Universal Causes of Hair Loss
While there are many causes of hair loss, including genetic causes of hair loss, some are universal to both men and women. These universal causes include hair follicle damage. Hair follicle damage can occur due to many environmental and societal hair care choices. While there are surely some sources of hair follicle damage which a person is unable to change, others require a simple adjustment to hair care and styling techniques.
What Causes Hair Follicle Damage?
When men and women lose hair, it is sometimes caused by damage to the follicle. Hair follicle damage can occur as a result of the overuse of chemicals, heat damage, and follicular breakage. These causes of hair loss are ones that are societal and can be changed to prevent further hair loss.
Using chemicals on the hair, such as gels, mousses and hair sprays was once only a female practice. Today both men and women use hair chemicals on hair for daily styling. These chemicals become one of the causes of hair loss when used to an extent that hair follicle damage occurs. Hair follicles can be rendered unable to produce new hair or unable to produce hair at all, if the chemicals burn, damage or kill the hair follicle.
Heat can be another one of the causes of hair loss for both men and women. Using a hair dryer on the high heat setting can easily damage the hair follicle to the point where it no longer grows hair at a normal rate. Over time, the damaged follicle may die, leading the beginning or ongoing hair loss.
Hair brushing can cause follicular breakage leading to hair loss. This breakage occurs when hair is pulled and ripped during the hair brushing act. The more damage that occurs during the hair brushing, the less new hair that may grow from the follicle. Hair follicle damage from brushing can occur with both dry and wet hair brushing. Hair knots and tangles are the normal cause of follicle breakage.
How Can I Prevent These Types of Hair Loss?
Many causes of hair loss are common only to men or women. Universal causes of hair loss are those that can affect both men and women. By keeping hair chemical usage to a minimum, drying hair on the lowest heat setting with your hair dryer and taking care when brushing both wet and dry hair, men and women can prevent these causes of hair loss. The key to hair loss prevention from societal sources is to alter the activity before the hair loss begins.
