On an average, an individual loses 50 hair a day. This condition is quite normal, but when an individual loses more than 50 strands of hair, there is surely a need to seek for some help or try out various remedies or treatments to have the problem of hair loss reduced. Hair loss happens due to many reasons.  Some of the common causes of hair loss are:

Change in hormones

Changes and variations in the hormones are the prime and the most common reason for causing hair loss. As know, the body of a woman works completely different as compared to that of men. Change in hormones during the menopause stage, pregnancy, post pregnancy are some of the reasons that lead to excess hair loss in women.

Use of Chemicals

Hair coloring, hair weaving, hair straightening, shampoos, hair dyes and many innumerable products and hair treatments now available in the market and done consists of a lot of hazardous chemicals. These harmful chemicals when touch the hair shafts it leads to weak, dry and dull hair, which later may lead to excessive hair loss.

Medications

There are a number of medications in the market that aim to treat disease, but what comes along with it is the side-effect related to hair loss. There are many such medications such as medicines related to arthritis, depression, arthritis, gout, high blood pressure may lead to excessive hair loss problem.
While medications for diseases, change in hormones cannot be avoided but other aspects that lead to hair loss such as hair coloring with chemicals or dying of hair that contain harmful chemicals surely be avoided in order to avoid the problem of excessive hair loss.

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