As soon as the first hairs are making their appearance on the comb or brush, the odds are good that you are worried. If you suddenly find appreciable numbers of your tresses in the sink or shower drain, you might begin to seriously consider speaking to your doctor about your worries. Yet when you shake your mane or glance at your shirt and find several hairs that must have just fallen, the odds are good that you are now in worrisome overload and might actually make a stop at the local store for some Rogaine!
Yet before you begin rubbing, shampooing, conditioning and otherwise engage in treatment, hair loss may be the unwanted result researchers claim! Consider the fact that even though you may currently be experiencing some hair loss, there is the chance that instead of losing the hair because your follicles are going dormant, you are losing it because they have revitalized after dormancy, and the newly growing hair is actually forcing the old hair to fall out!
For this reason it is advisable before engaging in the search and application of a hair system to fight the ravages of male pattern baldness or female hair loss, you might want to consult your physician and ask about a condition known as Telogen Effluvium. Very rarely heard these days – there is no money to be made from this condition – it denotes the very act of previously dormant hair follicles once again stepping up and producing.
Yet because this is a little known condition, hair loss sufferers will engage in far ranging searches on the Internet that might begin with the tried and true minoxidil, but eventually branch out to include herbal concoction, and even cause one to at least temporarily consider the efficiency of hair transplantation. Many will spend their hard earned money on unneeded yet highly expensive commercial hair treatments available from a number of affiliate marketing websites, and even the purchase of shampoos and conditioners that are promising faster hair growth is noted.
Unfortunately, this unwarranted attention may have adverse effects on your scalp and thus your newly awakened follicles and growing hair. In some cases the treatments are so harsh that they will damage the new hair and cause breakage which may mimic further baldness. This of course will inspire the hair loss sufferer to embrace the treatment with even more rigor, creating its own vicious circle. In other cases the treatments are unhealthy for the scalp and will actually clog the follicles and thus hamper their productivity. Most commonly this is the case with the almost ubiquitous seaweed wraps and other concoctions that are supposed to stimulate blood flow to the scalp but that will do more harm than good.
Telogen Effluvium is an easy to diagnose condition that requires only a visit to your primary care physician. She or he will set your mind at ease and prevent you from doing damage to your skull with unneeded treatments! As always, when it comes to treatment, hair loss sufferers will do well to visit their doctor first.
