What is the normal cycle of hair growth and loss?
At any time, about 10% of the hair on your scalp is in a dormant phase. After two to three months, the hair that was dormant phase falls and new hair begins to grow in its place. This growing phase lasts between two and six. During this phase each hair grows approximately one centimeter per month. At any time about 90 percent of their scalp hair is growing.
It is normal to fall a little hair every day as part of this cycle. However, some people may experience an excessive loss (more than normal) hair.

What causes excessive hair loss?
A number of things can cause excessive hair loss. This hair loss is related to the stress of illness and is temporary.
Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is overactive, or are less active than normal hair can fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped with treatment of thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if there is a balance of male or female hormones known as androgens and estrogens. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop the hair loss.


Many women notice hair loss about three months of having a baby. This loss is also related to hormones. During pregnancy, high levels of certain hormones cause the body to keep hair that would normally fall. When the hormones return to pre-pregnancy levels, that hair falls out and the normal cycle of growth and hair loss starts again.
Some medicines cause hair loss. This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine. Drugs that can cause hair loss include those for thinning the blood (also called anticoagulants), medicines used to treat goiter, in chemotherapy to treat cancer, vitamin A if taken in excess, the pills for birth control and antidepressants.


Certain infections can cause hair loss. Children may have hair loss caused by a fungal infection of the scalp. The infection is easily treated with anti fungal medicines.
Finally, hair loss may occur as part of an underlying disease such as lupus or diabetes. Since hair loss may be an early symptom of disease is important to determine the cause may be involved.

Does the improper care of my hair can cause the loss of it?
Yes, if you become attached braids plaited or braided to the scalp, or use tight rollers, tension on the hair can cause a type of hair loss called traction alopecia. If the voltage is stopped before it forms scar tissue in the scalp hair will grow back normally. However, scar tissue can cause permanent hair loss. The client oil treatments hot oil treatments or chemicals used in permanents can cause inflammation, ie swelling of the hair follicle may result in scarring and hair loss.

What is common baldness?
The term “common baldness” usually refers to male pattern baldness. The male pattern baldness is the most common type of hair loss in men. Men who have this type of hair loss usually have inherited the trait. Men who start losing their hair at an early age tend to develop more extensive baldness. In male pattern baldness hair loss typically results in the formation of tickets and baldness on the top of the head.
Women may develop female pattern baldness. In this form of hair loss, hair thins over the entire surface of the scalp.

Will my doctor can do something to stop my hair loss?
Your doctor will probably ask you some questions about your diet, any medications you are taking about if you had a recent illness and how it cares for the hair. If a woman, whether doctor may ask questions about your menstrual cycle, pregnancy and menopause. Your doctor may want to do a physical exam to look for other causes for hair loss. Finally, blood tests or a biopsy (taking a small sample of cells to examine under a microscope) of your scalp may be needed.

Is there any treatment for hair loss?
There are treatments available depending on the type of hair loss. If a medicine is causing hair loss, your doctor may prescribe a different drug. Recognizing and treating an infection could stop hair loss. Correcting a hormone imbalance may prevent further hair loss.
Medications can reduce the speed or prevent the development of common baldness. A drug available is minoxidil (brand name: Rogaine) that requires no prescription. This applies to the scalp. Both men and women can use. It comes in pill form and is only for men. It could take six months before you can tell if one of these medicines is working.
If there is an appropriate treatment for your type of hair loss could be considered different hairstyles or wigs, hairpieces, weaving hair or artificial hair replacement.