Young and green: hair loss in adolescents

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But do not panic - scientists have established the main causes of hair loss in "Juliet". Hair loss in adolescent girls in most cases can be stopped if you consult a doctor in time. The hair of young girls fall mainly for such reasons:

Disruption of hormonal balance. In this case, the hair falls out due to an increase in the level of the male hormone dihydrotestosterone, which is also present in the female body, but in much smaller amounts compared to men. The doctor will determine what caused the girl to increase the level of this hormone, which was the cause of baldness, not one billion men.
Improper nutrition. As malnutrition (for example, to lose weight and save yourself from peer ridicule over weight), and an excess of calories in the diet can lead to hair loss. In this case, the leading role belongs to the deficiency of vitamins and minerals. Normalization of the diet, the inclusion of a balanced amount of nutrients will contribute to the gradual improvement of the hair.
Excessive effects on hair. Too often washing the hair and drying it with a hot air dryer also has a bad effect on the hairstyle. All sorts of curling, stylers and “irons” (straighteners) for hair provide the same negative effect.
Medication. This is primarily oral contraceptives and some oral medications for the treatment of juvenile acne.
Infections and diseases of the internal organs. In some cases, the cause of hair loss in a teenage girl can be more serious diseases:
started diabetes
thyroid disease
scalp infections (ringworm)
skin diseases

Usually in such cases, other symptoms appear (for example, a feeling of constant fatigue, irregular menstruation, pain in the lower abdomen).

In any case, when a young girl has hair loss, she needs to see a doctor for diagnosis and start adequate treatment.

Causes of Adolescent Hair Loss

Among the main causes of hair problems in adolescents are the following points:

hormones
stress,
ecology,
nutrition,
improper care for the scalp.

During puberty (puberty), a major hormonal adjustment takes place in the body of a teenager. The endocrine glands undergo functional changes. The growth of the body is greatly accelerated due to the fact that the sex glands produce hormones that stimulate the development of the brain, muscles, skeleton, and also the reproductive organs. And the increased activity of the thyroid gland changes the endocrine system and encourages sharp jumps and energy drops.

During this period, the male sex hormone dihydrotestosterone (DGT) is especially aggressive, which can be the main culprit in hair loss in adolescents. DTG is a biologically active form of testosterone, which is formed directly in the cells of target organs under the influence of a special enzyme, 5-alpha reductase, and leads to growth retardation and subsequent hair loss.

As a rule, the tendency to excessive levels of dihydrotestosterone is hereditary, so this type of hair loss is also called androgenetic.

The young, fragile psyche of a teenager is tested daily for durability: minor problems can lead to a nervous breakdown, and bring unremarkable news for adults to a state of euphoria. During this period, apathy can replace perseverance, tenderness and gentleness can in one moment turn into aggression on the verge of cruelty.

Emotional imbalance "exhausts" the nervous system and leads to the so-called overload, which can cause intense hair loss. This is explained by the fact that prolonged exposure to stress leads to vasospasm and slows down cellular metabolism in the scalp. Hair follicles are deprived of essential nutrients and cannot function normally.

It is no secret that the ecological situation in big cities leaves much to be desired. Air and water pollution inevitably affects human health. Hair the first "signal" of internal failures. Our curls with a porous structure, are able to "absorb" and retain harmful substances. Therefore, trichologists recommend covering hair from precipitation.

In addition, during the transitional age, adolescents love to experiment and try cigarettes that are “forbidden” by their parents. Should I talk about the dangers of tobacco smoke for the hair. Abuse of active and passive smoking can also lead to malnutrition of the hair follicles, and, consequently, to hair loss.

Hair loss in adolescents can be caused by poor nutrition. A balanced diet is one of the most important aspects of hair health and beauty. The body during the period of active growth needs a large amount of vitamins and trace elements. But as a rule, adolescents, lovers of "intercept" on the run, prefer fast food, fizzy sugary drinks and other "empty" foods for nutrients.

The consequence of this diet will inevitably become an imbalance of essential nutrients, especially the youthful body suffers from a lack of calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, phosphorus, iron. The lack of the latter leads to iron deficiency anemia, as a result of which hemoglobin synthesis is disturbed, and intensive hair loss begins.

What foods should be present in the diet of a teenager:

animal-rich proteins: eggs, cottage cheese, lean meat, fish, liver,
natural sources of polyunsaturated fatty acids: salmon, salmon, fish oil, flaxseed oil, avocado, olives,
rich in essential trace elements, including sulfur, selenium, zinc, iron, iodine, squid, shrimp, seaweed, sea fish, apples, zucchini, cucumbers, bananas, legumes, red meat,
whole grain products: pasta made from durum wheat, cereal, whole grain bread,
rich in vitamins of group B: nuts, seeds, potatoes, broccoli, spinach, bran, cheese, red meat,
containing vitamin A: carrots, sea kale, cottage cheese, butter, cheese, sour cream, oysters, liver, ramson.

Wrong skincare

In adolescence, children are especially mobile and spend a lot of time on the street. During this period, the sebaceous glands are particularly diligent in their work, especially in the summer. However, most guys absorbed in active games underestimate the importance of hair hygiene. Improper care of the scalp can cause dandruff and clogged pores, which, in turn, is fraught with deterioration of hair.

Forced to survive in adverse conditions, hairs become thinner, brittle. Against the background of poor nutrition, this can lead to a strong thinning of the hair.

Hair loss in adolescent girls is often associated with the desire to look cool and fashionable: young beauties are beginning to actively use irons and curling, aggressive styling products. Most hair suffer from regular color experiments.

How to treat baldness in adolescents?

Treatment of hair loss in adolescents in most cases is successful. As a rule, problems with a head of hair at a young age are temporary and stop by themselves after a lull in the hormonal “storm”.

However, if the hair loss worries the child greatly, it is worthwhile to understand the reason for such behavior of the organism, and then prescribe the appropriate treatment.

