ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA IN CHILDREN

In earlier times, hair loss is typically found in elderly men, that’s why it’s quite common to see middle aged men having advanced hair loss or being bald. Today, hair loss cases in children are slowly increasing, an excellentexample of childhood hair loss is pop star Neyo. He said that early hair loss runs in the family and he had to wear a hat all the time to cover his thinning hair. One day he just shaved all his hair out but still kept the hat..

What causeshair loss in children?

The cause of hair loss in children is the exact same cause of hair loss in elderly men the only difference is the timing of which the hair loss is triggered to start and this is all controlled by genes. Androgenetic alopecia is the most common cause of hair loss, it is a familial type of hair loss. Now if your family has a history of early hair loss, then it is expected to find their young ones experiencing hair loss at an early age.

Generally, this starts at the age of puberty, the time where testosterone is at its peak. More testosterone means more DHT or dihydrotestosterone, a male hormone responsible for triggering the secondary traits in men. Unfortunately, the increase of DHT is the number one enemy of hair follicles on the scalp. Due to genes, the hair follicle on the scalp becomes sensitive to this hormone, and this slowly weakens the hair follicles to the point it cannot no longer produce terminal hair. A lot of people think that one hair is gone the hair follicle is dead. The truth is the hair follicles are still there and still producing hair, but only produce very thin transparent hair.That’s why, hair loss treatment products work, they stimulate these sleeping hair follicles to grow hair back again.