Hair Diseases
There are many hair diseases or hair disorders than may cause hair loss, all of them can affect both men and women but some are more frequently in one sex. The medical name for these hair loss disorders is "Alopecia".
Alopecia can be caused by different reasons: Hereditary, hormonal imbalance, medications, other diseases, pregnancy, vitamins or minerals deficiency, bad hair care, hair pulling or even by immune system.
In some cases, the hair loss will be restored after a few months. But there is types of Alopecia that the hair loss can be irreversible, only with hair transplant.
Scarring alopecia
Scarring alopecia or cicatricial alopecia is a group of unusual skin diseases and is one of the uncommon reasons for hair loss. In this disease, scar tissue replaces hair follicles which get destroyed and causes sudden or gradual hair loss. It does not necessarily have any symptoms, but if there are any, they would be [...]
Folliculitis
Folliculitis is the infection of hair follicles, its histological definition being the presence of inflammatory cells in the skin. It can affect anywhere on the scalp as well as the rest of the skin. Folliculitis produces the development of an inflammatory or pustule nodule around the hair. This can be deep or superficial, and inflammation [...]
Traction Alopecia
Traction Alopecia (wikipedia link) is a type of hair loss which is caused by damage done to hair follicle by continuous pulling and tight tension for very long periods to the hair. This type of hair loss has risen considerably as people tend to continue with damaging their hair. It is common amongst people who [...]
Telogen Effluvium
Telogen is the name for the resting stage of the hair growth cycle. Telogen Effluvium is when stress or other factors causes hair growth to prematurely enter the resting stage in the hair growth cycle. If there is some “shock to the system”, as much as 70% of the scalp hairs are then shed in [...]
Androgenetic Alopecia
Androgenic means relating to the male hormone androgen and alopecia means loss of hair. Androgenic alopecia is common form of hair loss which can affect both male and female humans and chimps. In humans it is more particularly associated with the male species and a more common name is male pattern baldness. This type of [...]
Alopecia Areata
Alopecia Areata (AA) (wikipedia link) is a disease which attacks hair follicles thus resulting in hair loss in small spots which are round (Bald spots). Although it mostly affects the scalp, it is also known to occur on other regions of the body. The cause of this autoimmune disease is unknown, but it appears to [...]
Trichotillomania
Trichotillomania (TTM) (wikipedia link) more commonly known as “trich” is a form of self injury characterized by repeated impulses to pull out your own hair. This may be your scalp hair, eyelashes, facial hair, nose hair, pubic hair, eyebrows or other body hair, sometimes resulting in obtrusive bald patches. There are often confusion as to [...]