The first thing you should pay attention to is the normalization of the hormonal background of a teenager. This will help you endocrinologist. The doctor should prescribe the following tests:

general blood analysis,
general urine analysis,
blood biochemistry
hormonal research.

If the results are normal, you should exclude possible infectious diseases:

herpes virus,
fungal skin lesions,
streptococcus,
hepatitis,
diseases caused by tick bites and parasites.

If infections have not been detected, you can stop sounding the alarm and seek advice from an experienced trichologist. The specialist will prescribe additional examinations and appropriate treatment on an individual basis.

Teach your child to pay due attention to personal hygiene from childhood, eat healthy foods, play sports, and most likely, the problem of hair loss will not affect him even during puberty.

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Why a child's hair falls out: the main reasons

Hair loss in adolescence can cause hormonal imbalance. Slight hair loss is a normal body reaction. But if the child leaves on a hairbrush more than usual, address to the endocrinologist.
If your child suffered complex diseases, took antibiotics, then, as a result, he could lose the strength and health of his hair.
The next reason is the tendency to stress, which hit the immune system and lead to hair loss in adolescents.
Many, especially girls, are not satisfied with their appearance, seeing the reasons for this in excess weight. Going on a diet or simply eating poorly, they take the main food from the body, which is especially important during adolescence.
The growth and loss of hair in adolescents can also be affected by cosmetics that they are actively beginning to use. In addition, using hair dryers, curling irons, irons, without protecting the hair in the heat and cold, they subject hair locks to external influence, thereby shortening the life of each hair.

Hair loss: when should you start to worry?

Hair loss in adolescent girls occurs quite often. It concerns the boys. Shag renewal is a natural process. During the day a person loses about 100 hairs during the combing process. This is the norm.

If the hair falls out in a larger volume and even more so in clots, then it is time to sound the alarm. Hair follicles may begin to atrophy and a new hair will not grow. Such a process in the body will inevitably lead to baldness. This problem cannot be ignored. Prompt treatment will restore the follicle, which reproduces healthy hair.

It is necessary to understand the causal relationship of hair loss, suddenly it is a disease and it should be treated

It is possible to determine how much hair loss occurs in a teenager’s girl as follows. To do this, three or five minutes to comb your hair over a light towel. If the number of fallen hairs is above the norm, then it is necessary to identify the cause of this phenomenon and proceed to its elimination.

The essence of the problem

Baldness can be caused by various reasons, ranging from poor ecology, ending with emotional instability. As for the process of prolapse itself, it always occurs according to the same scenario: improper functioning of the follicles entails an inadequate supply of nutrients to the hair, and then - loss.

If children rarely have hair problems, then adolescents face this all the time. The problem appears in age 12-17 years oldin the period of high hormonal activity. Usually, the hair is restored on its own, but not every child is able to calmly accept the problem. Adolescents tend to be demanding of themselves and their appearance, so alopecia can be a real trauma for them. To save the psyche of the child, you should find the cause of baldness and undergo a course of treatment.

Causes of hair loss in transitional age

The causes of alopecia in adolescents include:

hormonal disruptions due to a radical restructuring of the body,
stresses caused by failure, problems in the team, unshared feelings,
lack of adequate nutrition, irregular meals, adherence to strict diets,
the presence of bad habits (smoking, alcohol abuse),
skin diseases (with increased hair loss, you should visit a doctor and make sure there is no seborrheic dermatitis, ringworm),
lack of proper care (rare / frequent washing, buying unsuitable shampoos or balms, regular use of a hair dryer and other styling products, combing wet hair),
the use of a number of drugs
a violation of the hair supply, provoked by some hairstyles (horse tail, dreadlocks, tight braids),
the presence of parasites
decreased immunity, viral or infectious diseases,
serious health problems (improper work of the endocrine, circulatory and cardiovascular systems, diseases of the female part, anemia, diabetes, etc.),
bad ecology, weather conditions (sudden changes in temperature, exposure to ultraviolet radiation).

Why hair falls in girls and adolescent boys: vitamins and not only

There are 5 main causes of hair loss in adolescents:

Hormonal failure in the body. This phenomenon is characteristic of all adolescents. Activation of hormones leads to dramatic changes in appearance, skin condition worsens, acne appears, hair can become weak and brittle. This is due to the fact that hormonal changes affect the hair follicles. If a child's hair begins to thin sharply, and hair falls out during the process of combing and even with a light smoothing hand, you should immediately contact an endocrinologist. Hair loss in adolescent boys may be due to the accumulation of the hormone dihydrotestosterone in the body. Such a phenomenon is typical for males and has a hereditary nature. In adolescence, there will be no cardinal alopecia, but with age, with such a predisposition this can occur.

Yes, hormonal disruption is not a joke

Wrong diet.Because of this, vitamins and other essential elements (calcium, iron) may not be sufficient in the body. Occupations at school often do not allow to eat right. Children ignore breakfast, and have lunch late in the evening. A normal dinner is often replaced by a light snack. Such a diet can lead not only to problems with the scalp, but also to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. If a teenage girl's hair falls out, you need to make sure that she doesn’t stick to any kind of diet. Excessive fascination with weight loss, so widely spread in recent times, can lead to big problems with the hair and overall health.

Vitamins should be taken in any case, and which doctor will advise

Instability psycho-emotional state of the child. Hormonal changes lead to this. Stress and depression for teens is normal. Rarely can anyone avoid this. Stress leads to disturbances in the vascular system. Vascular spasms slow down blood circulation, so the internal organs, as well as the hair follicles, cannot fully enrich themselves with vitamins and oxygen. In addition, reduced immunity, which, in turn, adversely affects the appearance.

Take care of your nerves, think about positive things as often as possible.

