Is aging a common reason for hair loss?

Is 27 too early an age to lose hair? What can be done apart from rogaine? My hair have always been thin in texture but I had lot of them 2--3 yrs back. I lost a lot of them this year. And there are no diet issues involved. What are good conditioners to make them look healthy? I use rogaine. I use progaine volumizing shampoo. I want to know about conditioners and other products that can make it look good. I don't like hair sprays.

Is aging a common reason for hair loss?

Hello-

To begin with, I presume from your question that you are female and will answer your inquiry accordingly. I should also point out that I am a Ph.D. scientist, not an M.D. clinician. This means that any thoughts I offer should not be taken as medical advice. It is always my recommendation that any questions concerning health be forwarded to one's primary care provider.

With that understanding in place, I would offer the following thoughts in response to your question. First, in the case of early onset of female hair loss it is important to establish a firm diagnosis, ruling out the less common causes.

Depending on what your primary care physician observes, you may referred to an endocrinologist more familiar with female hair loss related disease processes. Ultimately, you should be able to arrive at a proper diagnosis. Then you can begin considering treatment options.

In the meantime, jumping from one product to another without really understanding what is causing the problem is a strategy that is probably doomed to failure. It may be helpful to understand a little about the physiology that underlies hair growwth and hair loss.

Typically, as women age subtle shifts in endocrine balance can precipitate changes in homeostasis (physiological balance). Among these changes are those affecting hair growth. Though such changes affecting hair typically occur in one's late thirties to mid forties, earlier onset of female hair loss is not particularly rare. Environmental influences, ranging from medication to diet to beauty products such as perm solutions can also affect one's hair, and possibly accelerate the process of hair loss.

A very important factor that has a profound influence on hair growth and hair loss is one's genetic makeup. Certain people of both gender are genetically "hard wired" to suffer from hair loss more than others with a different genetic makeup. The genes and pathways that regulate hair growth are only now beginning to be worked out.

Now that we have laid the ground work for some of the factors that regulate hair growth and hair loss we should briefly touch on ways to address the most common form.

For argument's sake, let's say that your diagnosis turns out to be garden variety female pattern hair loss. For reasons to lengthy to go into herein, certain treatment choices available to women are somewhat different than those typically appropriate for men.

For example, there are a number of pharmaceutically derived drugs that are available for women suffering from common pattern hair loss. Some work better than others depending on the situation. These drugs include diazoxide, flutamide and others. Your treating physician will be the best source for information on which of these, if any, may be appropriate to try in your case. Or you may be offered a regimen which includes the use of minoxidil.

Another option which has recently come into the picture is the use of botanically-derived non-drug based therapy. There are a number of such products on the market today. And once again some work better than others. If this is an approach you are considering, I would suggest relegating your scrutiny to those treatments that have peer-reviewed medically published data to support their claims.

The next alternative may be surgical hair restoration wherein small sections of hair bearing tissue are excised from thicker zones of your scalp and relocated to areas where they may be needed for cosmetic coverage. Think of this as somewhat analogous to moving grass from your backyard to your front yard.

In the proper hands, results of this process can be very positive. In my opinion, Dr. Martin Tessler in Michigan, and Dr. Dan Didocha in Colorado have great skill and expertise in this particular area of medicine. You can find out more about this process in general by looking up "female hair transplant" on the web.

Finally, once you determine what is causing your hair loss and decide to begin treatment (regardless of what treatment you select), I would strongly recommend the use of monthly progress photography of the affected region of your scalp.

Take baseline photos and regular progress photos so you can objectively assess the benefit your treatment option is, or is not providing.

If you have specific questions, please feel free to address them to my attention. Otherwise, I hope I've helped answer your inquiry.

Respectfully,

Geno Marcovici, Ph.D.

Chief Scientific Officer

HairGenesis閳?br> dr.marcovici@hairgenesis.com

www.hairgenesis.com

Is aging a common reason for hair loss?

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Is aging a common reason for hair loss?

genetics is part of it, my husband started losing his hair at age 20

Is aging a common reason for hair loss?

if your losing your hair at such an early age there might be something physically wrong. i was also loosing hair so i went to the doctor and they did all these test on me turned out blood pressure, thyroid, periods and even if your ovaries are not functioning well that can have an affect on your hair. if your body is not in good physical health it affects hair loss and hair growth get your self checked out!! my problem was ovaries but i got it fixed and my hair is so much thicker and helthier now thank God!!

Is aging a common reason for hair loss?

Not really.Lots of young people with hair loss.