Why is my leg hair falling out
Hair loss on legs?
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today I'm going to be talking about
something that happens to a lot of
people
but not a lot of people pay attention to
it
and yes I'm talking about hair loss on
your legs
when people think of hair loss they
think of alopecia which is a hair loss
on your head which is the most
noticeable but hair loss it can happen
anywhere on your body including the legs
so today I'm talking about what causes
hair loss on your legs and also that it
can be signed off with serious disease
trying to develop
hello everyone my name is Dr jasprit
Singh and welcome to today's video so
let's get started talking about what
causes hair loss on your legs and no
guys shaving is not one of the causes of
hair loss on your legs now some of the
causes are Peripheral arterial disease
also called pad
diabetes mellitus chronic rashes of your
skin like eczema psoriasis or the skin
conditions hair follicle infections
changes in the hormone it could be
during pregnancy or menopause it can
also happen from nutritional
deficiencies especially iron zinc or
vitamin D long-term use of steroids
wearing tight socks or pants and lastly
high level of stress now I've just
covered a lot of causes of hair loss on
your legs but looking through the causes
most of these causes cause hair loss all
over your body they're not specific to
the legs only there are only a couple of
the causes that are only specific to the
legs and those are wearing tight pants
or socks and Peripheral arterial disease
or pad so today I'm going to be focusing
on pad and how hair loss on your legs
could be a sign of pad developing
to start off let's cover where
Peripheral arterial disease or pad is so
pad is a narrowing or blockage of the
arteries in your legs now arteries are
the vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood
from your heart to the rest of the body
and as the name implies it happens in
the peripheral part of our body mainly
the legs
now if you're having localized hair loss
off your legs your doctor May suspect
pad and may do further tests now let's
look at some of the risk factors for pad
now some of the risk factors include
diabetes mellitus smoking tobacco
obesity
decrease physical activity high
cholesterol and high blood pressure now
I'm not saying that pad only causes hair
loss of your legs it causes other
changes too so let's cover some of those
as well other changes include changes in
skin color skin can become very smooth
or shiny the skin will become cool to
touch there will be decreased toenail
growth and decrease pulses in your feet
as well if you see any of these changes
along with the hair loss of your legs go
see your primary care doctor for further
evaluation at that point so I know
what's on everybody's mind like we
understand what pad is or why is it
causing the hair loss so let's cover why
it causes the hair loss like I covered
earlier pad is narrowing or blockage of
the arteries which are the vessels that
bring oxygen rich blood from the heart
to the rest of the body
now when you have narrowing a blockage
of these arteries the legs and the feet
are deprived of this oxygen rich blood
the blood from these arteries usually
feeds the hair roots and leads to more
cell development and more hair growth
with decreased blood supply the hair
growth diminishes and then goes away not
a lot of people notice the hair loss on
their legs a lot of people may not even
view it as a problem of hair loss on
their shins legs or feet but it could be
pointing towards a larger health issue
happening so always pay attention to the
changes happening to your body don't
just ignore them the changes may be a
way of your body warning you it's a sign
to change your lifestyle your diet and
seek medical care I appreciate you guys
watching and I will see you next time
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