How Hair GrowsHow Hair Grows
Before we get started, know that hair goes through different "stages".
About 90% of the hair on a person's head is in a 2-6 year growth stage.
The remaining 10% is in a 2-3 month resting phase.
It is estimated that most people shed about 50-150 hairs per day.
Upon shedding, the growth stage begins again as new hair from the follicle that shed replaces that hair.
In normal hair growth, this process repeats itself for many years.
Most problems with hair loss occur when this natural rate of shedding exceeds the rate of regrowth
(and/or the regrowth is thinner and shorter).
Obviously this leads to baldness.
Temporary Hair Loss
In addition to permanent reasons for hair loss such as genetics,
there are also a number of causes for temporary hair loss.
Hair loss can generally be halted in these cases when the underlying causes are removed.
There are also a number of OTC supplements for dealing with some of these causes:
Scalp infection
Unhealthy hair treatments and/or products
Medications
Recent medical conditions such as surgery
Poor nutrition
Disease
Medical treatments
How to Treat Hair Loss
There are basically 4 main methods to treat hair loss.
Some of these hair loss treatments are designed to stop hair loss while others are meant to regrow hair.
Antiandrogens- work by stopping DHT from combining or binding with androgen receptors
Anti-Inflammatories- designed to prevent inflammation, redness, and itching that can occur on the scalp and make hair loss worse
DHT Inhibitors- designed to restore a healthy balance of shedding and regrowth by limiting the production of DHT, which leads to hair loss in some if left unchecked
Growth Stimulants- as the name implies,
these treatments are designed to stimulate the growth of new hair
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