There could be a number of different reasons for why you may start to lose more hair than would be considered normal. Yet although it was thought, for a long time, to be a problem that only men had to deal with, today there are quite a few women who have to deal with this condition as well. Below we look at some of the main hair loss reasons, which can result in this condition occurring no matter the person's age.

As mentioned before, many people have always thought that hair loss was something that only men had to deal with. Yet in fact, today it is becoming quite common for women to have to deal with this problem as well. In the United States alone around 30 million women are now trying to deal with hair loss of one kind or another.

Yet even though we have been fighting the problems of hair loss for many centuries now, you will find that many experts are still unable to decide what the main cause for this problem is. Below we will look at just some of the more common factors that can contribute towards a person losing their hair.

1. Heredity - This is the most common type of hair loss that people suffer from. Half of all children who have a parent who suffers from hair loss will also suffer from the same problem as well.

You will find that many people think that hair loss caused by heredity is predominantly something that men have to deal with they need to think again. Yes Androgenetic Alopecia is common in men (male pattern baldness) it is also becoming more common in women as well (female pattern baldness). This is because women as well as men in a family are likely to be transmitters of the gene that can cause this medical condition.

2. Medical Intervention - Because we rely heavily on various forms of drugs, medications and other medical treatments to help get us well, these can actually contribute towards a person losing their hair. Certainly, people who undergo some form of chemotherapy or radiation therapy to treat cancer have a higher chance of suffering from some form of hair loss during their treatment. Normally once treatment has been completed, after a period of time, the person will often notice that they have some form of hair regrowth happening.

3. Hormone Levels Imbalanced - This is probably the second main cause for why women especially seem to start losing their hair. In many cases a woman has far more testosterone hormone in her body than is normal which then increases the amount of DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) to be found in her body. When DHT becomes excessive it is able to bind itself to the hairs follicles and this in turn prevents further hair growth from occurring.

As well as the three main hair loss reasons we have mentioned above, there are plenty of other factors that can contribute to a person losing their hair.

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