Alopecia Hair Loss

Causes For Hair Loss

Alopecia Hair Loss Thinning hair and hair loss can have a number of different physical causes. One of them is not eating the proper diet. Lack of fruits and vegetables which have many vitamins in them can cause a person to lose their hair easily. Also, anyone who is having an eating disorder problem and starving themselves, may start to lose a lot of their hair.

PCOS which is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome can create patterns of a lot of hair loss and even bald spots in women. PCOS is a serious hormonal imbalance found in women that causes multiple ovarian cysts, facial hair, missed periods, and type 2 diabetes. It also brings on easy weight gain too.

Diabetes is a disease which is liable to cause a person hair loss. The reason for this is that when glucose levels continue to rise way above normal ranges, then it effects the hair follicles being able to grow new hair, as old hair comes out, it is not easily replaced as long as glucose levels remain too high. If you have hair loss along with thirst, easy tiring, hunger, slow wound healing, and frequent urination, it is time to have your blood sugar levels tested to see if they are diagnostic of diabetes.

Other types of hormonal changes in the body may cause a person significant hair loss. Sometimes a dysfunction of the thyroid gland whether it is either overactive or under active, may cause scalp hair to come out.

Pregnancy causes many types of hormonal changes in the body, and one of the things that may happen when a woman is into gestation is hair loss. It is a normal occurrence in pregnancy to have irregularities in many of the body hormones that contribute to hair growth. Hair growth will no doubt return to normal once the gestation period ends, and the body has readjusted itself to where it was before pregnancy.

Chemotherapy drugs are another cause for hair loss in people taking these drugs. The hair in most people will begin to come out as soon as the drugs are induced into the system, and will remain that way until the therapy is completed.

Other drugs may cause the loss of hair also, besides chemotherapy drugs. One type of drug is Coumadin, a blood thinner which is very hard on the entire body.

Infections of the hair follicles known as folliculitis can definitely cause a great deal of hair loss. Folliculitis other then hair loss are itching, possible rash, and blisters that fill with pus which can be caused by certain types of gram-positive bacteria, or actually be a staph infection. Getting rid of this difficult and sometimes complicated infection of hair follicles involves both topical and oral antibiotics to cure whichever type of bacteria is found. Folliculitis may cause hair loss that is long lasting and even permanent.

Whatever the cause for your alopecia, (hair loss, ) it needs to be evaluated by a doctor and treated according to what the problem is.

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Ok, so tonight I hung out with my ex boyfriend for the first time since we broke up so as you would expect things were a little akward. Anyways, to cut a long story short my ex has alopecia(hair loss), well he's still a great guy who loved me and treated me like no other man has and I ended up hurting him by cheating with another guy who later dumped me. I regret doing what I did to him so I asked him if we could hang out and talk and he accepted. Well he hung out, I explained to him how sorry I am and things seemed well until we went back to my house. My friend stopped by who hasn't met him yet, well on the side she asked if he had anything and I explained what alopecia was to her. Well I guess he overheard me because after she left I sensed something was wrong but he wouldn't tell me. I finally got it out of him and her asking was really bothering him so he went home not long after. This is certainly not how I wanted to spend my night making it up to him, WHAT SHOULD I DO!???????

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Would you date a bald guy if he had a great personality?
Ok, so I have alopecia(hair loss) so I just shave my head. It's something I can be insecure about, though I don't show it. I hate the fact that some girls will judge me for having something I can't help, which for those unaware of what it is it's just hair loss, as simple as that. So do you think bald men are attractive and would you date one if he had a great personality?

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Would you date a bald guy if he had a good personality?
Ok, so I have alopecia(hair loss) so I just shave my head. It's something I can be insecure about, though I don't show it. I hate the fact that some girls will judge me for having something I can't help, which for those unaware of what it is it's just hair loss, as simple as that. So do you think bald men are attractive and would you date one if he had a great personality? Why can't I find these women that love bald men lol.

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