Facts About Hair Loss & Regrowth

Hair loss is not a problem exclusive to middle-aged men. Women have to face this possibility as well. Under the right conditions---including anemia, vitamin deprivation, endocrine diseases, autoimmune disorders and haywire hormones---women can experience hair thinning and hair loss. And women can even go bald.

Vitamins

• Dr. George Obikoya Of Vitamins-nutrition.org recommends taking vitamin C with bioflavonoid, as well as vitamin E, beta carotene, magnesium, sulfur, zinc and the entire array of B vitamins for the health of your hair. In addition, flaxseed oil is also helpful. Biotin and calcium pantothenate are both needed to keep hair from falling out.

Diseases

• Thyroid conditions are considered endocrine diseases, as is lupus. Both of these conditions can cause hair loss, as can diabetes, according to Hairdiseases.com.

  If you are anemic, your hair might fall out. Take iron supplements to ensure that you have acceptable levels of iron in your system. Hair is made up of protein, so you need to make sure adequate amounts of protein are in your diet for your hair's health. If you are a vegetarian--or simply have a sub-par diet--you might not have enough protein in your body to support the health of your hair.

Alopecia Areata and Male Pattern Baldness

• Alopecia areata can cause a woman to lose her hair. This is believed to be a genetic condition and is listed as an autoimmune disease. The hair loss from alopecia areata might be permanent, although some women have recovered and grown back their locks.

  Men frequently have to face male pattern baldness, which is genetic. If your predecessors lost their hair, you might do the same.

Fungus

• If you are losing your hair, you might have a fungal infection. This type of infection will definitely prevent your hair from growing, and it might make it fall out.

Traction Alopecia

• If you frequently swim and wear a bathing cap, this can result in traction alopecia. If you wear your hair in cornrows or other styles that put stress on your hair, this can cause traction alopecia. If you wear a hat that is too tight, this can cause your hair to shed.

Hormones

• If you are menopausal, you might notice that hair on your face and body is growing abundantly as a result of male hormones while the hair on your head is thinning and falling out.

  When a woman is pregnant, the normal hair loss pattern does not take place; however, a quarter of a year after the baby is born, when she loses that high estrogen level, her hair might fall out--perhaps significantly. The hair will grow back.

Options

• According to Drugstore.com, genetics account for 95 percent of all hair loss conditions. You might want to consider using Minoxidil (going by the name of Rogaine) or a prescription medication called Propecia.

  Hair transplantation and scalp reduction are two procedures that are available for the correction of hair loss. A scalp reduction removes sections of a bald areas, and elastic devices are put under the skin to stretch hair-bearing scalp regions over the areas where the scalp has been removed.