Control Excessive Hair Loss

Hair, hair, beautiful hair!  A lush, full head of hair is something that, when we are gifted, we give this little thought.  But unfortunately, there are many of us who grieve for the full heads of yesterday which in turn makes room for a whole industry from the study and interest in the creation of products to help rejuvenate hair follicles right down to painful and costly surgery.

For both men and women, there are many different reasons for thinning, balding, or excess hair loss of any kind.  Heredity of course plays a huge role, especially for men.  It is said that male baldness come from the mother`s side of the gene-pool mainly, by far,  but occasionally it could come from the father`s side, says this article from WebMd.

Normally, people shed between 50 and 100 hairs a day.  Which sound like a lot except for the fact that we have usually over 100,000 hairs on our heads!  Hard to imagine… so a certain amount of shedding is of course normal as new hairs are always being formed as well.

Gradual thinning is a normal part of aging. However, hair loss may lead to baldness when the rate of shedding exceeds the rate of regrowth or also if the new hair is thinner than the hair shed and thirdly, when hair comes out in patches.

There are some medical reasons for hair loss as well:

  • Alopecia Areata. This is classified as an autoimmune disease, and yet the cause is unknown. People who develop Alopecia Areata are generally in good health, tho a few people may have other autoimmune disorders, including thyroid disease. Some scientists believe that some people are genetically predisposed to develop Alopecia Areata and that a trigger, such as a virus or something else in the environment, sets off the condition. A family history here seems to  make you more likely to develop it.  Although the hair generally grows back, you may lose and regrow your hair a number of times.
  • Cicatricial Alopecia. This is a type of more permanent hair loss which occurs when inflammation damages and scars the hair follicle. It then prevents new hair from growing. This condition can be seen in several skin conditions, including lupus erythematosus or lichen planus. As in Alopecia Areata, it’s not known what triggers or causes this inflammation.
  • Telogen Effluvium. This type of hair loss is usually due to a change in your normal hair cycle. It may occur when your system has received a deep shock of some kind (either emotional or physical) and it then causes the roots to be pushed prematurely into the resting state (called ‘telogen’). The affected growing hairs from these hair roots fall out… in a month or two, the hair follicles become active again and new hair starts to grow. Telogen Effluvium may follow emotional distress, such as a death in the family or a physiological stress, such as a high fever, sudden or excessive weight loss, extreme diets, nutritional deficiencies, surgery, or metabolic disturbances. Hair typically grows back once the condition that caused it corrects itself, but this usually take months.

There are other reasons for hair loss as well, less on the medical side of things, but more related to heredity:

  • Androgenetic Alopecia (also called ‘pattern baldness). In men and women, for this type of pattern baldness, the time of growth shortens as well as the hairs not being as thick or sturdy. With each growth cycle, the hairs become rooted more superficially (closer to the skin’s surface) and more easily fall out. Heredity likely plays a key role. A history of Androgenetic Alopecia on either side of your family increases your risk of balding. Heredity also affects the age at which you begin to lose hair and the developmental speed, pattern and extent of your baldness.

Other reasons for loss of lush locks include certain medications, illness (such as cancer), whose side effects of treatment (as in chemotherapy & radiation) may case hair loss, or hormonal changes.  It is very common for women during pregnancy to report more lush, full and shiny heads of hair… coupled with an enormous `fall-out`after pregnancy – about 3 months after the fact it will be noticed, and 3 months again after that things will have been on track back to more normal.  But certain medications for certain illnesses have hair loss as a side effect; for example thyroid,  arthritis, depression, heart problems, gout, depression and high blood pressure medications to name a few.  Some women, as well, have reported noticeable hair loss during the course of taking certain birth control medications as well.

A company that has had excellent results in reversing and or stabilizing hair loss is called Nisim.  Based in Canada, they have effectively treated women and men through their web-based presence and Salon available products all throughout Canada, the US and world-wide.  As you look around this web-site, there are many products which may be of interest to you, and truly all are free to try!  The hair shampoos, serums and products are fully backed with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.  A quick look through the forum will serve as further encouragement, there are numerous unsolicited testimonies to the effectiveness of these Nisim products.

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