Besides disturbances of the hair-growth cycle, different kinds of hair loss can be brought on by injury, stress to the scalp or numerous fungal infections. A few of these issues are incredibly rare. Nevertheless, these types of hair loss must be on your physician’s radar if your case does not appear to belong to the most common hair loss categories.
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This is also known as chronic hair-pulling or morbid hair-pulling, and is known as a psychological disorder, because it is self-induced, The hair loss is caused by the person deliberately taking out his or her hair, and the style of baldness leads to a typical monk’s fringe,”with the hair down the middle of the head pulled out. It is considered to be a traumatic alopecia, While for children the issue is considerably more demonstrated in boys than in girls, while amongst adults,women are the more frequent hair-pullers,
Traction alopecia typically happens if you discover constant stress on the head through hair-styling methods such as tight ponytails or braiding. Bleaching and styling might also cause it. Traction alopecia is generally seen in African American women who design their hair in tight braids or who, utilize chemical straighteners. It’s also noticed in Japanese geisha who affix hairpieces to their hair to produce their complex signature hairstyles.
In traction alopecia, the hair can often sustain the trauma of the tension for awhile, and if the offending practice is stopped, the hair loss can be reversed. However, if the pulling of the hair through severe styling methods continues, the hair follicle will stop producing hair.
Cicatricial or Searring Alopecias
Cicatricial alopecias are categorized as either inflammatory or noninflammatory and represent a group of diseases that are characterized by a lack of follicular ostia. (pores).
Inflammatory cicatricial alopecias include chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CCLE), lichen planopilaris (LPP) , and folliculitis decalvans (FD) ~ Some types of noninflammatory scarring alopecias iare pseudopelade of Brpcq (PP) and follicular degeneration syndrome. CCILE, LPP, and PP are the most common scarring alopecias.
An interesting note appears in Shapiro’s text: “Pelade is the French word for alopecia areata, Pseudopelade refers to ‘like alopecia areata but not alopecia areata.” In pseudopelade (Brocq), the follicular ostia are not present” while in AA they are most certainly present.
Seborrheic Dermatitis
This is an inflammation of the skin caused when the oil glands attached to the hair follicles begin to produce excessive amounts of sebum (oil). Triggered by hormone fluctuation, this kind of dermatitis can also cause temporary hair loss.
Iron Overload (Hemochromatosis)
Iron overload can be caused by a high intake of iron or by the genetic disease hemochromatosis, in which the body isn’t able to break down and remove iron from the bloodstream. Hair loss can be a symptom of this serious disease. Hemochromatosis can be treated once diagnosed but can be life threatening when undiagnosed. All people who experience the onset of hair loss should ask their doctors to check their iron levels as a precaution.
Hair Loss from Cancer
Chemotherapy used to treat cancer may result in hair loss, so can some cancers themselves, including skin cancers that destroy hair follicles or spread to them and cancers that originate elsewhere but spread to the skin and destroy the hair follicles. Cancers can disrupt the normal hormone activity and balance, cau sing hair loss. Cancer also depletes the body’s resources, vitamins, minerals, and energy, leading to the loss of hair in a gradual, diffuse manner (see Telogen Effluvium). These kinds of hair loss do not involve permanent damage to hair follicles, and the hair usually returns after the cancer is successfully treated.
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