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What Causes Hair Loss?

Hair loss is usually hereditary but can be attributed to other life style factors such as stress levels, diet and exercise among many others. These factors may contribute to an unhealthy scalp that further leads to thinning and loss of hair.

Sebum Contamination

A major cause of hair loss is the mixture of micro-pollutants, residue from hair care products, and sebum clogging your follicles. Sebum is an oily substance produced by your skin. Sebum actually plays an important role in the health of your scalp, but over-production of sebum caused by stress (this is a major cause of hair loss in women) and a diet high in animal fat creates excess sebum secretion.

The sebum reaches the surface of your scalp and mixes with dirt and hair care product residue. Because the sebum is now on your scalp and exposed to air, it hardens (oxidizes) and creates a black tar-like substance. This hardened substance clogs your hair follicles.

The bacteria in this substance damage the follicle and are one of the major causes of hair loss. After years of this occurrence (your whole life), the tar-­like material becomes impacted in the follicle. The result is blockage of nutrient absorption to the follicle, which impedes hair
growth.

Hormones and DHT The most damaging process in hair loss occurs next. Your body naturally produces the hormone testosterone. It happens to everyone. When testosterone mixes with the sebum or dirt substance that is now impacted in your follicle, it creates a powerful substance called dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. DHT is the real enemy of hair growth and retention. When formed, DHT causes the follicle to begin shutting down, and the follicle basically dies a slow death. What makes this worse is that your body's immune system senses the follicle is dying and as a part of its defense system, tries to further shut it down and get rid of it (as it would a cold or flu). What effect does the dying, clogged follicle have on an actual hair strand? If you pulled out a hair strand from your follicle, and looked at the root end of the hair strand under a microscope, you would see the hardened sebum or dirt substance on the root of the strand (we encourage you to do this so you can see for yourself!). What you are seeing is just a small amount of this material. The rest of it is your hair follicle. At the root of every strand of your hair is a bulb. On a healthy strand of hair the bulb is nicely rounded. This healthy round shape is like a strong root, the larger the bulb; the more firmly your hair is rooted in your follicle. When sebum builds up in the follicles it deteriorates the bulb of the hair. Slowly, the bulbs get smaller, less round, and because of this, your hair is not rooted as well as it should and the hair strand falls out. Then another hair strand grows from the follicle, but this hair strand is thinner and weaker than the last one because of sebum blockage and the fact that the follicle is dying. This causes the hair strand to be thinner and the bulb smaller. The process repeats itself, with the next getting thinner and the bulb smaller each time the old one falls out. This is why most men and women experience thinning hair as they are losing it. The unfortunate ending is a hair so damaged from sebum, bacteria, DHT production that the follicle dies. Poor Circulation and Stress Poor blood circulation in your scalp due to stress also causes hair loss. The fact that the head is the highest point on your body and the most difficult place for your body to supply blood to is one thing, but a tight scalp due to stress will also constrict your scalp's blood vessels and cause vital nutrients to not make it to your follicles. Most of us live somewhat stressful lives, but dealing with stress head-on is important. Don't ignore it. Unfortunately, our products cannot relieve the stress that you might be experiencing. However, stress can be dealt with in many ways, most notably through exercise, adequate sleep, healthy relationships, healthy diet, and techniques like relaxation exercises such as yoga.