Both men and women can experience hair loss, which can be caused by various factors.
These different factors are why people decide to get a hair transplant in Turkey.
To find the best treatment for hair loss does require knowing the underlying cause so as to determine if a transplant is your best option.
In many cases, a hair transplant is the best option for hair loss because results are permanent.
Hormones
One of the most common reasons people experience problems with their hair is hormonal changes.
Hormones can trigger male pattern baldness in men as well as thinning hair in women.
There are also differences in how the hair is lost in males versus females.
In men, the hormone dihydrotestosterone has a negative impact on hair follicles, causing them to miniaturize.
This hormone is produced from testosterone in an enzyme-catalyzed chemical reaction.
The condition is called androgenetic alopecia and it is hereditary, such that often several members of a family develop baldness as adult men.
Women can have hormonal problems that can result in thinning hair and bald spots developing.
Post-menopausal decline in the concentrations of hormones often are a reason why many women experience some hair loss after age 50.
In other cases, a woman may have the condition polycystic ovary syndrome, also known as PCOS.
In PCOS, the hormone levels are unbalanced and there are too many androgen hormones in the woman’s body, which can cause a loss of head hair. PCOS is similar to androgenetic alopecia in the sense that both are conditions that are often inherited.
Immune disorders
Alopecia areata is a condition in which the immune system attacks your own body, particularly the hair follicles, causing your hair to fall out in patches.
It happens most often in people who are young adults, younger than 30 years, and it also seems to be partly genetic.
In severe cases, a person with alopecia areata can become completely bald and even lose all of their body hair.
There is no way to cure alopecia areata, although medications are sometimes used to partly treat the condition.
A FUE hair transplant can help restore missing patches of hair.
Physical stress on the hair
It is relatively easy to damage your hair if you are not careful.
Wearing your hair in a very tight bun, braids, or ponytail is particularly damaging because it pulls on and damages the hair follicles, leading to traction alopecia.
Although in its early stages, the condition can possibly be reversed, it depends how badly damaged the follicles are, and there are situations where the hair will not grow back.
For people suffering from advanced traction alopecia, a hair transplant is the only viable option to get lost hair back.
Conclusion
Regardless of why you are losing hair, there are options you can look into.
Once the cause of hair loss is established, steps can be taken.
For some people, laser light treatments or PRP therapy are helpful, but in many cases, hair transplant surgery is the best choice of treatment.