Not all types of hair loss would lead to permanent baldness. Depending on the nature and cause of the baldness, the chances of growing back your hair could be good. Temporary hair loss could be caused by several factors. The seven very common causes of temporary baldness could be (1) illness, (2) poor nutrition, (3) medications, (4) medical treatments, (5) recent high fever, flu or surgery, (6) infancy (7) childbirth.

According to medical studies, people who are diabetic, suffering from lupus and thyroid disorders often suffer from hair loss. According to medical practitioners, hair loss can be attributed as an effect of the illness and the poor absorption of nutrients into the body of a sick person. This condition is often times temporary and the hair would often re-grow upon the patient’s recovery. The medications and medical treatment undergone by a patient also contribute to hair loss. There are certain medications, especially those drugs used for treatment of gout, arthritis, depression, heart problems and high blood pressure and those treatments used to fight cancer, which cause hair loss in some people. In most cases, as soon as the patient is taken off medication, the hair would grow again.

Aside from illness and medications, there are natural bodily transitions, which could result to hair loss. Childbirth may cause excessive hair loss for several months in some women. During pregnancy, women often experience active hair growth and after delivery, the excess hair is shed as the body corrects itself. In infants hair loss usually occur is the first six months and the baby sometimes go bald. The shedding of hair is a natural process in this case. As the baby grows older, more permanent hair replaces the old ones.

Normally, people undergo hair loss at an average of 50 –150 strands per day. Shedding of hair is normal and even healthy as long as it is within the given range. The moment a hair strand is shed, the regeneration or the growing process begins where a new hair will grow form the same follicle, where the old hair had been. Most of us don’t know that even the hair in our head had a lifespan of its own. You hair has an average of 2 to years life span where it stays on your scalp. This growth stage is called the anagen phase and around 90% of your hair would be at this stage at a give time. When the lifespan of your hair expires, your hair will now enter into the telogen phase where the hair will stop growing for 3 to 3 months before they start falling down.

Normally, only 10% of your hair reaches this stage at a given time so need not worry of you hair falling down all at once. However, in some people, the rate of hair loss exceeds the rate of hair regeneration process, which often leads to baldness. Still, in some people, the hair that replaces the old ones are made of thinner strands causing general thinning of the hair texture that although the number of stands are the same, the hair on your scalp would look thinner. In some unfortunate cases, the hair that replaces the old ones grows in patches, which are often unsightly. If you experience any of these unnatural hair loss and hair re-growth patterns, it is best to consult your doctor before doing something about it.