## What causes hair loss? __Hormonal changes:__ Women experience hormonal changes during pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, or when changing contraceptives. All of these situations affect the hair growth cycle and lead to hair loss. For example, childbirth is overwhelming and can push many hair follicles into a resting phase. __Some diseases:__ These include some chronic and autoimmune diseases as well as COVID-19. __Medicines:__ Antidepressants, drugs for arthritis and high blood pressure, chemotherapy for cancer. __Infections:__ Fungal and bacterial skin infections can reduce the amount of hair on the scalp, causing hair loss or thinning. __Stress:__ Stress takes away hair’s essential nutrients, making it weaker. Alopecia can develop with prolonged stress or acute emotional trauma. __Hairstyling:__ To look fashionable, we use heat styling and other harmful methods. Tight ponytails, braids, bleaching, perms, and straightening can lead to brittle hair. __Haircare products:__ Harsh chemicals in hair care products can backfire and lead to hair loss. If you notice this happening, you need to change the product, no matter what. __Nutrient deficiency:__ Restrictive diets can cause hair loss. Additionally, lack of protein, iron, zinc, vitamin C, and vitamin B in your diet, especially in spring or autumn, can also cause it. When losing weight, be sure to supplement your diet with vitamin complexes—ideally, ones that are individually tailored for you. __Pollution:__ Dust and fuel particles from the air can negatively affect the scalp and disrupt the function of hair proteins. Air pollution is one of the causes of premature hair loss and gray hair. __Lifestyle:__ Poor sleep, sun exposure, and smoking disrupt the mechanisms in the body that make hair healthy. __Heredity:__ Hair loss due to genetic origin is a natural condition called androgenetic alopecia, which is more common in men. ## How do you stop hair loss? __Pay a visit to your dermatologist.__ He or she can prescribe, according to individual indications, consultations of an endocrinologist or gynecologist, along with the necessary tests. Trichologists can conduct a trichogram, which is an ultra-precise computer diagnostic. Based on the research, he or she will select an adequate and effective rehabilitation therapy. __The therapy usually includes:__ - Procedures to activate scalp’s metabolic processes and restore hair growth using plasma lifting - Mesotherapy—biostimulation of the scalp using microinjections of various drugs and cocktails necessary for hair growth - Impact on the scalp and hair follicles with a low-frequency laser - Selection of a physiotherapeutic complex of procedures - Selection of professional products for topical use (creams, lotions, masks, and shampoos for home use) - Selection of drug therapy - Men with alopecia may be offered a hair transplant When starting with a hair treatment, it is important to manage factors that you can control—for example, getting exercise, eating well, and reducing stress. Otherwise, you will not see the desired results from the treatment.