Reasons for hair loss in teens?

I'm a girl, so naturally i shed alot. But its become excessive and my hair is noticably thinner. I haven't really changed anything in my normal routine of caring for my hair, or my diet or anything like that. Is it something i should worry about?Reasons for hair loss in teens?
Me and my sister have the same problem. My hair started to get thinner around 15. I'm 19 now and it's becoming noticible at the front of my hair. It may be a genetic thing, stress,hard water, or hair products. I suggest you go see a doctor now. It's better to do something about it now than later to prevent more hair from falling out. There are some great stuff out there to help prevent future hair loss and hair loss regrowth products are also improving. But don't stress yourself out too much, you're not the only one ( so many girls at school have this porblem)Reasons for hair loss in teens?
Are you stressed? sometimes that can affect your health, and thus, your hair. Also, it's been known that an excessive amount of mercury in your diet can cause this too (but since you said that nothing has changed in your diet, I doubt this can be the cause)





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Supplement your healthy diet with good quality supplements: Simply eating nutritious food is not enough. You need to supplement it by good quality supplements to overcome any nutritional deficiency. Deficiencies can occur either due to modern methods of farming, high levels of stress, dieting, aging and exercise. Choose a multi-vitamin or mineral product but you can also buy a supplement catering to growth of healthy hair.


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* Traction alopecia is most commonly found in people with ponytails or cornrows who pull on their hair with excessive force.


* Traumas such as chemotherapy, childbirth, major surgery, poisoning, and severe stress may cause a hair loss condition known as telogen effluvium.


* Some mycotic infections can cause massive hair loss.


* Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disorder also known as ';spot baldness'; that can result in hair loss ranging from just one location (Alopecia areata monolocularis) to every hair on the entire body (Alopecia areata universalis).


* Localized or diffuse hair loss may also occur in cicatricial alopecia (lupus erythematosus, lichen plano pilaris, folliculitis decalvans, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, postmenopausal frontal fibrosing alopecia, etc.). Tumours and skin outgrowths also induce localized baldness (sebaceous nevus, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma).


* Hypothyroidism can cause hair loss, especially thinning of the outer third of the eyebrows


* Temporary loss of hair can occur in areas where sebaceous cysts are present for considerable duration; normally one to several weeks in length.





I know Mercedes from America's Next Top Model had hair loss because of her disease, lupus. Maybe you have that?