the hair loss occurs long after the bout of stress has disappeared.