Blood Pressure Medicine Can Cause Hair Loss

Our hair is the crown of our beauty and part of our heredity.  Hair makes you look attractive, sassy, sexy and sophisticated. When the hair starts to fall out it can make you lose your confidence and change your appearance. There are a variety of reasons why hair loss occurs. Stress, scalp condition (alopecia), hair styling, improper use of hair chemicals such as perms and hair dyes can damage your tresses and cause it to shed, become dry and unappealing.

What’s it made of?

Hair is a thin, willowy, thread-like fiber made of a protein called keratin, which is found in your teeth, nails, toenails and skin. The body grows at least 100,000’s of hair. There are three layers cortex, cuticle and medulla. The root of the hair is located below the surface of the skin. Wrapped around it is the hair follicle, an opening where the hair shaft begins to grow.

Blood Pressure can cause hair shedding

When your body is stressed and if you take medications it can have a negative effect on your tresses. All medications have some type of side effects; though it may not affect you, it can take wreak havoc on others. Blood pressure medicines can be the reason you are suffering from hair loss. According to LiveStrong.com you can experience thinning hair within a few days to a few weeks when taking your medicine. Beta blockers such as metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL and atenolol (Tenormin, Tenoretic) might cause you to lose your hair. Most cardiologists don’t consider beta blockers as the best alternative to treat high blood pressure. Seek advice from your doctor about your meds (peoplespharmacy.com).

If you are experiencing hair loss you should think about the medications you are consuming. Your doctor may not tell you the side effects of medicines, so it is your job to do some research and read the side effects information on the bottle of your prescriptions. Other drugs that are used to treat certain medical conditions that may cause you to lose hair is depression, cholesterol, diet pills, glaucoma, heart medicines, inflammation, ulcers, hormonal and thyroids (American Heart Association.com)