Hair Loss: Causes and Ways to Deal With it
Few things are more terrifying than seeing chunks of hair fall while you are combing or having a shower. Hair fall can be traumatic, especially if it happens regularly and your hair starts becoming noticeably thinner. While hair goes through a regular cycle of growth and fall, unnatural hair fall is a cause of concern. It can be attributed to the following reasons:
- Nutrition: It’s true what they say about your hair and skin reflecting what you eat. If you are feeding yourself healthy and nutritious food, on time, it is likely to make your hair and skin healthy. On the contrary, inadequate nutrition will cause hair loss. This can happen in cases of unhealthy eating habits, crash dieting or anaemia. Lack of protein, iron, zinc, and vitamin B12—found in foods like lean meats, eggs, leafy greens, nuts, beans, and fish—can cause hair fall.
- Stress: Stress-related hair loss is extremely common. Epinephrine and Cortisol, which are stress hormones, hurt natural hair growth. Stress can be triggered by so many things, like work pressure, relationship issues or financial trouble. While these problems are unavoidable, it is important to learn how to de-tress and make active efforts to fight it.
- Trichotillomania: It is a “hair-pulling” disorder characterised by an irresistible or overwhelming urge to pull out hair from your scalp, beard, eyebrows or other parts of the body. The condition can start during pre-adolescence to young adulthood, and can continue if not diagnosed and resolved. Trichotillomania can be triggered by