Our hair is an integral part of our physical appearance. And especially for women, having dull, very fragile hair, very small hair and in many cases sparse spaces, can become a cause for embarrassment.
Use specific products
In these cases, the first action we are led to take is to choose and get advice on the right products. In fact, often the motivation underlying the precarious state of health of the hair is occasional, periodic or at most linked to an unhealthy lifestyle. However, if after at least three months of specific treatments that act on the skin and hair we do not notice improvements, we can investigate the causes.
Few people know but sometimes brittle hair could be a spy for these diseases
According to the Humanitas Research Institute, hair could weaken and become dry and brittle even for health reasons. That is, they could represent the external symptom, so to speak, of thyroid and parathyroid dysfunctions or of important eating disorders.
How to understand?
If after the specific remedies that we can adopt by consulting experts in the world of trichology we do not see results, we could consult the doctor or a dermatologist. In this way, as the Research Institute suggests, we could carry out specific tests such as, for example, clinical tests for the dosage of thyroid hormones. Especially if in addition to excessive hair fragility, other symptoms such as fatigue, drowsiness, weight gain occur, we could have thyroid dysfunction. Constipation, memory problems, depression or (for women) menstrual irregularities could also be a warning.
Possible pathologies
Few people know but sometimes brittle hair could be a spy for these diseases that we list below:
- Aids;
- atherosclerosis;
- hyperthyroidism;
- hypoparathyroidism;
- hypothyroidism;
- Hashimoto’s disease.
Clarification
The information we draw from the Humanitas Research Institute must not arouse alarmism. In general, in certain periods of the year or of life in particular, the hair undergoes a stress that normally restores itself with local treatments and supplements. When the persistence and chronicization, for example, of sparse and very fragile hair takes place until it becomes a straw cloud, we can deepen. If so, by identifying the underlying reason and acting on the triggering cause, we could start a more targeted action. Always in collaboration with the specialist doctor.
A tip for our hair
For a restructuring action on the hair that we can still practice at least twice a year, especially in spring and autumn, we can consider numerous suggestions. Among others we could try some shock actions against the seasonal fall.