There are many causes of thinning hair amongst humans. For example, you can suffer from effuviums, alopecia areata, scarring alopecia, congenital hypotrichosis, or have a fungal infection.

There is also hair loss problems directly related to whether you are a man or woman, in the form of either female-pattern or male-pattern hair loss.

Hairloss can also be caused by various diseases, conditions, adverse reactions to medication and the amount of stress you might have in your daily life.

It is important to see a doctor or dermatologist to figure out which type of hair loss you have. The diagnosis will identify the cause of your hair loss and, once identified, the cause or multiple causes can start to be treated.

It is essential that you provide your doctor or dermatologist with an accurate account of all your symptoms and the length of time during which you have been suffering from excessive thinning hair.

A list of your symptoms, what your diet is like and whether you are experiencing any stress in your life, can help to arrive at the correct diagnosis.

The term effluviums means, "outflow". The condition known as effluviums is a type of hairloss that affects different phases of the hair growth cycle.

Alopecia Areata is a type of problem that is affected by your own immune system, attacking the actual hair follicles. This type of condition mainly affects those under the age of 20 but can occur at any age.

Cicatrical alopecia, also known as scarring alopecia, leaves behind scar tissue over the scalp after first causing irreversible damage to the hair follicles.

The genetic disease, Congenital Hypotrichosis, is when there is no hair growth at all, so it is technically not a hair thinning condition but a situation in which no hair at all appears on the scalp. There are not usually any treatments for this type of baldness so sufferers will need to either accept baldness or get creative in covering it up or using hair pieces and wigs.

Fungal Infection most commonly one of the causes of thinning hair amongst teenagers and children and can be treated with antifungal medication, resulting in normal regrowth of the hair.

The causes of thinning hair are many and, as you have seen, it is vitally important to receive a correct diagnosis in order to receive appropriate treatment.

Most types of thinning will have easily diagnosed causes, leading to appropriate hair loss treatments. Your doctor can explain about the different types of conditions and also discuss the type you actually have plus the treatment options available to you.