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Hair Loss

By: Caroline Vetter

Hair Loss Remedy

General Information• The human head had 100,000 hair

follicles• Hair grows 1 centimeter every

month• 90% of the hair on your head is

growing at one time• Hair Loss occurs in both men and

women

Causes1) Genetic

• Male-Pattern Baldness (Androgenic alopecia) is caused by a sex hormone called DHT

• It is sex linked autosomal dominant 2) Hormonal

• Hair can fall out when the thyroid glad is either overactive or under active

3) Hair will also fall out during an illness or surgery due to stress

4) Chemotherapy also causes hair to fall out5) 3 months after having a baby women tend to loose hair

because of the hormone changes6) Hair can also call out because of a fungal infection

Symptoms• Hair falls out in chucks or the natural hair line

recedes

• Hair may thin in certain spots instead of falling

out

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Medical Encyclopedia

Treatment • There is no treatment for genetic male-

pattern baldness (Alopecia) or for hormonal hair loss

• Hair grows very fast so for most other hair loss (stress, illness, or chemotherapy) it is only temporary

• Rogaine is used by some men to help hair grow is any bald spots

• Hair transplants are also used

Cures and Prevention

• There are no cures for hair loss• There is not really any prevention

for hair loss either other then taking good care of your hair

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Links• FamilyDoctor.org (medical site on hair loss)• Wikipedia (information of baldness)• Medline Plus (great information on hair loss

and great pictures)• USA Today (Health Encyclopedia -

Diseases and Conditions)• Medicinenet.com (more good

information)• FloridaHealthFinder (hair transplant

information)