{"id":834,"date":"2011-02-07T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T09:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/?p=834"},"modified":"2021-06-20T18:58:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T18:58:57","slug":"factors-that-can-interrupt-a-normal-hair-growth-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/hair-loss-general\/factors-that-can-interrupt-a-normal-hair-growth-cycle.php","title":{"rendered":"Factors that can interrupt a normal hair growth cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are experiencing sudden and significant hair loss, it is likely to have been caused by an interruption to the normal growth cycle of your hair.<\/p>\n<p>Hair follicles go through three stages \u2013 growth (the anagen phase), transitional (the catagen phase) and a period of rest (the telogen phase). The anagen phase normally lasts between four to six years, before resting for just a few months.<\/p>\n<p>If the follicles experience too short a growth phase or enter telogen early, this can cause massive shedding or thinning of hair. But what causes this interruption to the normal growth cycle? The most commonly known triggers include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sudden hormonal changes such as those which occur after childbirth<br \/>\n\u2022 Acute physical, psychological or even surgical trauma<br \/>\n\u2022 Diseases such as lupus and diabetes<br \/>\n\u2022 Chemotherapy and radiotherapy<br \/>\n\u2022 Burns<br \/>\n\u2022 Severe and sudden change to diet<br \/>\n\u2022 Thyroid problems<br \/>\n\u2022 Certain medications, such as some birth control pills, medication for blood pressure and anti-depressants<br \/>\n\u2022 High fever<\/p>\n<p>If you believe that any of the above is causing your hair to fall out, the most important thing to do is to see your doctor, dermatologist or trichologist for a formal diagnosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are experiencing sudden and significant hair loss, it is likely to have been caused by an interruption to the normal growth &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834"}],"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=834"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1705,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834\/revisions\/1705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}