The outer eyebrows fall off sparsely and thinly

Introduction The amount of eyebrows varies from person to person and has a certain relationship with heredity. There are more than a thousand thick eyebrows and hundreds of sparse ones, which is normal. However, some people have only a few or all of their eyebrows falling off. This is an abnormal phenomenon and is often a signal of certain diseases. Eyebrows are closely related to health. The motherland medicine believes that the eyebrows belong to the foot and the bladder, and it depends on the blood of the sun. Therefore, the eyebrows are thick, indicating that the kidneys are full and strong. The eyebrows are thin, indicating that kidney deficiency is weak, and the body is weak and sick. At the same time, observing eyebrows can also help in diagnosing diseases.

Cause

1, daily diet imbalance and improper living habits: daily diet imbalance and improper living habits (such as staying up late, excessive alcohol and tobacco, excessive exercise, etc.), will cause endocrine, hormone disorders, resulting in hair loss.

2, emotional problems: When the mood is in excessive tension, anxiety, etc., it will also cause endocrine, hormone disorders, resulting in hair loss.

3, seborrheic dermatitis: about 10% to 16% of people with seborrheic dermatitis skin problems. Seborrheic dermatitis is a common chronic dermatitis, which often occurs on the scalp, eyebrows, sides and lower edges of the nose. Symptoms are erythema, peeling, occasional yellowing and greasy dander, which makes people feel It is a little itchy but not too itchy. In severe cases, there will be symptoms such as running water and second-degree spore mold infection. This dermatitis is difficult to completely break the roots, but fortunately, as long as the treatment with professional dermatologists, the number and severity of attacks can be minimized, and will not affect the daily routine.

4, the chemical effects of cosmetics and skin care products, the use of cosmetic skin care products that are not suitable for their own skin may also cause hair loss, especially when using harmful chemicals, it is more likely to cause problems. If this is the case, it is recommended to suspend the use of the cosmetic skin care products you are using now and try to see if it will improve.

5, other physical diseases: such as leukemia, anemia, malnutrition, etc. will also affect hair growth.

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In patients with hypothyroidism and anterior pituitary dysfunction, the eyebrows tend to fall off, and the outer side of the eyebrows is most obvious, especially the outer third of the eyebrows is lost. In patients with nerve paralysis, the eyebrows on the paralyzed side are lower. When the unilateral ptosis is drooping, the eyebrows on the side of the lesion appear higher; the eyebrows may fall off in patients with leprosy in the early stage; the alopecia areata patients also have the symptoms of eyebrows falling off; the eyebrows rushing upright are signs of danger; the eyebrows are close to each other from time to time. Is a manifestation of painful diseases.

Differential diagnosis

1, Simon's disease: short-term eyebrows, hair, mane, pubic hair and body hair thinning or all off, body weight loss, mental wilting, expression apathy drowsiness, poor appetite, external genital atrophy, this is the pituitary Caused by decreased leaf function. The prognosis of this disease is poor, any adverse stimuli such as cold, infection, hypoglycemia, low salt, and more drinking water can cause serious coma, and patients with low resistance are prone to death.

2, leprosy: the outer 1/3 of the eyebrows skin hypertrophy, eyebrows loss, often the characteristics of early leprosy. Leprosy is a chronic infectious skin disease characterized by damage to the nerves around the skin. Some patients may also have damage to organs such as lymph nodes, eyes, nose, liver, and spleen.

3, the second phase of syphilis: its eyebrows, beards and even hair can fall into irregular pieces, the hair has different degrees of breakage, worm-like or sheep-grass-like, which is the characteristic of syphilis damage to hair. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that, in addition to invading the skin, can invade any tissue or body in the body.

4, hypothyroidism: the disease can also be expressed as eyebrows sparse, especially the eyebrows outside the 1/3 loss, the hair is also diffuse sparse, part of the herbivorous flaky hair loss, due to hypothyroidism Causes a decrease in systemic metabolic capacity and hair malnutrition.

In patients with hypothyroidism and anterior pituitary dysfunction, the eyebrows tend to fall off, and the outer side of the eyebrows is most obvious, especially the outer third of the eyebrows is lost. In patients with nerve paralysis, the eyebrows on the paralyzed side are lower. When the unilateral ptosis is drooping, the eyebrows on the side of the lesion appear higher; the eyebrows may fall off in patients with leprosy in the early stage; the alopecia areata patients also have the symptoms of eyebrows falling off; the eyebrows rushing upright are signs of danger; the eyebrows are close to each other from time to time. Is a manifestation of painful diseases.

In patients with hypothyroidism and anterior pituitary dysfunction, the eyebrows tend to fall off, and the outer side of the eyebrows is most obvious, especially the outer third of the eyebrows is lost. In patients with nerve paralysis, the eyebrows on the paralyzed side are lower. When the unilateral ptosis is drooping, the eyebrows on the side of the lesion appear higher; the eyebrows may fall off in patients with leprosy in the early stage; the alopecia areata patients also have the symptoms of eyebrows falling off; the eyebrows rushing upright are signs of danger; the eyebrows are close to each other from time to time. Is a manifestation of painful diseases.

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