Sentences with phrase «hair follicles causes»

According to Dr. Lenzy, the No. 1 cause of hair loss in African - American women is a condition called central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), a disorder in which inflammation and destruction of hair follicles causes scarring and permanent hair loss.

Consistent threading damages hair follicles causing erratic re-growth.

Androgenetic alopecia is a hereditary hair disorder that shrinks the hair follicles causing thinner hair and eventually results in hair loss.

When dogs are suffering from a health condition that impairs the functions of their immune system, the bacteria that are normally found on the skin, invade the hair follicle causing pain and inflammation.

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The main factor that causes acne is the dead skin that mixes with excess oil and blocks the hair follicles in the skin.

It strips the hair and follicle of healthy oils and also can cause more hair to be lost during the washing.

The exact causes of cradle cap are still unknown, but doctors believe it may be caused by an overproduction of sebum in the hair follicles and oil glands.

It is believed to be caused by hormones that are passed from you to your little one even before birth, which can cause too much production of oil (otherwise known as sebum) in the oil glands and hair follicles.

This oil can clog those hair follicles, causing a buildup of skin cells and oil.

In a review of 19 studies, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they can confirm a «strong association» between certain scalp - pulling hairstyles — many common among African - Americans — and the development of traction alopecia, gradual hair loss caused by damage to the hair follicle from prolonged or repeated tension on the hair root.

Rosenblum said the findings may have implications for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that interferes with hair follicle regeneration and causes patients to lose hair in patches from their scalp, eyebrows, and faces.

Christiano and her colleagues serendipitously discovered the effect of JAK inhibitors on hair follicles when they were studying a type of hair loss known as alopecia areata, caused by an autoimmune attack on the hair follicles.

It remains to be seen if JAK inhibitors can reawaken hair follicles that have been suspended in a resting state because of androgenetic alopecia (which causes male and female pattern baldness) or other forms of hair loss.

Connected to the follicle are sebaceous glands, which release oils onto the hair, and arrector pili muscles, which can cause hairs to stand on end.

This approach also kills dividing non-cancerous cells, such as those within hair follicles and lining the digestive system, causing discomfort and illness.

A recent study shows that male - pattern baldness may be caused by a lack of progenitor cells in hair follicles.

Conditional telomerase induction causes proliferation of hair follicle stem cells.

Hair follicles attach to tiny muscles that cause your hair to stand up (giving you goose bumps) and trap heat when you're cHair follicles attach to tiny muscles that cause your hair to stand up (giving you goose bumps) and trap heat when you're chair to stand up (giving you goose bumps) and trap heat when you're cold.

Since she was a child, Betts has had alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that causes the body to mistakenly attack hair follicles, leaving bald patches or resulting in total baldness.

Also, even the cleanest wax can cause skin damage, including burns (especially if you DIY it and accidentally overheat the wax) and folliculitis — an infection of the hair follicles that causes angry red bumps.

This resting period lessens considerably during pregnancy and women typically lose less hair during pregnancy, but the postpartum hormones can cause the body to catch up on the rest period for hair follicles, leading to more than normal hair loss.

That inflammation could weaken hair follicles and cause your hair to fall out.

Studies indicate that lipid peroxides, which can cause free radicals, induce the cell death (apoptosis) of hair follicle cells in an inflammatory process which is gradual and initiated by several factors.

These clogged hair follicles then cause inflammation, turning the surrounding skin red.

The harsh drugs used in chemotherapy cause hair follicles to become weak and break.

This is caused by a higher - than - usual amount of hair follicles being in the dormant phase of development than in the growth phase.

Alopecia areata — sudden hair loss characterized by one or more bald spots on the scalp and caused by autoimmune disease — a immune system malfunction where your body attacks your hair follicles.

Since fasting (and low carb diets) lowers insulin and insulin impacts rapidly dividing cells (such as in cancer)-- wouldn't such regimes possibly cause hair loss as hair follicles are rapidly dividing cells?

Hair loss can be caused by a decrease in blood flow to the hair follicles, which reduces oxygen and nutrients needed for hair to thrHair loss can be caused by a decrease in blood flow to the hair follicles, which reduces oxygen and nutrients needed for hair to thrhair follicles, which reduces oxygen and nutrients needed for hair to thrhair to thrive.

You see, even a small amount of free testosterone can cause these sensitive hair follicles to suffer.

If your body is deficient in these minerals the process of hair growth is stunted, and hair follicle miniaturisation speeds up causing more hairs to fall out.

Could this be affecting the way our hair follicles respond to DHT, or could some chemical be released that is causing higher levels of DHT?

While it is normal to have these bacteria present on the skin, it may become active in the scalp and cause hair follicle damages.

Avoid intensely hot showers — Very hot showers can damage the scalp, the heat can cause dryness and remove beneficial, protective and natural oils from the scalp and hair follicles.

Calcification can start to restrict blood flow to the hair follicles and cause inflammation in the scalp.

[7] Unopposed testosterone and other malfunctioning androgens cause these rogue facial and body hairs because these hormones rule the hair follicles, regulating how, where, and what type of hairs grow around the body.

Low thyroid hormone causes hair follicles to stop regenerating, resulting in hair loss.

Elevated levels of androgens, it can cause fine, «villous» hair follicles to produce larger, darker «terminal» hair, which leads to hirsutism.

Acne is caused by excess oil called sebum which originates in the sebaceous glands at the root of the hair follicles.

These cause hair follicles to shrink and thus unable to support hair growth.

Autoimmune problems are when the body starts attacking itself, and you may know already that hair loss happens when our own hormone DHT, attacks our hair follicles, causing them to miniaturize.

When the hair is starved of blood, the lack of oxygen and nutrients / minerals (essential for healthy hair) cause the hair follicle to wither and die.

(27 - 29) If the scalp is involved, this is called Alopecia Areata with patchy hair loss caused by auto - antibodies reacting with the hair follicles.

Acne vulgaris takes place when oils from glands with dead skin cells block hair follicles leading to quick growth of bacteria causing skin infection especially in puberty.

This hair loss occurs as a result of the damage caused by 5 - AR to hair follicles, eventually shutting them down and killing them.

«Shaving can cause irritation, and an infection around the hair follicle called folliculitis,» says ob - gyn Alyssa Dweck, MD, author of The Complete A to Z For Your V. For best results, make sure you wash the area first, then apply a shaving cream or mild soap.

According to board certified dermatologist Dr. Karyn Grossman, these annoying comedones (the official medical term) are usually caused by a buildup of sebum and keratin in the hair follicles of skin.

Dry With Care When drying hair with a towel, blot hair gently as you would your face — don't twist or rub — as hair follicles can break and cause fly - aways.

Inflammation is a huge cause of breakouts, as acne is caused by chronic inflammation of the hair follicles and oil glands.

On the other hand, clipper cutting a terrier's coat can cause the dead hair to become jammed in the follicle causing irritation, swelling, bumps, sores and sometimes pustules, Bowen said.