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4. Not Enough Vitamin D. You shouldn’t get too much sun, but some vitamin D exposure is essential.A review of studies found that people with certain autoimmune diseases may have a vitamin D ...
3. Lifestyle Changes. Along with oral and topical medications, lifestyle changes also can often help put the brakes on a receding hairline and even trigger some new hair growth.
Traction alopecia is a type of alopecia or hair loss caused by a chronic pulling force being applied to the hair. [1] It commonly results from a person frequently wearing their hair in a particularly tight ponytail, pigtails, or braids with increased likelihood when hair is chemically relaxed as this compromises the hair shaft's tensile strength resulting in hair breakage.
They typically work better to prevent further hair loss than to regrow lost hair. [15] They may be used together when hair loss is progressive or further regrowth is desired after 12 months. [16] Other medications include ketoconazole, and in female androgenic alopecia spironolactone and flutamide. [17]
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder also known as "spot baldness" that can result in hair loss ranging from just one location (Alopecia areata monolocularis) to every hair on the entire body (Alopecia areata universalis). Although thought to be caused by hair follicles becoming dormant, what triggers alopecia areata is not known.
Traction alopecia. This type of hair loss is caused by tight hairstyles like ponytails, buns, cornrows, dreadlocks, or tight braids. You might notice hair loss around your hairline or wherever ...
Androgenetic alopecia: history of gradual thinning of hair and characteristic pattern. [4] Males start to lose hair in the front and temples while females lose hair at the top of the head; Diffuse alopecia areata: exclamation point hairs [3] Alopecia totalis: concomitant loss of facial and skull hair [6]
Traction alopecia is fairly common among women as a result of tight or excessive styling. Here, experts weigh in on other causes and how to avoid it.