Hair Loss Causes

• Common causes of hair loss
  
  
  • Male pattern baldness
    
    
  • Trauma
    
    
  • Chemicals
    
    
  • Medications such as allopurinol (Zyloprim) and warfarin (Coumadin)
    
    
  • Poor nutrition
    
    
  • Stress, for example, during a major illness
  
  
• Uncommon causes of alopecia
  
  
  • Poor blood flow
    
    
  • Infections such as syphilis
    
    
  • Skin diseases such as lupus
    
    
  • Cancers
    
    
  • Hormone problems
    
    
  • Kidney failure
    
    
  • Liver failure