Hairloss

For many people hairloss is one of the single most stressful events in their lives. We have taken losing hair (and even more so when its sudden), as the beginning of the end, the time when we should start planning our last will and testament, being nice to the kids and getting in touch with long lost relatives, as death is just a kiss away. This is obviously untrue, but where did we get this perception of hairloss?

Hair goes way back. I’m not talking a couple of centuries here, I’m talking thousands of years. You can even read about it in the bible. Why do you think that Samson’s strength came from his hair? Because the people of that time saw that old people were weak, and they also saw that they tended to have less hair than younger people. Don’t forget that the average life span in that era was 35 to 40 years. So as soon as someone started losing hair, bang! they most likely died. It didn’t take a genius to put two and two together and come up with three! But it doesn’t end there. The Romans wore laurels to hide their hairloss and the Egyptians invented all kinds of remedies, from herbal shampoos to blood.

You would have thought that in this new era of fast cars, space travel and e-just about everything, that the problems of hairloss would have diminished. But it seems that now because we live so much longer we need to find more things to worry about to fill our lives.

Hair Loss

We regard our hair (mistakenly as it turns out) to be the symbol of our strength, happiness and virility. So when the day arrives in some men’s lives where they first notice significant hair loss, it can be quite a shocking experience. We lose as a general rule 100 hairs per day. Nothing wrong with that, it’s quite natural. But when for several diverse reasons serious hair loss occurs, we do tend to panic and begin thinking that life is nearly over.

But there is hope out there, and lots of it. Where there is personal suffering there is money to be made, and today the hair loss market is literally packed with all kinds of potions, pills, wigs and treatments.

The problem a lot of balding men face is which product or treatment they should go for. Every hair loss item available today will tell you it is the best and is 100% effective. Obviously they can’t all be true otherwise there wouldn’t be anyone suffering from hair loss!

The best advice when dealing with this delicate problem is to seek medical help. Finding reasons behind sudden hair loss is almost as important as the cure. If hair loss in your family is hereditary, or if stress is to blame for example, different solutions will have better or worse results.
This is exactly what happened to me when I first discovered my hair loss problem when I was around thirty two years old. Luckily for me I have always had a slightly rebellious nature, so after trying a few special shampoos I took the only affirmative action available to me; I shaved my head! Now I’m not bald but shaved and look much younger and cooler than I did when I had hair.

Female Hair Loss

If male hair loss can be difficult for men to deal with, then imagine what female hair loss does to women. For many women their hair is their pride and joy, their holy symbol to show their femininity. Whereas men losing their hair is always open to jests and jokes, female hair loss is no laughing matter at all and is usually regarded as something much more serious.

In truth, while women hardly ever go completely bald, female hair loss happens just as much as male hair loss. But because of the drastic differences between men and women’s lifestyles, many women experience female hair loss. Whether they choose to talk about it is another matter. Women can experience hair loss or hair thinning due to hormonal changes, pregnancy, extreme dieting or thyroid disorders. Female hair loss can sometimes progress more slowly than male hair loss because of the small amount of male hormones in a woman’s body. A hormone imbalance may make the problem worse.

We now know that hair has three distinct phases. The growing phase, the resting phase and the falling out phase. 90% of our hair is in the growing phase, but this growth is unsynchronized. What can happen during or after pregnancy, for example, is that the hair grows, rests and falls out in a synchronized fashion, resulting in significant female hair loss. In general, after a period of time, the hair cycles go back to their old unsynchronized routine once more and the problem is solved naturally.

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