Overuse of cosmetics. Often the hair falls out of girls because of close attention to them. Paints, varnishes, hair dryers, styling products, curling irons and ironing can ruin even the most healthy hair itself. In adolescence, when the body is already experiencing a difficult time, this can lead to the fact that the head of hair will sharply thin and it will not be easy to restore it.

Do not abuse and do not scoff at hair

Diseases of the scalp. These include: seborrhea, fungal infections (the most common is ringworm), dermatitis. If there is a suspicion of such ailments, the skin on the head is very flaky and itchy, you should immediately see a specialist. If you do not pay attention to the disease, it will turn into a chronic form and lead to complete irreversible hair loss.

Consult a doctor if you cannot determine the cause yourself.

Secondary causes of strong baldness teenager with 12 years

Hairline problems can start for a number of secondary reasons:

lack of hygiene of the head. This is especially true of boys. In case of untimely shampooing, bacteria begin to develop in the hairs, which can cause harm,
improper care for hair. Tight tails and pigtails, as well as frequent washing can damage the hair follicles,
diseases accompanied by antibiotics or hormonal drugs,
unfavorable ecological situation. Dust can cause harm, air pollution, solar radiation and other environmental factors,
headdress or lack thereof. Temperatures are harmful to hair. In winter, there should be a hat on her head, and in summer a light Panama. It is not recommended to be long in the sun with your head uncovered,
addiction. Unfortunately, many teenagers suffer from smoking and drink alcohol,
chronic diseases: diabetes mellitus, thyroid problems, hepatitis, cardiovascular diseases.

A lot of factors and diseases contribute to hair follicles loosening.

How to cope with hair loss and cure ailment?

If a hair falls out in a teenager, then you need to immediately identify the cause and proceed to eliminate it. The coat can be restored by universal methods, useful even for healthy hair.

Balanced diet and diet. Daily the child should receive a portion of vitamins. To do this, food include fresh fruits and vegetables. Vitamins of groups A, B, E contains fish, meat, dairy products. Be sure to eat greens. The intake of fish oil capsules and vitamin complexes will have a beneficial effect.

Eat right and everything will be ok

Normalization of hair care. In adolescence, it is better to postpone the staining and perm. As rarely as possible, use curling irons and irons, and if possible dry your head in a natural way without a hair dryer. It is recommended to wash your hair twice a week, carefully comb it twice a day with a wooden comb.

Metal combs are best not to use. Stacking chemicals and varnishes are best kept to a minimum.

To cope with hormonal disorders alone will not work. A visit to the endocrinologist will help. The same goes for fungal diseases.

Only adequate treatment by a specialist will relieve a teenager of these ailments.

Hair care

Every day, before bedtime, I recommend using a finger-head massage. Massage your scalp in a circular motion for several minutes. This will ensure blood flow to the hair follicles.

Folk remedies have a miraculous effect. Use masks based on eggs and honey, rinse your head after washing with a decoction of nettle or chamomile. Useful burdock oil, red pepper.

Hormonal drugs

The cause of hair loss in adolescents and adults can be drugs, especially hormonal. Some girls start taking birth control pills. BUT such drugs make hair thinner. Some doctors prescribe them to help adolescents cope with increased body hair growth.

Other medicines that can cause hair loss include anticoagulants, beta-blockers and even high doses of vitamin A.

Poor nutrition

Most people do not understand what role nutrition plays in the health and elasticity of hair and skin. Teenagers often abuse foods high in starch and fats, forgetting about fruits and vegetables.

The result is lack of important vitamins and nutrients. The body tries to use a small supply of healthy nutrients to maintain vital functions, reducing their entry into the hair. Besides, some teens are malnourished due to eating disorders, therefore, parents should closely monitor the causes of hair loss.

In an effort to keep up with current trends, teenage girls often use hair dryers, curling irons, and other devices for thermal styling. If you use a straightener, hairdryer, or curler every day, your hair will eventually dry and brittle.

In addition, tight hairstyles, such as high horse tails or braids, pull hair. If you do these hairstyles often enough, they can pull out shreds, creating bald spots.

Serious medical problems

Sometimes excessive hair loss can signal more serious medical problems. For example, hair loss can be caused by infection of the scalp, uncontrolled diabetes, overactive or insufficiently active thyroid gland, skin diseases, or trichotillomania.

In most cases, these diseases are accompanied by symptoms such assore or inflamed skin, bunched hair loss and fatigue. Parents should pay attention to any changes that accompany hair loss in adolescents, and discuss emerging issues with your doctor.

Treatment and prevention of hair loss in adolescent girls

The best way to treat hair loss is to eliminate the problem at the root. Pay attention to the steps that will help restore the health of hair:

Eat balancedby consuming the optimal amount of calories.
Eat more foods containing omega-3.
Gently wash and brush your hair. Use nourishing oils, for example, argan or coconut.
Limit use of curling, hair dryer and rectifier.
Do tests that test the body for vitamin deficiency, especially iron. Studies show that hair loss in women is often directly related to iron deficiency.
Spend test for abnormal hormonal imbalance and consult with your doctor to solve your hormonal problems. Often cases of hair loss are associated with hormonal imbalances.
Avoid stressful situations
Stimulate the scalp with massage.

In most cases, the above steps help to cope with the problem of hair loss. However, if after a few months the hair loss has not stopped or is accompanied by other abnormal symptoms, parents with a teenager should consult a doctor to find out the reason and choose a treatment.

Diagnosis of hair loss

Qualitatively identify the causes of hair loss in your child can only specialists. Trichologists will examine the scalp and examine the blood.

The results of the tests will be able to detect the causes of hair loss, among which may be fungal infections, Giardia, coca, hepatitis and dysbacteriosis.

Treatment of hair loss in children

Prescribe medication treatment can only doctors, after identifying the cause of the violations in the body of a teenager. Do not self-medicate, do not accustom to this child.

