Hair loss is an affliction that affects every human being, although in varying degrees of severity. When one leaves their teenage years behind and enters their 20 s & 30 s, suffering from hair loss is very natural. It is normal to shed some hair each day as part of a cycle of growing new hairs and loosing some. There are approximately 1,00,000 hairs on the average scalp and thus it is said that up to 100 hair strands dying and falling out each day is very normal .Every individual looses hair everyday and should not be stressed out because the strands that fall out are replaced by new ones produced by the scalp. What are the causes of hair loss?

• Stress is the biggest cause of hair loss

• Poor nutrition, unhealthy eating habits, crash dieting. Girls aim for the size zero figure end up with sever hair loss after 6 to 7 weeks of dieting.

• Different kinds of hair treatments like excessive blow drying, perming, straightening and colouring lead to hair fall. Holding the dryer to close damages the hair.

• Mothers who pull their daughters hair tight in to a plait are only encouraging receding hair line and balding. Hair should not be pulled and manipulated too hard.

• Losing hair post-pregnancy is very common, because the elevated hormone levels that persist during pregnancy prevent normal hair fall during that period.

• Medications too cause hair loss

• Certain infections too can cause hair loss.

• Hair loss is also caused by ones genetics, so one cant do much about it.