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Why it is important to know the different types of hair loss and why it should be treated equally like any other disease

Why it is important to know the different types of hair loss and why it should be treated equally like any other disease


Okay so I always hear when people think of hair loss the very first thing that pops into their mind they think of male or female pattern baldness which is very annoying because this is just one type of hair loss disease as there are a couple of different types out there. And this is not good because it spreads ignorance which is one of the reasons why other types of baldness are not known by the common census. So I will clear the air out there and diccuss all the different types of hair loss diseases because what is a diesease anyways? A disease is an imbalance of homeostasis meaning something in your body physiologically is not right which means there is a reason why you are bald because of some physiological imbalance in your body.


1. Androgenic alopecia


Why it is important to know the different types of hair loss and why it should be treated equally like any other disease


This is the type of hair loss most people only know about Androgenic alopecia otherwise most commonly known as male or female pattern baldness is 95% of causes of hair loss as you can see this type of hair loss effects men and women in a different pattern as well. This type of hair loss only effects the hair on your scalp and nowhere else thankfully. The cause of this is mostly genetic caused by the x chomosome from the mother and because of a hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) a sex steroid and androgen hormone that degenerates. There is no cure for this disease, but rogaine and other products that have minoxidil in them helps grow hair back or there is always hair grafting otherwise known as hair transplants.


2. Telogen effluvium


Why it is important to know the different types of hair loss and why it should be treated equally like any other disease


This type of hair loss is usually caused during pregnancy or after pregnancy, but there are other ways you could get it such as through stress, medication, malnourishment, fever, chronic illness, major surgery, anemia, and Hypothyroidism. The good thing is that this is easily reversible and all the hairs return shortly this is especially good news for you ladies.


3. Alopecia areata


Why it is important to know the different types of hair loss and why it should be treated equally like any other disease


Alopecia areata this is type of hair loss causes bald patches as small as a the size of a dime to as big as a quarter to having no hair at all anywhere in your body. This disease is due to an auto-immune disease where ones's immune system sees the hair follicles as foreign and attacks them for an unknown reason. To me this is the worst type of hair loss because it can attack any part of hairs in your body that inclues your eyebrows, eyelashes, pubic region, butt hair, and the hair on your head. Only 1-2 % of people are effected by this disease in the world. I have this disease it really sucks because there are no current effective treatments for it or cures and it is often associated with androgenic alopecia by the common census.


Why it is important to know the different types of hair loss and why it should be treated equally like any other disease


These types of hair loss should be recognized and be taken seriously like any other disease because they can have a great psychological inpact on people's lives and if depression is taken seriously which is just having stress for a long time then hair loss should be taken seriously too for not just females, but males as well as the hair loss can lead to depression.


Thank you for reading this my take I hope you are more aware about the dfferent types of hair loss.

Why it is important to know the different types of hair loss and why it should be treated equally like any other disease
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