If hair loss is associated with a transitional period, pay attention to nutrition, regimen and include products based on phytoextracts, proteins, vitamins, minerals and vegetable oils in everyday hair hygiene.

Baby heads go bald for several reasons. And the first is a previous illness with a high fever.

The loss of weight can be caused by sudden weight loss and long-term stress. This type of baldness treatment does not require treatment.

Onions due to negative factors fall out, but their place is taken by new ones.

Children fallout

More serious causes of hair loss in children are radiation or chemotherapy. If the baby does not have serious diseases, then you will have to look for the reason in another.

She is able to become ringworm. A characteristic sign is circular itchy redness with scales. Sometimes the symptoms are completely invisible. However, a sudden enhanced fallout is quite a serious signal, forcing you to hurry to a specialist.

Losses of hair are possible due to bacterial infections, for example, staphylococcal. The danger of such diseases in the flow without visible symptoms.

Due to the weakening of the immunity may develop focal alopecia. The main attack is aimed at the follicles, and the problem can be recognized by smooth hairless areas, where there is neither redness nor itching.

Tendency to pulling hair out, trichotillomania is a psychological cause of loss. In a child, such a disease develops due to severe emotional trauma, prolonged stress, or due to mental characteristics.

Often, young women of fashion pinned braids and tails are very tight, and kids too often rub the head on the bed. The result - baldness in children due to traction alopecia.

A deficiency or excess of vitamins, disruptions in thyroid functioning, iron deficiency anemia, allergic reactions and pathological changes in the structure of the hair shaft can also cause baldness.

For any types of hair loss, you do not need to self-medicate, as well as masking the problem. Examined by a trichologist, who will prescribe treatment, should be as soon as possible. Then the thick head of hair on the child’s head will once again delight the baby and his parents.

Types of child baldness

The child may develop focal or atrophy baldness. Focal, judging by the name, causes the formation of smooth hairless areas of foci.

Without timely treatment, the lesions merge into one, forming a bald spot. You can determine whether complete baldness is simple: on the edge of the hearth is pulled by hairs.

I pulled out without difficulty - the expansion of the "nest" will occur.

There are several reasons for focal loss: an attack of the immune system on the follicles, mental trauma and malfunction of the thyroid gland. Difficulties with the diagnosis will not happen.

How to improve baby hair growth? Steroid drugs are prescribed, anthralin or minoxidil cream. Drugs are effective.

But even after recovery, it is impossible to guarantee that the problem does not return. A distinctive feature of baldness atrophating - the impossibility of restoring hair.

Possible reasons

It is known that in the transitional age, a person undergoes a global hormonal adjustment, and, alas, this affects his condition far from the best.

"Hormonal boom" primarily affects the skin, and for this reason, adolescents start acne, sometimes so abundant that parents cling to their heads, trying to find a way to treat them.

Acne, characteristic of adolescence, is caused by an abnormally strong production of sebum. It stands out in a large volume, and not only its quantity, but also its quality changes - fat becomes dense and viscous, clogs pores and provokes inflammatory processes.

For most people, these phenomena go away with the end of puberty, but some unfortunate people get the disease for the rest of their lives.

This problem in adolescent children can be caused by different reasons:

stresses
hormonal problems
reduced immunity
diseases,
hair care errors
improper nutrition.

The role of stress on hair loss in adolescents

The period of growing up is marked, in most cases, by the complex emotional state of a teenager. It can be caused by first love, excessive success or failure in school, quarrels with parents. The result - getting stress, which can be the direct cause of hair loss.

Nervous overstrain provokes a spasm of blood vessels, to the hair follicles poorly can get nutrients, oxygen, which contributes to hair loss. A teenager, noticing hair loss, begins to worry about this, gets a new stress, which further intensifies alopecia.

The effect of hormonal changes in adolescents on hair loss

At puberty, adolescents often increase the concentration of the hormone testosterone. Its excess and causes baldness. In boys, it appears on the crown and forehead, and in girls, on both sides of the parting.

In adolescent girls, the problem can be caused by:

menstruation, when iron loss occurs that is necessary for hair,
the beginning of the sexual life
taking contraceptives.

In boys, excessive growth of testosterone is observed with premature or very rapid puberty.

Hormonal surge in adolescents can also lead to increased oily skin, which can cause dandruff, dermatitis, seborrhea. These phenomena interfere with the full-fledged work of the hair follicles, initiate hair loss and slowing their growth.

The relationship of reduced immunity with hair loss in adolescence

Causes of hair loss in adolescents can also be explained by a decrease in immunity. If there are problems in the immune system, an attack of the hair follicles can occur, which can cause hair loss.

The problem is solved by increasing the immune status of the body, normalizing the emotional state of adolescents.

Hair loss in children in adolescence due to illness

Hair falling out during adolescence may be due to certain diseases and taking certain medications. Diseases may be associated with problems of the scalp - dermatitis, seborrhea, etc.

But even the common cold can cause hair loss at this age. This is due to the weakening of the body due to its fight against viruses.

In adolescence, worm infestations may occur, which can also affect the presence of errors in the nutrition of the hair follicles due to toxic substances released by the parasites entering the bloodstream. The consequence is hair loss.

Improper care for teen hair and hair loss

Hair health to a large extent depends on proper care. The reasons leading to hair loss in adolescence include:

Poor hair hygiene.
Wearing tight hairstyles with mechanical hair pulling.
Incorrect use of hats.
Hair coloring, the use of various chemical means of hair styling.
Application for styling hair curls, hair dryers and other similar means.
Improper combing hair.

The role of nutrition in adolescent hair loss

Causes of hair loss during adolescence may depend on an insufficiently balanced diet. This age period is characterized by the growth and development of body systems and requires the supply of a sufficient amount of useful nutrients.

In particular, hair loss can be triggered by iron deficiency. And if the blood has a low level of hemoglobin, the hair follicles are not sufficiently supplied with oxygen. The result is a weakening of the hair and their loss.

