diffuse hair loss
How Do I Know If My Hair Thinning Or if Hair Loss is Genetic? Here’s a List of Ways
I often have people who email me and ask things like: “how can I tell if my hair loss is genetic or hereditary?;” “how can I tell if I have TE or AGA?;” “how do I know if I’m shedding or thinning?;” and how do I know if or when genetic hair loss will grow back?” I’ll address and answer these questions in the following article.
It’s Not Just Your Mother’s Father That You Have To Look At For Genetic Hair Loss, You Have To Look At Everyone In Your Family (And Sometimes No One At All): There’s an old wives tale that says that balding, thinning, or genetic hair loss comes from your mom’s dad. So in other words, if your maternal grandfather is bald or thinning, you’re in a bad way. But, if your material grandfather had a full head of hair, you have nothing to worry about. This is not necessary true. You often see genetic hair loss in any member of your family – uncles, cousins, aunts, etc. (The boys in my husband’s family have extremely different hair lines. One son has hair so thick it almost looks like an Afro, while another is completely bald. My husband is somewhere in the middle – and they all have the same parents.)
Sometimes, despite searching high and low, you can’t find anyone in your family with genetic thinning, but yet, here you are. It’s actually not at all uncommon to have DHT or androgen related hair loss (AGA) will absolutely no family history. If you spend any time in hair loss forums at all, you see this all the time. Sometimes, a person’s body chemistry or hormonal fluctuations and sensitivities are individual to them. Whereas one person’s follicles may be able to handle this, another’s may thin in the same scenario.
How To Tell If Your Thinning Or Loss Is AGA?: Often when people ask me how to tell if their loss is genetic, what they really mean is if there hair loss is hopeless. There’s a perception that AGA is permanent and lasting while other forms of hair loss (shedding, TE, medical conditions) are only temporary. This isn’t necessarily the case, but genetic or androgen hair loss will often present as patterned. Often, you’ll see the loss at the top of the head or at the part line, at the bangs (for women), at the temples, and at the crown. Sometimes, AGA will also present with a shiny, reflective scalp.
However, sometimes, especially in women, the thinning or loss can be diffuse and can present as just less hair on your head or in your ponytail. And sometimes too, unhealthy, miniaturized, or weakened regrowth can contribute to overall thinning.
If My Hair Loss Is Genetic, Does This Mean I Just Have To Live With It Or That There Is No Treatment?: Often people who are researching if their loss is hereditary are concerned that if it is, this means that there’s nothing that they can do about it. This isn’t necessarily true. To overcome this though you’ll need to lessen the androgens on your scalp and then stimulate healthy, thick regrowth.
This is a two step process which isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Sometimes, the treatments meant to accomplish this only makes things worse because they change hormones and people who are susceptible to hair thinning often have trouble with this and will react to these things with a worsening of the problem. This is why I suggest that you try topicals before attempting to self treat.
Diffuse hair loss can be really painful. My hair is thinning and falling out and I don’t know what to do. Could this be a sign that you will soon be completely bald?
First of all, let me relax by saying that diffuse hair loss rarely leads to complete baldness. However, this does not mean that you cannot and should not act on the cause of your current situation.
Here are some common causes of this problem:
High fever
Blood loss
Low iron levels
Dental or surgical treatment
Thyroid disease is not necessarily inherited. You will hear people over and over, even professional dermatologists, preach that hair loss is purely hereditary and there is nothing you can do about it.
Total, I think, is lying to keep you as a regular patient and more money in your pocket. But if you know where to look, you can find a great solution to this problem. In fact, I’ll give you one right now.
: Improves blood circulation in the scalp, greatly eliminating damage from various causes of hair loss.
As you know, when there is a large amount of blood circulating through your hair follicles, you will supply the hair follicles with the nutrients they need from your blood to grow. It is very similar to other parts of the body that need vitamins and minerals to grow.
Recognizing Signs of Hair Loss
Hair loss is a condition that most people do not want to have. As much as they would like to admit, this condition affects the way they think about themselves and their relationships with others in society. You could take note of some symptoms if you’re worried about possibly suffering from hair loss. Do remember though that a hair loss symptom will depend on the kind of hair loss condition you have.
Androgenetic Alopecia
95% of individuals who suffer from hair loss are known to have androgenetic alopecia. In this condition, it is the genes and hormones that are responsible for whatever hair loss symptom there is.
Men and Hair Loss Among men, this condition may first be noticed in a thinning of the temple hair strands and a receding hair line. After all, the most obvious symptom of hair loss is the gradual formation of a horseshoe shape. In men, baldness appears on the crown of the head, and hair remains only on the back of the head, leaving a little on the temples.
Hair Loss in Women Symptoms of hair loss are slightly different for women with the same condition. There is no baldness or baldness in women. A normal symptom of hair loss is general thinning of the hair. Women will appear to have thinner hair with scalp areas becoming obvious through the remaining thin hair strands.
Alopecia Areata
Although it is not as common as androgenetic alopecia, it is also another cause for hair loss. It is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system inexplicably attacks the hair follicles resulting in the loss of hair. The main hair loss symptom of this condition is the appearance of round patches or areas in the scalp without hair while the rest of the scalp may retain hair strands.
Telogen Effluvium
Stress and Hair Loss This hair loss condition is believed to occur most among people who are subjected to a lot of physical, emotional or mental stress. In this condition, the hair loss symptom is a general increase in hair shedding. This happens because a lot of hair strands suddenly shift from the growing to the resting phase and fall off in approximately 3 months or so.
Traction Alopecia
Hairstyle Factor This is the type of hair loss that is primarily caused by hairstyles that are too tight. These styles include braids, corn rolls and ponytails. When the hair is bound too tightly, the strands may get uprooted resulting in a hair loss symptom of small areas or without hair. The problem here is that if the damage is extensive, the scalp can start to heal and the damage can eventually turn into scar tissue. This makes hair rehabilitation and hair growth difficult, if not impossible.
Miscellaneous
Vitamin Deficiency Symptoms of hair loss may also occur in conditions or circumstances other than those mentioned above. For example, people who are deficient in certain vitamins and minerals, such as biotin, iron, and vitamin B6, can suffer from hair loss.
Cancer Treatment In some cases, if you are taking medications such as blood thinners, steroids, or anticancer drugs, you may experience obvious symptoms of hair loss. A person could also suffer from hair loss due to very severe illness like thyroid disease, severe anemia, severe infection and lupus.
How Do I Know If My Hair Thinning Or if Hair Loss is Genetic? Here’s a List of Ways
I often have people who email me and ask things like: “how can I tell if my hair loss is genetic or hereditary?;”
“how can I tell if I have TE or AGA?;” “how do I know if I’m shedding or thinning?;” and how do I know if or when genetic hair loss will grow back?” I’ll address and answer these questions in the following article.
It’s Not Just Your Mother’s Father That You Have To Look At For Genetic Hair Loss, You Have To Look At Everyone In Your Family (And Sometimes No One At All): There’s an old wives tale that says that balding, thinning, or genetic hair loss comes from your mom’s dad.
So in other words, if your maternal grandfather is bald or thinning, you’re in a bad way. However, if your material grandfather has thick hair, there is no need to worry.
This is not necessarily true.
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