Alopecia

What is Alopecia?

Hair loss or baldness is called Alopecia in the medical term. Alopecia can be caused for various reasons. Thin hair, small hair, complete or partial baldness are all different types of alopecia. It also includes the most common pattern of baldness which is losing hair in the front and the crown of the head. With the advance of the civilization Alopecia has become a very common problem especially for men. And it is also observed that a man can lose fifty to hundred hairs in a single day on a regular basis and gradually become bald in a premature age.  

Natural Causes

There are several reasons for which Alopecia can cause. One of them is certainly aging factor. In spite of that genetic condition predisposition in the family can also cause Alopecia. It has been studied that women are generally affected with Alopecia not before the age of forty.  But for men it is different. Hair falling and hair thinning is common even in the teenage age for male. And it grows as soon as they enter in their twenties. On the other hand a normal man experience the hair fall regularly as soon as they enters at the age of thirties.

External causes:

There are so many chemicals like dye, permanents, bleaches etc available in the market which are frequently used to given an attractive look to your hair and thus help you to make a fashion statement. But they are very harmful and can be responsible to cause alopecia. But saying so it is also true that these chemicals are not always harmful. But due to improper or extensive use without having any proper guidance these methods can increase the process of hair fall. On the other hand it has been observed that hair stylist often use the same short of treatment to give an attractive look for every kind of hair.

Human behavior

The physical and mental status of a man also stimulates the reason of hair fall and baldness. Like emotional anxiety, relentless infection, blood loss, unexpected high fevers, crash diets, deficiencies of certain Vitamins or even certain drugs can be responsible for Alopecia. As some of these are unavoidable for a man so it is really hard to fight against Alopecia. On the other hand chemotherapy and radiation (on the area of treatment) which are sometimes become indispensible for a person in order to cure his disease are harmful for hair and as a consequence results the hair fall and in most cases baldness.  

Prevention

Alopecia cannot be prevented if it caused by genetics. But there are ways to fight with Alopecia if it has caused by external factor. There are so many examples where the fall of hair has reduces or even stopped with proper treatment. Proper and balance diet is very important to fight against alopecia as experts has proved that deficiency of vitamin A and E can stimulate the process of hair fall. Trans fats are also harmful for the hair. Some hormones are responsible for hair growth like ‘testosterone’. So deficiency of these hormones can result Alopecia. So hormone therapy can be helpful in this regards.  

Medication

To fight against Alopecia there are various kind of medicine available in the market. Two medicines which are used to prevent androgenetic Alopecia are Finasteride and Minoxidil. There are also other medicines available for hair fall treatment of different types like steroids and antifungal. Finasteride is an oral pill. It stimulates the testosterone to dihydrotestostrone (DHT). DHT actually causes balding.  The result can be seen before six to eight months after taking these pills regularly at least one gram per day. Minoxidil on the other hand is a solution which needs to be applied on the scalp. It helps to stimulate the growth of follicle in the skin of the head.