Hair Loss Factors

What causes Hair Loss?

Common Causes: Stress, illness, unbalanced nutrition, lack of vitamins and minerals.

Hormonal problems -   If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss.

Medications - Some medicines may be the cause for hair loss. This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine. Medicines that can cause hair loss include blood thinners (aka anticoagulants), medicines medicines used in chemotherapy to treat cancer, vitamin A (if too much is taken), birth control pills, antidepressants and more.

Infections - Fungal infections of the scalp can cause hair loss in children. The infection is easily treated with antifungal solutions.
Disease - Hair loss may occur as part of a disease  such as lupus or diabetes. Since hair loss may be an early sign of a disease, it is important to find the cause so that it can be treated in time.