For 95% of people experiencing premature baldness, the cause is genetic. Hair loss, like eye colour, is inherited. If genes responsible for hair loss are present, these make the hair follicles sensitive to the hormone ‘dihydrotestosterone’, or DHT. These follicles are predisposed to begin shrinking when you reach adulthood.
Hair loss is first noticed as thinning hair, because the hair follicle starts producing only a very thin, short hair. This process is known as miniaturization. Eventually the hair follicle dies and permanent baldness occurs.
Other causes of hair loss which are not genetic are; High levels of stress, psychological imbalances, scalp deceases, side effects of the use of certain drugs, severe nutritional deficiencies etc.
Wounds on the head can cause scarring can also produce permanent damage to hair follicles. Even tight hairdos like braids can create tension that can inflame hair follicles, destroying them and stopping hair growth.
In an attempt to address the question, if hair loss is reversible or not we can say that hair loss is an ongoing process and when we reach the stage of miniaturization of the hair follicles, then it is very difficult for this hair to come back to their original stage, i.e. to become terminal hair. It would be more appropriate to treat hair loss with the recommended medical treatment in the initial stages.
Conclusively, hair loss is a more stabilizable process rather than reversible. |
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