What causes hair loss

Millions suffer from hair loss. Many are women. Hair loss is normal process for men and women alike. The question is how much hair we loose.

Our hair has three stages of development: active grow, pause and death. We loose about 100 pieces of hair every day without any pathology. New hair will grow to replace the lost one.

Abnormal hair loss is a result of many causes. According to the British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 80% of people with rapid hair loss have emotional stress or depression. Due to the stress, the important vitamins and nutrients do not reach the roots of the hair, which causes hair thinning and eventually hair loss.

Various traumas or serious illness, high fever may cause hair loss. Did you know, that rapid wait loss may effect your hair growth. In fact, 10% loss of your body weight during 2-3 months period will cause significant hair loss.

Deficit of iron in our body also one of the leading causes of hair loss. It is specifically important for women to maintain proper iron level in the body, because women loose up to 500 ml of blood every month. To boost your iron level, you can include iron rich food in your diet, take vitamin C - it helps iron absorption.



Men's baldness can be inherited and depends on the level of men's hormones. It is interesting to know, that in 70% cases men's baldness is inherited from the mother's family.

The main causes of hair loss / baldness: heredity -- each individual's hair growth pattern is unique, genetically determined-- this is the most common and permanent cause of baldness, systemic problems related to illness, stress, vitamins deficiency, hormones disorder, severe infections, like seborrhea can cause temporary hair loss, bald patches.

Knowing the cause of the baldness will help people to control or stop the hair loss.