IS THYROID DISEASE CAUSING YOUR HAIR LOSS

Thyroid disease can cause severe imbalances of your thyroid hormone levels at unhealthy levels and not only does this phenomenon cause your weight, mood and even your thinking to be affected, it can also cause you to start losing your hair. Hair loss, even though a common side effect of thyroid disease is not a permanent problem so long as you get the treatment you need.

How Thyroid Hormones Cause Hair Loss

There is a natural pattern of hair growth and resting phases that hair follicles follow, so at any given point in time as the pattern dictates, majority of your hair is in the growing phase, whilst only a small portion remain in the resting phase. Any time there are imbalances in the body as caused by thyroid disease, it causes this natural pattern to be thrown into upheaval. This makes more of your hair go into the resting phase with very few growing. This therefore results in massive hair loss, balding or thinning hair. Of course, there are so many hair conditions that have the possibility of causing hair loss but thyroid disease is a massive culprit. You see, hair growth is to some extent dependant on correct functioning of the thyroid gland. In cases where the gland overproduces the thyroid hormone, the hair on your head becomes very fine and begins thinning all over the scalp. In the event where there is an underproduction of the hormone, not only do you begin to lose hair on your head, you start to lose hair all over your body. The condition is however temporal.

SYMPTOMS OF THYROID DISEASE

In addition to the loss of hair, you should take note of these other symptoms as they can be subtle at times.

•        Mood swings,  increased anxiety, irritability, and nervousness
•        Insomnia or lethargy
•        Abnormal menstruation
•        Muscle pain/weakness
•        Dryness in the hair or skin
•        Trouble paying attention, remembering or concentrating

TREATING THYROID DISEASE AND HAIR LOSS

The good news with the thyroid disease is that the hair loss problem resolves itself once treatment follows after the disease diagnosis. Treatment targets the hormone levels in your body and once it is regulated to its healthy self, your hair should start growing. It may take some time, however to get the correct dosage of thyroid hormone to control your thyroid. If during this period, your hair loss of significance to you, you can still take measures to have your hair restored as you wait for the results of thyroid treatment to start. The restoration of your hair is our passion and of prime importance to us. Visit YourHairLossExpert.com to find out the array of services we have at our disposal to get your hair regrowing healthier, thicker and more lustrous than it was before!