Hair loss refers to a loss of hair from head or part of body. It is also known as Alopecia (patchy hair loss) or Baldness (complete hair loss). Typically in majority of the cases head is involved. Symptoms include hair loss in patches usually circular, density reduced, sparsity of hairs, dandruff, skin lesions and scaring.
Dandruff is a skin condition affecting the scalp. Symptoms mainly include itchy scalp and flakiness.
Hair loss is referred to as Khalithya where vata and pitta causes hairfall, kapha and rakta obstructs the hair roots resulting in no regrowth of hair there by making hairfall gradual or slow.Hairfall may also occurrs due to Thyroid, Acidity, Pcod, stress etc factors.
Darunaka(Dandruff) is a condition where dried skin of scalp fall in small pieces, causes loss of sensitivity and hairloss. Vitiated vata and kaphadosa deranges the skin of scalp and changes into dry rough with itching sensation and pain. Psoriasis may also results in a condition called as Scalp psoriasis which resemble similar to Dandruff.
