Have you ever wondered why your hair falls out? Have you noticed that when you wash your hair some of your hair comes out?
Hair Loss
There are many reasons why your hair can fall out. Pregnancy, the medication that you are on, you don’t have enough iron, or because you are stressed are just some of the ways you can experience hair loss. According to Web MD, “Iron helps keep your hair healthy. When levels drop, so can your hair.” You can also lose a lot of hair if you are stressed because stress makes our body’s immune system start to attack your hair follicles, causing your hair to break off and thin out.
Lack of protein is one of the many ways that your hair can fall out. However, if you added more meat and beans to your diet, your hair would continue in it’s growth.
Hair Growth
Hair goes through a growth phase called the anagen phase. Most of the time, 90 percent of our hair goes through the anagen phase. Your hair growth phase can be long or short, depending on where your hair grows. For example, your nose hairs, ear hair, and eyelashes only grow for a couple of hundred days, which means that there isn’t enough time for the hair to grow long.
According to the National Library of Medicine, “When the hair has separated completely from the papilla, the supply of blood is cut off in the final resting phase, which is also called the telogen phase. The hair is gradually pushed out of the skin and eventually falls out. The resting phase can last several months. New hair cells then start to multiply at the base of the “empty” hair follicle to form a new hair, and the growth phase of the hair growth cycle starts all over again.”
What You Can Do
There are some ways to get your hair back. You can use medication, hair transplants, and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy. Freddie Moore (my father) stated, “Just don’t stress, eat right, and exercise. That way, you can have strong, healthy hair as you get older.” According to Medical News Today, “People who play with their hair may find that it often looks greasier after they have touched it. This happens because they are transferring oil and dirt from their hands onto the hair. Also, when a person scratches, twirls or runs their hands through their hair, they stimulate the oil glands and encourage them to produce more oil.”
Conclusion
In conclusion, be careful with your hair. Be kind to it and it shall be kind unto you.
Joshua • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:51 pm
Something I learned was that stress can make our immune system attack our hair follicles which can cause our hair to break off and thin out .
Belen Ramirez • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:48 pm
I was surprised by the fact that iron, lack of stress, and immune system has a huge roll in hair loss.
Gloria • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:47 pm
Something that I have learned is that you can treat hair lost using medications as loss hair by stress.
Jayden Cabrera • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:45 pm
I learned that there are many reasons your hair can fall out by having low iron and stress making our body’s immune system attack our hair follicles.
Jade • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:45 pm
I learned there are many ways to lose hair.
Maxine • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:44 pm
I learned if you are either pregnant, on medication, or even stressed about something, your hair can fall out.
orlando • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:40 pm
I learned that you can lose hair by lack of protien lack of iron and immune system and by having to much stress too but you can grow or stop from losing hair is by eating right oils and excersice
Paulette Fernandez • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:35 pm
I never knew that you hair can fall out due to many reasons like not having enough iron, stress, lack of protein, and body’s immune system.
Heidi • Jan 7, 2025 at 12:30 pm
It’s shocking that hair can fall by our immune system when we are stress
Kaleia • Jan 6, 2025 at 12:37 pm
I did not know that lack of protein could stop your hair form growing.
Dulce • Jan 6, 2025 at 12:33 pm
Something I learned was that low iron can cause hair loss.
Sofia • Jan 6, 2025 at 12:28 pm
Something I didn’t know was that if we touch our hair, our hair can produce more oil.
abigail • Jan 6, 2025 at 12:26 pm
I learned that you can lose hair from being stressed and that meat and beans can help with hair growth
melisa • Jan 6, 2025 at 12:26 pm
Something I didn’t know was that stress and your iron levels cause your hair to fall.