In children, problems with curls are very rare, but hair loss in adolescents is quite common today. Most girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 17 face this.

This is the so-called peak of hormonal activity, when various changes occur. Of course, most often this is a passing phenomenon, but not every young girl will agree to wait a few years until the hormones “calm down” and the lost hairs return.

Therefore, you need to understand the cause and solve it as soon as possible with the help of a specialist in this area and home hair care products.

Hair loss in teens can be caused by:

a change in hormonal levels that are more acute than usual
stresses
unhealthy diet (this may include diets abused by girls or eating “fast” food instead of healthy foods),
antibiotic treatment
external factors such as dry indoor air and adverse environmental conditions.

In adolescence, the body of a teenager undergoes serious hormonal changes. There are significant functional changes in the endocrine glands, mainly thyroid and sexual, affecting the metabolism in the body.

Increased activity of the thyroid gland makes changes in the endocrine system, first provokes a violent rise in energy, and then follows a decline and fatigue.

Causes of hair loss in girls are the following factors:

Hormonal disruptions

Why does a teenage girl's hair fall out? At a young age, the body is still formed, and its systems are not always able to function correctly. Especially susceptible to malfunction of the hormonal system.

The balance of hormone production is disturbed, the concentration of testosterone increases and the production of estrogen decreases, this leads to an increase in the pathogenic depleting effect of the male hormone on the scalp - androgenic alopecia develops.

The balance of androgens and estrogens is disturbed not only by internal factors, but also by external factors, such as the administration of oral contraceptives.

Help: androgenic alopecia is characterized by hair loss in the central part of the head, while the temples and the back of the head remain intact pathology.

But this cause provokes not only androgenetic alopecia. Hormonal disruptions reduce the body's defenses as a whole, weaken its immunity. This contributes to the development of diffuse alopecia.

The reasons for the strong hair loss in girls can be psychological and neurological problems.

Often they cause diffuse alopecia.

Stress affects the entire body, including the immune system and metabolism, which can not but affect the health of the hair.

Nervous alopecia very rarely takes on a chronic form and passes quickly with the exclusion of stressful conditions.

Vitamin deficiency

Another cause of hair loss in adolescents is a lack of vitamins and minerals. Vitamins A, B and D, minerals such as zinc, potassium, iodine and iron are very important for hair growth.

If they do not enter the body in sufficient quantities, then it loses the “building material” for the hair, at first they become brittle and thin, and then begin to fall out.

The situation is complicated by the fact that many young girls adhere to fashionable diets, involving the complete exhaustion of the body. Such destructive diets lead not only to a sharp baldness, but also to problems with teeth and nails. On a balanced diet for hair loss, read here.

A number of minerals and vitamins (especially group B) are found predominantly in animal food, and their concentration in vegetable products is not so high.

This can lead to hair loss in vegetarians. To compensate for the lack of nutrients they should take special complexes.

Autoimmune disorders

Autoimmune disorders provoke focal alopecia, which can cover small areas, and can take on total forms and affect the entire scalp.

Hair loss in this case is due to the fact that the immune system begins to perceive the follicles as alien objects and destroy them. The risk group includes allergies.

Diabetes and a number of other chronic diseases (such as gallbladder disease) can cause baldness.

If the sugar concentration in diabetes often rises, then the skin dries out and the blood circulation slows down.

The attachment of hair to this skin will weaken, which will increase their loss.

Diabetes may have more serious disorders: necrobiosis, dermopathy.

If they appear on the scalp, baldness can take on severe forms.

Symptomatology

Hair loss is a natural process for a person, all tissues of the body are regularly updated, including hair: the old ones die off and fall out, new ones grow in their place.

But the speed of this process in a healthy body is limited; normally, no more than 150-200 hairs fall out per day. Outwardly, it appears so that on the comb, in the bathroom after washing the head and on the pillow after sleep, there are literally a few hairs.

If the rate of loss exceeds the norm by 2 times or more, then there are pathological processes.

In this case, after combing and washing, there are already entire pieces of hair, skin gaps on the head and even balding patches can form.

In baldness there are several varieties, each of them has its own characteristics and localization, it is for them that can determine the cause of the disease.

Diagnosis and treatment

Hair loss in adolescents, if it is not complicated by more serious diseases, eventually passes without a trace. Therefore, it is not necessary to go into hysterics, you just need to seek the help of specialist doctors, undergo a full examination and proceed to the prescribed treatment.

The first thing you need to think about is to check the hormonal background of a teenager. That is the campaign to the endocrinologist is necessary. It often happens that in young people hormonal failure is not expressed in changes in hormone levels, but in the fact that tissue receptors become more sensitive to their action. The doctor prescribes the necessary diagnostic studies, among which must be:

general blood and urine analysis
blood tests for biochemistry
hormonal blood tests (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for FGD, cortisol, determination of the level of ionized calcium).

The next step should be to contact a doctor for the purpose of examining and excluding the presence of infectious diseases:

hemolytic (beta) streptococcus,
fungal diseases
hepatitis A,
herpes
ticks and parasites.

After excluding the listed diseases, it is worth contacting a trichologist who will conduct additional studies of the scalp and the condition of the hair roots.

The purpose of examinations occurs on an individual basis, as a rule, among the often prescribed studies - trichogram, computer microscopy, spectral analysis with the determination of microelements.

If necessary, the doctor may refer for consultation to other specialists.

After a full diagnosis, the doctor prescribes a course of treatment, both with the use of drugs for internal use, as well as the external therapy of the scalp and hair with the use of fitoextracts, vitamin-mineral complexes, proteins.

Another and quite a few important step will be the normalization of the psychological state of a teenager. And here a lot depends on the parents.

Treatment effectiveness

The purpose of the treatment of hair loss in adolescent girls and boys should appoint trichologist. And your child will have to go through diagnostic activities with other focused specialists.

