National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

Hair loss is a concern. One thing is that the way to a ripe old age begin to suffer from this natural process and quite another to suddenly notice that every day we are losing significant amounts of hair.

The causes can be very different, one of them is stress, or prolonged situations of concern and tension, also states of anemia, poor diet, hereditary alopecia, thyroid problems or taking contraceptives among other possibilities.

There are a wide variety of natural remedies that you can make use of preventive or contribute to the restoration of capillary circulation. As a first step, be sure to comb or brush your hair, many people, fearful of being left with a lot of hairs in their combs, they do less and less, which is counterproductive because the brushing stimulates circulation of scalp massage as well as in the area. Do it with materials other than synthetic. (more…)

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. (more…)