Many clients are talking to me about losing their hair… and finding it on the ground and in the hairbrush. What’s happening to them all?
Hellllllooooo – we’re in a pandemic still. And all the stress and uncertainty in life does take a toll on EVERYONE. While men are more likely to lose their hair, women are experiencing thinning of the hair also. Stress does wreak havoc in the body; but there are actually many reasons for the hair lost & found to be occurring in your life.
Some of the general reasons for excessive shedding are listed here, , but if you have severe hair loss you will need to find a trichologist who can examine and evaluate you.
• Stress
• Illness
• Post-Pregnancy
• Over-styling & treatments
• Compulsive hair pulling
• Excessive vitamin A intake
• Deficiency of protein
• Deficiency of iron
• Change in eating habits
• Sudden weight loss
• Chemotherapy
• Rx side effect
• Anabolic steroids
• Genetic predisposition to baldness
• Your mom had thinning hair
• Your hormones are changing
• A variety of diseases (thyroid condition, Alopecia areata, Lupus, PCOS)
• Age