Hair loss can be caused by many factors, not all of them hormonal. Stress can play an important role in hair loss, as can such activities as braiding the hair too tightly, causing lack of blood flow to the hair root. Food allergies, chemicals, drugs and poor eating habits can all be contributing factors to hair loss.
Genetics, of course, play a major role in the amount and quality of hair that you possess, including such factors as colour, shine, thickness and even whether your hair is curly or straight. For all the wonders of modern technology and scientific progress made by the human race, we have not yet discovered the cure for hair loss.
Most hair loss is permanent, but some is temporary, depending on environmental factors such as stress, which I have mentioned before. Patients who undergo stringent chemotherapy treatments are very likely to suffer from hair loss, but after the treatments are stopped, hair re-growth is experienced.
Hormonal treatment in women and even in men can trigger hair loss. This is particularly noted in some contraceptive pills designed to prevent pregnancy in women. Chemical treatments on the hair itself can damage the hair follicles and even products designed to improve hair appearance, like hair thickeners, are not advised for use directly upon the scalp.
The best way to disguise hair loss is of course to apply the use of toupee’s, wigs, weaves and synthetic or natural hair implants. The choice of product is a very personal choice, with one option being suitable to one person but abhorrent to another. Each option has its pro’s and con’s and whichever you choose, the details will be fully explained by a professional.
Toupee’s and wigs can be attached with special types of glue or can be woven into your natural hair. Some weaves are surgically attached to the scalp via the means of steel loops or hair loss sufferers can choose to have synthetic hair implanted into dormant follicles on the scalp. The last option is to have strips of living hair surgically cut from your scalp and to then have the living follicles transplanted after having the wound stitched shut. The only other option available is to dare to go bare!
Again, a very personal choice to make! There is no way to guarantee that the genetic lottery will bless you with a healthy head of hair, even if your parents both sport glossy heads of exuberant curls! Only time will tell if you’ll keep your Samson-like locks or if due to hair loss in the future you’ll brave that Kojak impersonation.