Hair can fall, and there are many different reasons for hair loss which could be blamed for your particular case.

From physical diseases to psychological conditions, the reasons for hair loss are varied and reach across different domains. Nutrition, habits, and even your choice of hairstyle are all just some of them. 

Knowing the reasons for hair loss that apply to your particular case brings you one step closer to treating them once and for all. Here are some of them:

Androgenetic Alopecia

Better known as male pattern baldness when it affects men and female pattern baldness when it happens to women, this is a genetically inherited condition. The genes that cause it can come from either or even both parents. These said genes make you more sensitive to even small amounts of the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

DHT forms as a by-product of testosterone, the main male sex hormone, which is present in both genders. The interaction with an enzyme called alpha 5 reductase converts testosterone into DHT.

Once produced, DHT binds itself with the hair follicles in your scalp, which causes them to shrink progressively. This shrinking continues until they are no longer able to grow, effectively causing permanent hair loss. Hence, hair loss in this way is not reversible.

Nutritional Deficiencies

A lack of ample intake of essential vitamins like A, B, C, and E in the body as well as iron and zinc deficiencies can actually lead to hair loss. Please make sure you are consuming these regularly in your diet.

• A vitamins: carrots, spinach, kale
• B vitamins: meat, seafood, eggs, milk, poultry
• C vitamins: citrus fruits, strawberries, broccoli
• E vitamins: sunflower seeds, almonds, spinach

Also, iron can be found in red meats. Meats and beans contain zinc. Supplements of any of them can also help your cause.

Childbirth

Women that had just given birth experience shock from the physical trauma as well as adjustments in their hormonal levels. Both things are associated with hair loss. Hair loss due to childbirth grows back in a matter of months.

Intense Stress

Being subjected to continuous, incessant stress or anxiety for a prolonged period of time can lead to the shedding of patches of hair from all over your body. It can be reversed by removing the stressors.

Chemotherapy

The chemicals in the chemotherapy medications cause the hair to fall due to their structure similar to the cancer cells the medications are bound to destroy. Stopping the treatment can allow the hair to grow back.

Hairstyle

Certain hairstyles that consistently pull the hair loosens up the hair follicles, damaging it. Products that relax the hair and also fixing it in place are to blame for it as well. Hair loss due to this can be permanent.

Illness

Several illnesses, such as the following, include hair loss among its symptoms:

• Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
• Alopecia areata
• Ringworm and other fungal infections
• Lupus
• Eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia

Treating the condition usually results in the hair growing back after some time.

Trichotillomania

It is a psychological condition in which the patient compulsively pulls their hair as a stress-management mechanism. Behavioural modification therapy can correct this. Hair loss from it is usually reversible as long as it’s treated early.