In any case, this applies to the appointment of medical drugs and support systems, which should not be chosen without permission.

Do not self-medicate and do not teach this child, as he may think that uncontrolled medication is normal, if his parents do.

If you think that the loss of curls in a son or daughter is associated with a transitional age and the notorious “hormonal boom”, try to correct the care.

Add to it products based on phytoextracts, vegetable oils, firming masks, as well as cosmetic products containing proteins, minerals and amino acids.

Regarding the reception of children's multivitamins should consult with a specialist, because in this case it is important not to provoke hypervitaminosis.

It is very useful to teach a child to use phytotherapeutic infusions and decoctions. With the help of medicinal plants, you can not only strengthen the hair, but also significantly improve its health and appearance.

Encourage your child to use herbal rinsing to bring this habit to adulthood.

Compositions of masks, if you decide to use them, you need to select and develop as carefully as possible so as not to cause an even more intense discharge of sebum on the child's head.

Otherwise, this may not end up stopping the fallout, but even more serious problems with the tendency to progress and evolve.

Do not use too heavy oils, such as burdock or castor oil. From this, the structure of the child's curls can be broken even more, and the additional weighting of the roots will lead to increased manifestations of diffuse alopecia.

Remember that the most important period occurs in the life of your offspring, in which mistakes and negligence cannot be allowed. If you do something wrong now, it can later greatly affect human health. May your child be happy and healthy!

Today, the network can find a large number of recipes from the loss of strands. But most often these tips are designed for adults who have already experienced a hormonal surge. When teenagers have hair loss, the following soft and gentle ingredients can be recommended:

honey,
dairy products,
aromatic compositions
eggs,
starch,
clay.

Often with hair loss can be found recipes using mustard, pepper tincture or Dimexidum. This can be useful, but it is worth remembering that improper use and unstable hormones can further harm the hair.

Therefore, if you want to try the popular mustard masks, you need to proceed carefully and protect your skin from the aggressive effects of such products.

Read about it in the article "Hair growth in adolescents - especially puberty."

To get rid of alopecia, you must immediately find the cause and eliminate it. In most cases, this is sufficient to restore hair growth, since the regenerative forces of the young body are high.

If during the time to establish the causes of hair loss and to choose the right treatment, then the probability of developing the disease to severe stages will decrease many times.

In some cases, medical therapy and surgery may be required. Then the time of treatment of hair loss will depend on the drugs and methods used. I hope our article was useful for you, now you know why the hair of girls falls out.

The best way to treat hair loss is to eliminate the problem at the root. Pay attention to the steps that will help restore the health of hair:

Eat a balanced diet, consuming the optimal amount of calories.
Eat more foods containing omega-3.
Gently wash and brush your hair. Use nourishing oils, such as argan or coconut.
Limit use of curling, hair dryer and rectifier.
Do tests that test your body for vitamin deficiencies, especially iron. Studies show that hair loss in women is often directly related to iron deficiency.
Test for abnormal hormonal imbalances and consult your doctor to solve your hormonal problems. Often cases of hair loss are associated with hormonal imbalances.
Avoid stressful situations
Stimulate the scalp with massage.

In most cases, the above steps help to cope with the problem of hair loss. However, if after a few months the hair loss has not stopped or is accompanied by other abnormal symptoms, parents, together with the adolescent, should consult a doctor to find out the cause and select a treatment.

The choice of treatment method is determined by the cause of the loss. The most effective ways are ultraviolet radiation, a course of multivitamins, aloe injections. When a child is under the supervision of a dermatologist, healing occurs within a year.

General recommendations

To cure trichotillomania, it is necessary to find out the cause of the neurosis in order to eliminate it. A child psychologist will help by prescribing behavioral therapy.

Why does a child over ten years old lose hair, it is more difficult to find out. The reason he can hide.

The weights will grow again after the termination of their torsion, because the onions are completely healthy.

If the cause of the loss is an injury to the hair shaft, then it is sufficient to eliminate it so that the hair grows back. For the treatment of ringworm, antifungal drugs are needed, for example, griseofulvin. The course lasts about eight weeks. It is important to comply with the appointment, without interrupting treatment.

As an additional measure, it is permissible to use Nizoral or Friderm shampoos. They wash the baby’s head twice a week or three times a week. The child cannot infect other children during the treatment period; therefore, visiting a kindergarten or school is not canceled.

In infants hairs fall out on the back of the head and on the forehead. This is a physiological phenomenon. It is caused by the fact that the baby, constantly lying in the crib, turns the head. Hair rubbing against the surface, but the onions are not damaged, and within a year the strands grow back.

Shampoos and anti-dandruff products for children and adolescents

The cause of hair loss in adolescents and adults can be drugs, especially hormonal. Some girls start taking birth control pills.

And such drugs make hair thinner.Some doctors prescribe them to help adolescents cope with increased body hair growth.

Other medications that can cause hair loss include anticoagulants, beta-blockers, and even high doses of vitamin A.

Often the loss is accompanied by itching, increased dryness and rash on the skin. Dandruff flakes are caused by a constant renewal of the surface layer of the skin.

But if the amount of dandruff becomes too large, then we have to state seborrhea. If dry flakes leave the skin easily, then oily “sticks” to the dermis, and the locks look untidy.

How to treat pathology? To eliminate the problem, it is necessary to neutralize the harmful factors that provoke its development. Usually, the child is given a complex treatment: multivitamin complexes. Apply vitamin diet. Be sure to limit baking, tea and coffee.

Having a whole closet so beloved shoes, you have to walk in shapeless moccasins and trampled ballet shoes. And the whole thing in bulging bones on his feet, which bring just unbearable pain in general in any shoe. It is necessary to wear a little more dense shoes than moccasins on the size more than the prescribed - and the inflammation lasts a few more days. How to deal with bones on the legs, read our material.

