HAIR LOSS FOR WOMEN

TOP 10 MYTHS ABOUT FEMALE HAIR LOSS Hair Loss Is A Problem Only Men Have To Face There Is No Such Thing As Female Pattern Baldness Thinning Hair Is Only A Problem For Older Women Hair Loss Is Caused By Brushing Hair Too Often Hair Loss Is Caused By Washing Hair Too Often Hair Loss Is A Result Of Bleaching And/Or Dyeing Hair You Can Grow New Hair By Standing On Your Head Your Hair Will Grow Back Thicker If You Shave Your Head Wearing Hats Causes Hair Loss There Is No Way To Treat Female Pattern Baldness

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Unlike men, who typically begin noticing recession in the temporal or vertex areas, women often begin experiencing a thinning pattern in the frontal hair zone, through the mid scalp and back into the vertex. In addition to genetic predisposition, other reasons for hair loss in women are stress, hormonal imbalances, certain medications, illness, and diet.

Research suggests as many as one in four women will experience hair loss at some point in their lives. Thinning generally persists as a woman grows older, and hair loss typically begins to occur around the age of fifty. The three most common reasons for female hair loss are androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium, and alopecia areata.

Alopecia

Like men, female hair loss is most often due to androgenetic alopecia. Genetic predisposition is the primary cause of alopecia, and is typically a result of the body's conversion of testosterone into dihydrotesterone (DHT).

DHT is a form of testosterone that shortens the growth phase of the hair cycle, causing hair follicles to miniaturize and produce hair that is progressively thinner. The production of DHT is regulated by an enzyme in the body called 5-alpha reductase. As a woman begins to age, the DHT causes a gradual slowing and breakdown of the hair follicles on the scalp. Over time, the lifecycle of the hair shaft is reduced and follicles only produce a fine, unpigmented, vellus hair. As the disorder progresses, the effects of DHT may cause the follicles to completely stop producing hair shafts.

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Telogen Effluvium

The second leading cause of female hair loss is telogen effluvium, which is a characterized by progressively thinning hair. The disorder is typically a result of a traumatic event that causes massive amounts of stress - enough to interfere with the normal cycle of hair growth. Pregnancy is often a cause of telogen effluvium, since it disrupts the hair cycle.

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Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata results in patches of hair loss on the scalp. Although the factors that cause this condition are not completely understood, it is thought that immune system cells preventing hair follicles from producing healthy hair shafts cause this type of hair loss.

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