If you have noticed that your hair is falling out, thinning or is more brittle than normal, it\u2019s important to try not to panic. You may not be suffering from a serious hair loss condition such as alopecia or telogen effluvium; you might find it\u2019s just a temporary problem.<\/p>\n
Temporary hair loss can be caused by any of the following:<\/p>\n
Medical <\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Medical conditions – i.e. diabetes, thyroid disease. Diet<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Lack of essential vitamins and minerals such as vitamin B-12, protein and iron Poor hair care<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Aggressive over-brushing A number of these factors and causes are easy to remedy, meaning that your hair loss is preventable. However, for hair loss caused by cancer treatment or a hereditary condition (i.e. telogen effluvium, or pattern baldness), you may have to face up to the fact that you will lose some of your hair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you have noticed that your hair is falling out, thinning or is more brittle than normal, it\u2019s important to try not to …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1879,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/1879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Drugs and medication \u2013 i.e. hormone replacement therapy medication, contraceptive pills
\n\u2022 Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Eating disorders \u2013 i.e. bulimia or anorexia<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Too much heat used in styling
\n\u2022 Hairstyles which put too much tension on the scalp \u2013 this can cause a female hair loss condition called traction alopecia
\n\u2022 Excessive application of hair dyes, highlights or other chemical or bleaching treatments<\/p>\n