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Hair Loss
By: Caroline Vetter
Hair Loss Remedy
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)