Hair Problems

Now a days, each and every person is affected by some hair problem either it is dry or flaking scalp, itching, lesions, baldness etc. Sometimes, hair disorder patients find themselves allowed in a state of emotional distress. Further this may pass into other health hazards thus much care is needed to maintain health of hair. To treat these scalp problems, herbal products are considered as best solutions as compared to chemical based medicines as they are effective, easy to apply and take complete care of the scalp and hair. Most common hair problems and their causes are :

Falling and Thinning of Hair
Hair fall among both men and women is a very depressing condition. This is true that certain amount of hairs are dead each day. It was researched that if 100 hair strands are falling each day than it is normal. But if it is more than there is a problem. Some causes of hair fall can be :

• One of the most common reason is hereditary problem
• Deficiency in iron, zinc or protein
• Hormonal change

Dandruff
Dandruff basically occurs when there is a shedding of skin cells from scalp at an excessive rate. Most commonly two types of dandruff occurs either dry type or greasy or waxy type in both men and women. Causes for dandruff can be :

• Fungal infection
• Occur while seasonal change is there, like it is very severe during winter and mildest during the summer
• Poor blood circulation
• Improper diet
• Unclean scalp and roots of hair
• Use of strong shampoo
• Insufficient rinsing of hair after shampooing
• Lack of nerve stimulation
• Emotional disturbance

Male Pattern Baldness
Pattern baldness means hair receding from the lateral sides of the forehead and due to that an additional bald-patch may develop on top of the head. Some causes of it can be :

• Generally it begin sometimes as early as the end of puberty
• Can cause harm on general health of human being
• Hormonal changes

Irritation & Itching of Scalp
It is a condition which is very irritating, annoying and can cause public embarrassment. Causes of itching and irritation can be :

• Allergy
• Lack of blood circulation
• Lack of cleanliness of scalp
• Hard water

Patchy Baldness
Also known as Alopecia Areata, there is a patchy loss of hair which usually begins on the scalp. Patchy baldness occur suddenly as one to three bald patches. Causes of it can be :

• Broken-off hair stumps
• Poor blood circulation

Graying hair
Graying hair means the presence of pigment granules in the cortex of the hair. Some causes of graying hair are :

• Severe emotional stress
• Any internal disease
• Anemia or problem in thyroid gland