All About Hair Loss When It Is Caused By Hair Shaft Defects – Part 3

While we present here the last part of the detailed discussion, you can get all the necessary details of the various types of conditions affecting hair shafts. For more, you can get the help of a dermatologist. So don’t worry in case your hair loss is evident.

All About Hair Loss When It Is Caused By Hair Shaft Defects – Part 3

More On The Hair Loss Problems 

It alone can do so much damage to the hair fibre that the fibre at the root is severely weakened if the chemical processing is very severe, however. The hair may break off at the skin surface if this happens. Called diffuse alopecia is the result. 

Physical processes can also harm the hair as well as chemically-induced damage. It is observed that the cuticle now goes to flake and strip away with aggressive brushing, backcombing, and other grooming techniques that put a lot of physical stress on the hair fibre. 

Causing a lot of damage is the inappropriate use of a hairdryer. Some water gets under the cuticle and into the cortex when you wash your hair. You heat the water if you dry your hair with high heat. Pushing outward to leave spaces in the hair fibre, this makes the water expand inside the hair. With a condition called bubble hair, in severe cases, the hair develops little bubbles inside. Making hair much weaker and likely to break off are these bubbles. The problem is compounded if damaging physical processes are combined with damaging chemical processes. 

Difficult to treat is physical damage to the hair through overprocessing 

Avoiding further chemical processing, be gentle with your hair, and wait for new, undamaged hair to grow in as the best approach is to cut off as much damaged hair as possible. They only work for a short time and have to be reapplied regularly while there are cosmetic treatments to help glue damaged hair back together. Never as good as the original undamaged hair is the result. 

Trichorrhexis Nodosa

Trichorrhexis nodosa also called trichonodosis is one of the most common hair shaft defects a dermatologist encounters. A defect in the hair fibre is trichorrhexis nodosa. Most of the hair shaft looks entirely normal when observed under the microscope. Swelling and/or fraying can be seen however in isolated spots along the length of a fibre. Where there is an absence of cuticle these focal defects develop. 

It can be congenital or acquired when it comes to causes of trichorrhexis nodosa. Some people have naturally weak hair where the cuticle is not properly produced as the congenital form comes to be very rare. Usually hereditary, it runs in families and first develops at a very young age is congenital trichorrhexis nodosa. Occurring in metabolic disorders such as those that involve abnormal urea synthesis, abnormal copper or zinc metabolism, or defective cysteines or sulphur incorporation into hair fibre is the abnormal production of irregular and brittle hair fibres. 

Much more common and developing as a result of excessive hair manipulation and overprocessing is acquired trichorrhexis nodosa.

Disrupting the cuticle in focal areas along a hair shaft is too much brushing, hairstyles that put constant stress on the hair, and excessive washing, drying, and perming. In people who overuse hot combs or permanent waves to style their hair is trichorrhexis nodosa is particularly seen. The hair cortex swiftly breaks down once the cuticle is removed from hair fibre. 

Depending on the cause of the focal defects in the treatment. Treatment will focus on the hair follicle and improving the strength of the hair fibre if the hair production is believed to be abnormal. The obvious action is to reduce the amount of hair manipulation where the defect is the result of excessive grooming. Thereafter it is encouraged that people stop using brushes as also avoiding hair styling which involves chemicals and thereby using only very mild shampoos 

Why Should You Be Cautious When It Comes To Hair Care? 

Everyone dreams of a luscious healthy mane. Whereas very few are lucky enough to make it a reality. Just because they have a healthy diet doesn’t mean they can have healthy hair. More so genetics play a good role in bringing you good hair that is healthy and shiny. While there are many home remedies you can try when it comes to hair problems like dandruff, more serious problems like those mentioned above need the care of a dermatologist. 

So, the next time you visit your salon make sure you get a good consultation as when it comes to hair loss the help of a therapist in accepting your condition when it is irreversible is more helpful than that of a dermatologist. With expert advice, most of the conditions can be reversed and hair grows back healthy and shiny.

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