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Question: I am having too much of hair fall. can someone please suggest any medicine?
Brief Answer:
Kindly elaborate certain points about hair fall.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.
I can understand your concern for hair fall. In view to help you best kindly elaborate about the problem of hair fall so that I can help you better.
It would be best if you can elaborate certain points about:
- Since exactly how long you are experiencing hair fall. Is it diffuse all over the scalp or at a particular site with a visible patch on scalp.
- How many hair fall everyday (if you can count then are these less than 100 per day or more than 100).
- Do you see hair on your pillow or bathroom floor.
- Any illness or emotional or stressful period in last 12 months to 2 years period.
- Your dietary status (Vegetarian/ non-vegetarian). Do you eat a healthy diet with fruits and green leafy vegetables with sprouts.
-Your occupation and daily routine.
- Your personal history- married/unmarried. If married then if expecting or feeding baby.
Hope to hear soon from your side.
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)
Kindly elaborate certain points about hair fall.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum.
I can understand your concern for hair fall. In view to help you best kindly elaborate about the problem of hair fall so that I can help you better.
It would be best if you can elaborate certain points about:
- Since exactly how long you are experiencing hair fall. Is it diffuse all over the scalp or at a particular site with a visible patch on scalp.
- How many hair fall everyday (if you can count then are these less than 100 per day or more than 100).
- Do you see hair on your pillow or bathroom floor.
- Any illness or emotional or stressful period in last 12 months to 2 years period.
- Your dietary status (Vegetarian/ non-vegetarian). Do you eat a healthy diet with fruits and green leafy vegetables with sprouts.
-Your occupation and daily routine.
- Your personal history- married/unmarried. If married then if expecting or feeding baby.
Hope to hear soon from your side.
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thanks dr for replying. I m observing this hair fall since 2 months.. it's all over the scalp. it should be less than 100. when I comb my hair o can just see hairs falling down. hairs all over house. yeah bit stressed. m non vegetarian. vegetables I eat. fruits there but bit less. m software engineer. m married with one kid.
Brief Answer:
"Telogen effluvium" :Diet, yoga and improve your daily routine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome again to the forum and thanks for your further follow up with details.
After analyzing your complete query with diligence I can make out that you are suffering from the problem of "Telogen effluvium".
To tell you simply let me explain you some medical facts regarding this type of hair fall. We have a hair cycle divided into three parts:
1. Growing phase (Anagen): more than 85 -90 % of hair are in this phase
2. Senescence phase(Catagen): around less than 10 % of hair are in this phase and is the phase before falling.
3. Falling phase (Telogen ): a very few percentage of hair. We have almost 1 lac hair on our scalp and amongst them few percent of hair are in falling phase and then another 0.1% (around 50-100) of hair can fall everyday.
In certain conditions such as any stressful event or any stress related to work and day to life, some more of the hair may come in falling phase. These extra of the hair which comes in senescence are actually visible as falling hair.
The reason for the acute turning of growing hair to telogen hair is due to the changes in body after stress. I can see you are non-vegetarian and working women blessed with baby, so can make out that you are not able to do justice with your daily diet as well as some beneficial things such as yoga or related things.
Now regarding the part of treatment: For the betterment kindly follow the suggestions below:
1. Eat at least 3-4 different fruits saplings per day. Every fruit is good but you can make a combination of sour with sweet fruits such as oranges, papaya and other of seasonal fruits.
2. Pulses are good source of proteins. So everyday have a small bowel full of mixed pulses. Add green leafy vegetables additionally in the pulses which contains lot of iron and vitamins in it.
3. Sprouts are the best source of fibers, minerals especially iron, vitamins and proteins too. so add it at-least alternate day if you can not make in every-day's part of meal.
4. Over night soaked and peeled almonds will give you good vitamin E which is good for the hair growth.
5. Milk and milk products should be included in every-day's schedule.
6.Do light exercises and best is yoga and meditation. Reduce your stress as all these have bit impact on skin so also on scalp skin.
If I were your dermatologist then would have prescribed you tablet containing Acetylcysteine, Calcium Pantothenate, Selenium, Zinc, Biotin, Copper as active ingredients. Other than this an iron supplementation in diet and in tablet form is also helpful.
Hope these informations will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.
"Wish you good health"
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD
(Dermatology)
"Telogen effluvium" :Diet, yoga and improve your daily routine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome again to the forum and thanks for your further follow up with details.
After analyzing your complete query with diligence I can make out that you are suffering from the problem of "Telogen effluvium".
