Know the Causes of Hair Loss and How to Overcome It According to the Doctor

KOMPAS.com – Hair loss It can happen to anyone, male or female. Usually, hair can fall out as much as 50 to 100 strands per day.

Condition hair loss that is not treated properly, it is at risk of causing thinning and even baldness on the head.

Causes of hair loss It can be due to various things, including hormones, genetics, stress, to the effects of taking drugs.

Generally, men have abnormalities in hair caused by hormonal and genetic factors. Meanwhile, women often experience hair loss after delivery, or changes in metabolism called telogen effluvium.

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PERDOSKI Dermatology and Sex Specialist Dr. Melyawati Hermawan, Sp.KK, explained that in the process of hair loss, there are three main phases, namely anagen, catagen, and telogen.

Doctor Mely said that the anagen phase is the time when hair grows and lasts for two to six years. At least 90 percent of the hair on the head is in its infancy.

Then, 1 to 2 percent of hair will shift to a transitional or resting phase called catagen.

“When he (hair) starts to grow and is a bit old he needs a break, the term will enter a transition period for about eight weeks. Once he enters the telogen phase, Mely said in a Kompas.com Live Instagram entitled Hair lossSo Bald or Can It Grow Again?; Thursday (24/3/2022).

Furthermore, in the telogen phase the hair will be more brittle, because there are fewer hair roots on the scalp. Thus, the hair will fall out when new hair grows.

“The anagen period is long, it can take up to approximately two to six years of our hair growth, not everyone is the same. But the average is years,” he added.

He explained that the cause of hair loss is a fairly large phase shift, from the anagen phase to the telogen phase.

In this regard, it is necessary to observe what is happening and may trigger the phase shift, resulting in hair loss.

“So we as doctors will try to find out what the cause is. If there is a reason, hopefully (hopefully) in the next few months it can be predicted that this condition will definitely return to her hair,” said Mely.

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