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• Hair Structure Damage
• Hair loss through Thyroid

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Hair loss through hormonal problems

Hair Loss through hormonal problems - Hair Loss in Men.

Excessive hair loss in men called an androgenic alopecia usually an inherited condition. Studies show, that for the most part maternal side of the family causes it more often than the paternal.

Men, who are susceptible to this condition, have area of a scalp that is sensitive to the sex hormones, and they develop higher levels of androgens. It is caused by a male hormone DHT / dihydrotestosterone / that binds itself to the hair follicles forcing them to go into the resting phase earlier. Condition starts in twenties or thirties and first shows up as a receding hair line, later causing hair to thin out on the top of the head and the affected area takes a u-shape around the sides and the back of the head. The conditions symptoms can be improved with prescribed medication that may cause side effects.

Hair Loss Women

Women go through phases of hair loss, too. During pregnancy woman's body releases more estrogen and that increases hair growth. Three months after the childbirth hair falls out due to estrogen - deficiency alopecia, and then hair returns to the pre - birth state.

During the menopause estrogen levels are lower and it causes estrogen - deficiency alopecia again. Hair loss in women is usually harder to notice - hair tends to thin out in the crown and temples. Such hair loss can be controlled by choosing a diet that can increase levels of estrogen: red meat, dairy, soy milk and coffee.

Both underachieve and overactive thyroid may cause hair loss that can be restored by taking a prescription medication from an Endocrinologist who is a specialist to address thyroid imbalances. Birth control methods such as contraceptives pills and hormone replacement therapies do increase estrogen in the beginning stage when hormones are still fluctuating. After a few months on the therapy, hair will return to its normal state.