Though the main reasons of hair loss have always been a debatable point but the top 5 reasons for hair loss that most of the hair experts agree upon include genes, age, imbalance of hormones, deficiencies of certain and chemicals in hair care products.
The main reason that is believed to cause hair loss in men is the presence of certain genes that they have inherited from their parents. These genes can affect their normal hair growth and can also reduce the size of hair follies which consequently lead to male baldness. Nevertheless, the presence of genes does not mean that it would necessarily cause hair loss, these genes lead to hair loss only if there are other factors as well that can cause hair loss like stress, age and so on.
On one hand genes is the cause of hair loss in men, on the other hand, age factor, also considered to be one of the top reasons of hair loss, is more likely affect women than men. Also, where age factor is the reason of hair loss in men, it is because the effects of genes that are considered to cause hair loss in them become more pronounced with the increasing age. On the other hand, hair loss in women is that is caused due to the increasing age is mainly due to menopause.
Apart from these reasons, another factor that leads to hair loss is the imbalance of hormone. Imbalance of hormone can be caused due to various reasons in man and women. The hormone imbalance in women occurs mainly during the post pregnancy period, in cases of miscarriage, abortion or discontinuation of birth control pill and the likes. In all these factors, the reason for hair loss is the fall of estrogen level in their body which is the major reason for hair loss in them. However, other causes of hormonal imbalance that can cause hair loss in men as well as women are diseases such as thyroid, pituitary tumor and so on.
A lot of people consider the hair care product to prevent hair loss and miss the point that hair loss can also be considered to the deficiency of certain vitamins. The deficiency of some of the vitamins is one of the major and unfortunately the less known reason for hair loss. Some of these vitamins whose deficiency may result in hair loss are vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B12, vitamin B complex, Vitamin C and vitamin E. So, the intake of these vitamins in right quantities can prevent hair loss as well.
These days one of the reasons for hair loss is the presence of chemicals in hair care products such as dyes, shampoos, conditioners, hair color and so on. These chemicals are derived from synthetic ingredients, petroleum and certain laboratory brewed chemicals. Some of such chemicals found in the hair products are Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, chemical carcinogen 4-ABP, parabens and so on.
Above mentioned are the top 5 reasons for hair loss that are agreed upon by a number of hair experts.