Hair Loss and Medical Care

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Why we like your hair? Why is my hair loss? What are the causes of hair loss? While it is true that every day we drop a bit of hair, something like about 100 hairs or much less, but the truth is also:

• In men, hair loss can be hereditary causes, even in its form, and can grow into almost complete baldness .

• In women, there is often hair loss with hormonal changes (childbirth, menopause), but then comes back.

Besides, the hair loss can have other shapes: circular and asymmetrical (alopecia areata), possibly related to stress, too, the appearance of areas with almost no hair that sometimes turn into a bald head.

Causes of hair loss:

There are many reasons why hair falls out, among them we can mention:

• Heredity.
• Physical causes.
• Psychological causes.
• eating problems.
• Use of chemicals.

The lack of substances needed for metabolism hair, such as silica, gelatin, keratin, vitamins A and B, or biotin, can be compensated by making products combined assets.

Alopecia or baldness is the fall or hair loss without causing a renewal. This disease mainly affects men, although more and more cases of women with this problem, though not so drastically as in men.

How many hairs we lose each day? What is normal hair fall day? The hair is renewed all the time. Usually we lose a day between 30 and 100 hairs that grow back the same root. Only after a certain age, starts to lose hair thickness.

When the drop exceeds that amount, must be looked after with treatment and consult a specialist. For hair care you can do the following:

• Drink plenty of water, and that hair also needs hydration.

• Try to avoid or reduce consumption of harmful substances such as snuff, alcohol, coffee, tea and other stimulating beverages.

• Consume vitamin, minerals and amino acids if you think you have a deficit.

• Use brushes and hard spike tires and prevents straps that harming the collected hair.

• Wash your hair with a mild shampoo for the type of hair, without making sudden friction.

• When bathing prevents very hot water to avoid irritating the scalp and always end with cold water.

• your hair stands out constantly, about every two months.

• If possible, avoid the dryer and when they do use the warm air.

• Use a good conditioner from roots to ends, or apply your natural oils.

• Massage the neck and neck to increase blood flow to the area and stimulate hair growth.

• Make 2 or 3 minutes every day from inverted posture exercises to promote blood flow.

There are several quick and easy tricks that can be used for hair has more body and density at a time:
A proper cut: we have to seek advice from a professional to examine the cut that best suits you, so that with a simple touch and the right product is perfect. Layers, for example, can increase the body hair.
The stress is negative stress scalp is retracted, which restricts the circulation and can affect hair growth. A gentle massage with a conditioner head relaxes the stress and it is very important to rinse well.
Beware the towel: be careful not to rub too hard to avoid damaging the cuticle. Caress your hair with the towel to remove excess moisture.
Do not fear conditioning: fine hair and no body needs protection.
Test Velcro rollers: they are more careful than the hot and let you get more volume. After drying the hair can curl the ends in fat rings held together by clamps and then drop them to get hair density.

Pancreas-Testosterone Ratio

The pancreas plays an important role in hormonal level, the pancreas controls the level of sugar (glucose) levels, for it produces two substances, insulin and glucagon. Insulin is secreted when glucose levels rise and the glucagon acts when glucose levels are low and need to mobilize the reserves in the liver.

There is a significant relationship between insulin levels and the formation of testosterone (a more insulin more testosterone) so it is logical to think that controlling insulin levels can be maintained under the dash of testosterone, which as is well known, influenced by more potent metabolite, dihydrotestosterone, in the degenerative process of androgenic alopecia. Read the rest of this entry »

The hormones in our body

There are a variety of hormones, but there are two special relevance to the topic that brings us here, one is testosterone and other estrogen.

These hormones not only regulate our reproductive tempo, our footprint or sexual desires, but ultimately contribute to the global maintenance of the proper functioning of our body.

Hormones control to the smallest of the mechanisms that operate in our bodies and for everyone to understand, act to facilitate communication between the cells of our body.

Hormones are regulated by the endocrine glands that are situated in our body:

Pituitary-gland
Parathyroid-Glands
“Pineal Gland
Thyroid-gland
-Adrenal gland
“The pancreas
“The ovaries
“The Testicles …. Read the rest of this entry »

Hormonal changes can lead to hair loss

Hormonal changes that occur in pregnancy and childbirth can lead to hair loss. During the last trimester of pregnancy, hair growth may be greater due to the overproduction of hormones.

However, immediately after delivery, these hormones are decreased significantly and hair follicles are forced to a phase of prolonged rest. During this phase the hair shedding is greater, but no new growth occurs, leading to hair loss. Read the rest of this entry »

Although there are many known causes of premature hair fall or temporary hormonal changes are the most common cause of this disease in women. Fortunately, hormonal imbalances that can cause this type of hair loss are usually temporary and easily treated.

Hormones and Hair Loss

The hormones that are found in the body to normal levels are responsible for the growth, operation and maintenance of many organs and systems. Read the rest of this entry »