How to Prevent Catastrophic Hair Loss
Hair loss may be caused by a number of different things. These things may include male-pattern baldness, medications, poor nutrition, stress and even the way you style and treat your hair.
If you notice any case of unusual hair loss, you should visit a doctor immediately in order to eliminate any possible serious causes. You should ensure that your doctor checks for things such as uncontrolled diabetes, thyroid issues, liver and kidney problems and even lupus or other ailments. You should also check through your medications with a pharmacist or doctor in order to make sure that these aren’t the reasons why you are losing hair. Treatments for conditions like acne and weight gain may lead to hair loss and so will certain other medications as well. In order to end the problem of hair loss a simple solution may be to stop using any of these medications if they are found responsible.
If no physical reasons are evident and notices as the cause of the hair loss, you may need to look through the family tree and find out whether the baldness is hereditary. If this is the cause of your full or partial baldness, then there’s little that can be done about it. Newer treatments however exist in order to slow don the process of hair loss and which may also aid you in growing back some of your hair as well. Most people however, will only see temporary or partial relief from these measures. Even when you can’t stop your hair from falling out due to inherited family genes, these are a few of the things that can be done to treat your hair and slow down any potential hair loss.
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Stay away from chemical hair treatments. Don’t perm, straighten or highlight your hair with chemical compounds. Using such compounds can easily damage your hair follicles and accelerate the process of natural hair loss.
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Avoid wearing your hair pulled back in tight buns or ponytails. Doing this can easily stretch your follicles and cause damage to your hair growth. You should also try to avoid wearing hats a lot as well.
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Make sure that you take a diet that is well-balanced and full of proteins as well as vitamins and minerals. Iron insufficiencies may also be one of the causes of hair loss as well.
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Baby shampoo is one of the few things that can be used to clean your hair. It is gentle on any damaged hair follicles and promotes regrowth. Don’t shampoo for more than once a day and make sure you lather gently. Don’ hard rub with a towel in order to dry your hair. Pat your hair softly instead.
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Never blow-dry your hair. If it’s an absolute must however, make sure that you use the lowest heat setting to do so.
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Styling wet hair should be avoided as well. You should only style your hair whenever it is dry or slightly damp in order to avoid stretching the hair follicles or breaking any hair strands.
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