Internal

In adolescence, when puberty begins, hormonal changes do not change smoothly, but spasmodically. And such bursts have a negative impact on the work of the whole organism.

During a deep restructuring in a teenager, a reconfiguration of all organs and systems occurs. This causes problems such as frequent dizziness, mood swings, acne, a strong smell of sweat, stratification of nails and hair loss. For some children, this stage takes 2-3 years, for others, it lasts for several years.

Chronic diseases can also be attributed to internal causes, especially if they are accompanied by constant medication.

Many medicines affect the condition of the skin and hair and can trigger baldness. Often teenagers lose hair, for which for any reason their immunity is reduced. Such children often have dandruff, pruritus, dermatitis on the head.

Almost always external are connected to internal negative factors. The most common causes of hair loss in adolescents are:

Stress. Especially during the exam period, although in normal school life they are quite enough.
Hypovitaminosis. The food of most adolescents outside the home is mostly food from bags, which is full of chemistry, but a minimum of vitamins.
Intoxication. In adolescence, they often smoke their first cigarette, drink the first glass of alcohol, and sometimes try drugs.
Overwork. It is peculiar to perfectionist children who try to become the best in everything and forget about normal rest.
Hypodynamia. After school, more and more teenagers spend their time at the computer or in a chair in front of the TV.
Wrong care. This is an abundance of styling products, frequent dyeing, basal fluff, low-quality shampoos, etc.
Follow the fashion. Regular shaving of the head, a radical change of color, constant straightening or hot styling.

Each of the above factors can lead to baldness, but if they act together, the process develops rapidly.

Treatment methods

Treatment of loss should be comprehensive. Only in this case, you can count on a positive outcome of therapy.

If a child has a shortage of certain substances, the first thing to do is to make the right diet. Emphasis should be on foods containing calcium, vitamins A, D, E, and vitamins of group B. These substances can be found in seafood, meat, greens, fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, vegetable oils, milk and kefir. If self-drafting seems difficult, you can contact a professional nutritionist.

If, at the examination stage, any diseases were detected in the adolescent, they should be cured. Antifungal agents are prescribed for the treatment of fungal diseases, antibiotics are used for the treatment of bacterial infectious skin diseases.

Other measures aimed at combating alopecia include:

having proper hair care (protect hair from temperature extremes and other weather disasters, stop using styling products, comb curls correctly, choose care products according to hair type),
use of hormonal drugs (only after consulting a doctor!),
rejection of bad habits,
taking sedatives in the presence of stress (only on the recommendation of a specialist),
scalp massage.

We advise you to read:

Useful article about the effects of stress on the health of hair and the harm from nervous experiences.
Are you alarmed if you notice a tuft of hair after washing your hair? Find the answer here.

What to do?

Many parents get lost and start to rush in search of the answer to the question “What should I do if a teenager's hair falls out”? And they, first of all, need to calm down themselves and explain to the child that this is a temporary problem. Otherwise, this will be an occasion for even greater stress and the development of complexes.

Then you need to make every effort to identify and eliminate external causes that could provoke baldness.

If you cannot do it yourself, ask the trichologist for help. He will conduct a hardware examination, determine how many follicles are in the active state, and how many are “asleep”, and tell you how to bring them back to life.

Balanced diet

It is very important to provide the teenager with a full balanced diet. It needs a large amount of vitamins and microelements, since the period of hormonal adjustment is accompanied by active growth and gaining muscle mass. Especially acute body feels the lack of protein and trace elements.

This needs to be explained to girls who, in their teens, often sit on rigid diets, dreaming of model looks.

Boys, on the contrary, begin to eat more, trying to quickly gain weight, so as not to look skinny. But they consume mostly fast foods and semi-finished products, in which there is a lot of fat and sugar and almost no useful components.

A teenager should regularly receive:

dietary meats: beef, veal, rabbit, chicken or turkey breast - suppliers of essential amino acids,
lean fish and seafood - a rich source of iodine and trace elements,
fresh vegetables and fruits are vitamins, fiber, minerals and trace elements, easily digestible sugars,
cereals and bread made from durum wheat are the best sources of B vitamins for healthy nails and hair,
nuts and seeds - contain many beneficial trace elements, unsaturated fatty acids,
natural vegetable oils - essential for good skin condition and normal functioning of the nervous system,
dairy products, hard cheese - the best source of calcium needed to strengthen hair, nails, teeth.

Daily caloric intake should not fall below 1200 kcal, otherwise the metabolic processes will slow down, and the body will not be able to develop normally. If a teenager leads an active lifestyle or goes in for sports, then the calorie intake should be increased accordingly to the loads.

Proper care

In second place is the right hair care, which a teenager should learn with your help. Not only girls, but also boys are now using styling products. However, many do not know that it is highly undesirable to leave them on the head of hair for the night.

It is worth introducing the teenager with other elementary rules:

shampoos choose according to the type and condition of hair,
after washing, it is imperative to use conditioner or conditioner to neutralize alkali residues,
2-3 times a week to apply firming or nourishing masks (ready-made or homemade),
do not comb wet hair, but first slightly dry them,
short haircuts to comb from the roots to the ends, long - on the contrary,
blow-dry from a distance of at least 15 cm and at medium temperatures, ending with cold air,
try not to resort daily to hot laying and be sure to use thermal protection,
styling products applied so that they do not fall on the scalp,
regularly apply oil to the tips to avoid their drying out and section,
for dyeing hair choose ammonia-free paints with a minimum percentage of oxidant, tonics or washable sprays.

Compliance with these simple rules will also be a good prevention of baldness in the future, as it helps to preserve the beauty and natural strength of the hair.

Pharmacy drugs

The use of potent pharmaceutical drugs for baldness (for example, with Minoxidil) adolescents can only be prescribed by a doctor. More often, such treatment is simply not necessary - they do not affect the hormones in any way, and there are enough good multivitamin complexes to eliminate external causes.

