Alopecia areata is a sudden onset of localized patchy hair loss. You didn’t even realize it, only after being reminded by friends and barbers.
Why does alopecia areata occur with you? Is there something wrong with your body? Recently, you have been under a lot of stress, always insomnia and nightmares. Is this related to alopecia areata?
There are many causes of alopecia areata, generally including the following:
1. Immune system disorders, such as vitiligo patients are prone to alopecia areata.
2. Genetic predisposition is also an important factor, with one in four patients having a family history.
3. Stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, irritability, nightmares, etc. are all common causes of alopecia areata. For example, the driver has a traffic accident, the student is nervous about the exam, and the family has a funeral and other mental blows.
4. Infectious lesions, endocrine disorders.
According to traditional Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine consider, alopecia areata is mainly caused by blood deficiency, wind-heat and blood-dryness, blood stasis, and liver-qi stagnation, leading to loss of nourishment and baldness.
What should I do if I have alopecia areata?
Most of them can be cured, but the best time for treatment cannot be lost, so it is necessary to find the cause and treat it early.
Try to find out and remove the possible causes of baldness, eliminate mental tension and anxiety, combine work and rest, get enough sleep, and take sedatives. Such as oryzanol, and so on. Wearing a wig can also reduce the psychological burden on patients.
1. Topical drug treatment: Minoxidil tincture, nitrogen mustard hydrochloride solution, etc.
2. Oral drug treatment: for rapidly developing and wide-ranging progressive alopecia, small and medium doses of prednisone can be taken orally, and the dose can be gradually reduced after several weeks and maintained for several months; cystine, calcium pantothenate, vitamin B6, etc. are helpful for hair growth; Tension, anxiety, insomnia patients can be given bromine or other sedatives.
Treatment of alopecia areata with small traditional Chinese medicine folk prescriptions
Ginger slices, rub the skin on the hair loss area, 1-2 times a day, 4-5 minutes each time until the scalp is hot, persistent use can promote the new growth of hair.
What should you pay attention to in your daily diet?
Patients with hair loss should eat more foods rich in vitamin B, trace elements, and nourishing blood and qi, such as carrots, black sesame seeds, walnuts, almonds, chestnuts, donkey-hide gelatin, etc., which can have the effect of black hair, hair retention, hair growth, and hair growth, it can make the hair soft and shiny; it is very important to maintain a balanced diet and a reasonable intake of foods rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals. Only ensuring comprehensive and reasonable nutrition can be beneficial to hair growth.
Can shaving your hair promote alopecia areata relief?
Some people often say that if a child’s hair is thin, a shaved head can grow thicker hair. There is no theoretical basis for this. However, repeated shaving with a razor, and razor is a kind of mechanical stimulation to the scalp, which has a certain effect on stimulating blood circulation, and it is easier to apply medicine to bald after shaving. But not recommended for ladies to try.
