Dr Paul's Multi Speciality Clinic

Hair fall is always an issue among the general public. Each person at some point of time or the other in their life has to deal with hair fall. There are many different reasons behind hair loss among men and women. Some of the common features that have been identified along the course of research are stress, tension, underlying medical or health problems, or the lifestyle led by the person.  The reason behind this hair fall might be different in each person’s case. Another reason could be genetic also. Stress and anxiety are one of the major reasons for drastic hair loss. Currently, we are amidst a worldwide pandemic (the COVID-19 pandemic) which has largely contributed to making us stress about the well being of ourselves and our near and dear ones. People are also becoming anxious about losing their jobs and over other daily issues. Hair fall in these times can be triggered as a bad effect of this stress and anxiety that the people are undergoing on a daily basis. These might le...

Hair loss, also commonly-known and termed as alopecia, is an intermittent affair in both men and women. Though it is a very natural and common phenomenon to shed some hair each day, shedding more than 40 to 50 hair strands daily can be a matter of great concern. It can be stated or assumed that people, who experience ‘greater than normal’ hair loss, may already be having the inherited genetic tendency to what we commonly term as "common baldness." A typical “ Male Patterned Baldness ” is probably the most frequent cause of hair loss in maximum number of men, which shows alarming signs like receding or fading hairline that can even lead to baldness towards the top of one’s head. Women, on the other hand, may develop “female pattern baldness” in which signs show how one’s hair starts becoming thin over and around the entire scalp.  Let’s look deeper into the causes of Hair Loss : Stress: The talk of the town that stress can lead to hair loss is unfortunately proven to b...