Female Hair Loss Explained

Hair loss in men is obviously very common and also very accepted, however thinning hair in women is also a very major issue. And of course for women their hair is a very important part of how they present themselves to the world, so if it starts to go it can leave the sufferer feeling very embarrassed by it all. So what is behind it and what can be done about it?:-

The technical term for female hair loss is androgenetic alopecia and figures for women suffering from this are surprisingly high with approximately one in four women suffering from this in one form or another.If you learn a little more about your hair cycle then you will start to have a better idea to answer your question are you actually going bald?

In your normal hair cycle at any one time 90% of your hair is growing and 10 % is resting. During this resting period it is not uncommon for you to shed hair. You can always do a test to see if you are losing more hair than you should be and that is by getting say twenty strands of hair between thumb and forefinger and then slowly but firmly tug them. If half a dozen or more come out then that is a sign you may be losing your hair.

Why do women lose hair? There are a lot of reasons why women can lose their hair. Some are obvious like general poor health, bad diet or stress – but by far and away the biggest factor is likely to be hormonal.The reason behind this is hair loss is usually caused by a hormone called DHT. DHT is made when there is too much testosterone, now women do have testosterone in their bodies, and it is normally controlled by estrogen, but when estrogen is low, say because of menopause or a women having to go through a hysterectomy, then this can allow the testosterone to become DHT and result in hairloss. This hormonal imbalance can also happen just after pregnancy too.

So can anything be done to prevent it? Well there are options out there such as prescription drugs and hair transplants, but more and more people are wanting to look at natural and effective remedies to help control their hair loss and I cover these and more on the site that is all about how to prevent hair loss.

Written by sillyfrank on June 26th, 2009 with comments disabled.
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