Hair loss is normal. Everyone loses 100 to 120 hairs a day. But new hairs grow every day. As a result, the hair on your head does not become thinner. Nor do you get bald patches.
With age, you lose more hair. The head hair then becomes thinner everywhere. This happens to everyone.
There are also special forms of hair loss. Doctors call it alopecia. For example, when you suddenly develop one or more bald patches on your head.
We distinguish different degrees of hair loss, each with a specific cause:
Normal hair loss
With normal hair loss, you lose no more than 120 hairs a day. As you get older, you notice that your hair slowly becomes thinner. This is normal.
A lot of hair loss
With a lot of hair loss, you lose more than 120 hairs a day and this causes your hair to become thin even faster. This can be due to stress, fever, underweight, iron deficiency, childbirth, illness or surgery, for example.
Retreating hairline
In men, this manifests itself by the front of the head becoming increasingly bald. Bald spots also appear on the side of the forehead. The upper part of the head (the crown) also becomes bald.
In women, the hair in the middle of the head becomes thinner. The hair on the front of the head usually stays put. There are usually no real bald patches.
Men often have this form of baldness. But 1 in 3 women can also suffer from it, for instance after menopause.
Going bald at a younger age is usually hereditary.
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