Types of Hair Loss
With alopecia areata, it’s the hair follicles that are attacked. This causes the hair to come out, often in clumps the size and shape of a quarter. The amount of hair loss is different in everyone.
Alopecia Totalis and Alopecia Universalis result in total loss of the hair on the scalp, and can affect other body hair as well, depending on which condition you have.
An anagen effluvium is extensive hair loss caused by sudden profound disturbances to the matrix cells of the hair follicles. Rather than shedding, the hair is lost by fracturing of the hair shafts at the level of the scalp.
The first two types of hair loss in women are associated with dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a derivative of the male hormone, testosterone. Androgenetic Alopecia. The majority of women with androgenetic - also called androgenic - alopecia have diffuse thinning on all areas of the scalp.
The first two types of hair loss in women are associated with dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a derivative of the male hormone, testosterone. Androgenetic Alopecia. The majority of women with androgenetic - also called androgenic - alopecia have diffuse thinning on all areas of the scalp.
Scarring alopecia, also known as cicatricial alopecia, refers to a collection of hair loss disorders that may be diagnosed in up to 3% of hair loss patients. It occurs worldwide in otherwise healthy men and women of all ages.
Scarring alopecia, also known as cicatricial alopecia, refers to a collection of hair loss disorders that may be diagnosed in up to 3% of hair loss patients. It occurs worldwide in otherwise healthy men and women of all ages.
The syndrome improves with age of its own accord in children, but development in older individuals indicates the hair loss will be more persistent. Why the hair is loose is not known, but the root sheaths that normally surround and protect the hair shaft in the skin are not produced properly in people with loose anagen syndrome. As a result, there is a lack of adhesion between the hair shaft and the root sheath, and the hair fiber is poorly anchored in the follicle.
Hypotrichosis is the term dermatologists use to describe a condition of no hair growth. Unlike alopecia, which describes hair loss where formerly there was hair growth, hypotrichosis describes a situation where there wasn't any hair growth in the first place.
Anagen effluvium is a diffuse hair loss like telogen effluvium, but it develops much more quickly and can cause individuals to lose all their hair. Anagen effluvium is most frequently seen in people taking cytostatic drugs for cancer or those who have ingested toxic products like rat poison.
If it develops on the scalp, it can cause patches of hair loss and is known to doctors as "tinea capitis." Ringworm is the same thing as athlete's foot, and the same kind of fungal infection that can affect the nails too.
Hair loss can be particularly devastating for young girls and teens - and traction alopecia is a PREVENTABLE condition from which we need to protect them. Healthy hair practices begin in childhood! Change the location of your ponytail often - wear it high, low, on one side, then the other.