To tell you simply let me explain you some medical facts regarding this type of hair fall. We have a hair cycle divided into three parts:
1. Growing phase (Anagen): more than 85 -90 % of hair are in this phase
2. Senescence phase(Catagen): around less than 10 % of hair are in this phase and is the phase before falling.
3. Falling phase (Telogen ): a very few percentage of hair. We have almost 1 lac hair on our scalp and amongst them few percent of hair are in falling phase and then another 0.1% (around 50-100) of hair can fall everyday.
In certain conditions such as any stressful event or any stress related to work and day to life, some more of the hair may come in falling phase. These extra of the hair which comes in senescence are actually visible as falling hair.
The reason for the acute turning of growing hair to telogen hair is due to the changes in body after stress. I can see you are non-vegetarian and working women blessed with baby, so can make out that you are not able to do justice with your daily diet as well as some beneficial things such as yoga or related things.
Now regarding the part of treatment: For the betterment kindly follow the suggestions below:
1. Eat at least 3-4 different fruits saplings per day. Every fruit is good but you can make a combination of sour with sweet fruits such as oranges, papaya and other of seasonal fruits.
2. Pulses are good source of proteins. So everyday have a small bowel full of mixed pulses. Add green leafy vegetables additionally in the pulses which contains lot of iron and vitamins in it.
3. Sprouts are the best source of fibers, minerals especially iron, vitamins and proteins too. so add it at-least alternate day if you can not make in every-day's part of meal.
4. Over night soaked and peeled almonds will give you good vitamin E which is good for the hair growth.
5. Milk and milk products should be included in every-day's schedule.
6.Do light exercises and best is yoga and meditation. Reduce your stress as all these have bit impact on skin so also on scalp skin.
If I were your dermatologist then would have prescribed you tablet containing Acetylcysteine, Calcium Pantothenate, Selenium, Zinc, Biotin, Copper as active ingredients. Other than this an iron supplementation in diet and in tablet form is also helpful.
Hope these informations will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.
"Wish you good health"
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD
(Dermatology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thanks dr . but I wonder. before 2 months the hair fall was not toro this extent. now only it has increased a lot. the thickness has reduced a lot. may be I was wrong on telling less than 100 hair fall per day. I really don't know the count. but it looks a bunch. only difference is I started applying new shampoo n conditioner. after 1st month of use of new shampoo. it was fine. only in 2nd 3rd month I m seeing the issue. not sure if that's the reason.
Brief Answer:
You will get better early if you take care of your routine along with diet.
Detailed Answer:
Hello young lady,
Thanks a lot for your swift follow up with further queries.
Your kind of hair fall is one of the most common type of problem seen in our routine dermatological practice.
This type of hair fall is quite often seen and gets better within 3 months if taken care properly by various measures suggested in the previous mail.
In case of using a new shampoo or conditioner: in general if these are of good brand then never causes the issue of hair fall. But even if we consider these to be the main implicating factor then the hair fall is seen within 2 weeks of the usage along with roughness of hair and frizzy hair.
Additionally, shampoo and conditioner never causes thinning of hair and basically seen in case of nutritional issues.
So I reassure you again that if you take care of your routine along with diet then you will get better at the earliest.
Hope these informations will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.
"Wish you good health"
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD
(Dermatology)
You will get better early if you take care of your routine along with diet.
Detailed Answer:
Hello young lady,
Thanks a lot for your swift follow up with further queries.
Your kind of hair fall is one of the most common type of problem seen in our routine dermatological practice.
This type of hair fall is quite often seen and gets better within 3 months if taken care properly by various measures suggested in the previous mail.
In case of using a new shampoo or conditioner: in general if these are of good brand then never causes the issue of hair fall. But even if we consider these to be the main implicating factor then the hair fall is seen within 2 weeks of the usage along with roughness of hair and frizzy hair.
Additionally, shampoo and conditioner never causes thinning of hair and basically seen in case of nutritional issues.
So I reassure you again that if you take care of your routine along with diet then you will get better at the earliest.
Hope these informations will help you. If you have further queries I will be happy to help.
"Wish you good health"
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD
(Dermatology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
thanks a lot dr. I will follow your suggestion.
Brief Answer:
Follow good diet and proper daily routine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello young lady,
Thanks a lot for understanding the simple medical facts regarding your concern.
Follow best of diet with Proper daily routine to ge good glowing skin as well as healthy hair.
I will be glad to answer any further queries or if not then can close the discussion and rate the answer.
With good health wishes,
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY
Follow good diet and proper daily routine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello young lady,
Thanks a lot for understanding the simple medical facts regarding your concern.
Follow best of diet with Proper daily routine to ge good glowing skin as well as healthy hair.
I will be glad to answer any further queries or if not then can close the discussion and rate the answer.
With good health wishes,
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kanodia
MD-DERMATOLOGY
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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