With significant hormonal disorders, which can only be identified with the help of special laboratory tests, the doctor prescribes compensating therapy.

So, with a reduced activity of the thyroid gland, drugs with iodine and L-thyroxin are taken. But all this happens under strict medical supervision with careful observance of the recommended dosage.

For prophylactic purposes and with a slight (up to 100-150 hairs per day) baldness, excellent results are obtained by the internal intake of vitamin preparations with an enhanced group B and the external use of vitamins A, E, C, B6, B12, and nicotinic acid to enrich the masks. In parallel, you can use firming and healing shampoos with herbal extracts.

Cosmetic procedures

When a teenager's hair falls out very much, what to do, it is better to consult a beautician. In his arsenal there are a number of procedures that can stop this process or significantly slow it down:

darsonvalization - the effect on the scalp of a weak electric current,
cryotherapy - short-term severe decrease in skin temperature, stimulating the growth of new hair,
laser therapy - warming the deep layers of the skin, which improves blood circulation and activates the processes of regeneration,
ultrasound - strengthens the walls of capillaries, improves cellular nutrition, accelerates hair growth,
Mesotherapy - makeup of hair follicles due to vitamin preparations administered under the skin.

Do not underestimate the usual massage, which not only helps to improve the condition of the skin and accelerate hair growth, but also perfectly relieves stress, helping to reduce the level of adrenaline in the blood.

Folk remedies

Absolutely harmless and very effective assistants in the fight against adolescent alopecia are folk remedies. Now you can easily find hundreds of proven grandmother's recipes, but most of them contain similar ingredients: herbal decoctions, honey, egg yolk, onion or garlic, propolis, juice or aloe pulp. Therefore, over time, you can learn to compose them yourself.

Here are some simple and very useful masks:

Yolk. Separate the egg yolk from the whites and whip thoroughly with a teaspoon of castor oil. Apply the mixture first to the roots, rub in with fingertips, and then spread out with a wide comb over the entire length. Wrap with cellophane, insulate, leave for 30-60 minutes, rinse with warm water with a small amount of shampoo.
Honey Liquid honey (1 tbsp.) Mixed with pulp or aloe juice (1 tsp.), You can add essential oils of clove, lavender, peppermint, orange, ylang-ylang, rosemary (one to choose from, 5-6 drops) . The application is the same.
Oily. Useful for very dry scalp and hair. For oily hair is not suitable. Heat two tablespoons of base oil (peach, apricot, olive, pumpkin, wheat germ) in a water bath. Add a teaspoon of honey and ground cinnamon, mix well, put on the roots and along the entire length, wrap up the heat, keep at least 1-2 hours. Rinse with warm water and shampoo.

Important! Remember that treatment with traditional methods is longer than professional ones. But they are completely safe and affordable.

Preventive measures

Preventive measures, which include a healthy balanced diet, regular and proper hair care, massages, masks and other home treatments to strengthen hair, will help prevent strong baldness and the appearance of baldness.

Give your child some simple tips:

wear a hat in cold, wet and windy weather,
do not use other people's hairbrushes and do not change hats,
protect the hair from direct sunlight,
when swimming in the pool, try not to wet your hair or wear a hat,
choose sparing methods of staining and do not repeat it more than once a month.

Haircuts with a shaved temple or the back of the head are still in fashion. Frequent shaving with a typewriter can damage the hair follicles and lead to the formation of a bald patch that will never grow over. So it is also necessary to follow the fashion with the mind and then the hair will not suffer.

Home treatment

An additional way to restore lost hair and improve their condition is home treatment. This therapy consists of the use of masks, shampoos and rinses created from improvised at home.

According to reviews of web users, the use of masks that improve blood circulation in the scalp has a good effect. The most popular of them are:

Pepper. Buy in the pharmacy pepper tincture, as well as several oils - castor, almond, burdock. Take 1 tbsp. each of the listed ingredients, mix. Apply on the scalp (but not on the hair), hold for half an hour, rinse with water and shampoo. Before applying the mixture is preferably heated in a water bath until the composition becomes warm. This mask is suitable for most hair types, because The drying effect of red pepper and alcohol in it is compensated by the presence of several oils.
Mustard. Take two tbsp. mustard powder, burdock oil, warm water. Mix with 2 tsp. sugar and one egg yolk. Apply the composition to the scalp (preferably in parallel partings, at a distance of 1 cm), cover the head with polyethylene and put on a hat. Wait 20-60 minutes, rinse with water. Duration depends on the type of mustard (one burns stronger, the other weaker), skin type, individual sensitivity, etc.

Good effect gives rinsing hair herbal tinctures and decoctions. To do this, the leaves of nettle, birch, linden, chamomile flowers.

Hair loss in adolescence is considered normal. Nevertheless, the child should be shown to the doctor at least in order to be tested and to exclude the presence of serious diseases. Teach a teenager to eat right, monitor personal hygiene, lead a healthy lifestyle, and hair will recover on its own in the near future.

Mask with honey and healthy oils

With hair loss in adolescents such a composition is useful. In order to cook it you need to warm up the oil of rosemary, almond, sage and peach.

Then mix everything with honey and evenly apply to the hair along the entire length. It is worth waiting for about 36-38 minutes and wash off a useful mask.

With frequent use, it will help to significantly strengthen the strands and prevent hair loss.

Herbal Herbs Compresses

In order to improve the condition of the strands can recommend compresses.In addition, you can rinse the hair after each cleansing of these herbs and flowers with these decoctions.

For a compress, boil the nettle leaves and burdock roots and then strain the composition and rub into the scalp before cleansing. In case of hair loss, it is useful to rinse your head with an extract of chamomile, calendula, nettle, birch leaves and oak bark.

This simple recipe will help you quickly cope with the loss of strands and make curls strong thick and incredibly voluminous. Read more in the “Herbal Broths for Growth and Smooth Hair” material.