Women’s Hair Loss FAQ
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While hair loss causes for men and women are often the same, there are other contributors like stress, autoimmune and the bodies own chemical changes that have a much greater impact in hair loss than genetic does.
Women and men don’t have the same hair loss pattern generally. For men they typically begin to lose their hair on the top of their head and to the back. This leaves a more abundance of hair on the sides of the head. Women’s hair loss usually is nothing like what you see with men. They usually have their hair thinning that happens around the forehead as well as around their scalp. Some women will even lose their hair only in patches.
Estrogen blocks the hormone that can cause hair loss. So for most women during the start of menopause, is when over 37% will experience some thinning of their hair. Women that live to be 80 or 90 years of age often see their hair growth stop all together.
Telogen Effluvium causes hair loss for many women, some of the most common reasons are:
Physical Stress: rapid weight change, illness, surgery anemia
Emotional Stress: death of family or friends, mental illness
Thyroid abnormalities
Medications: Blood pressure and Gout medications, High doses of Vitamin A
Hormonal: Pregnancy, menopause, birth control pills
Often when any of the above causes for hair loss reversed or returns to normal then your hair should start to regrow for most women.
For the most part Anagen effluvium and Telogen effluvium are the two main different types of hair loss. Anagen effluvium can cause hair loss because of internal reasons like the use of medications or chemotherapy that the body takes in and poisons the hair follicles. Telogen effluvium is hair loss caused when the hair follicles enter into a resting stage. During this time hair doesn’t grow which can result in thinning hair.
Any sever illness, surgery or even emotional stress can cause hair loss. The human body simply goes into a shutdown mode when it comes to the production of hair during these periods of stress. It’s the body’s natural way of protecting itself and therefore shuts down what is not necessary for survival and devotes its energy toward repairing vital body structures. For many people there can be up to three months of a delay between the event that triggers hair loss and when hair growth actually stops. There can also be another three months for noticeable hair regrowth. What this means is that the total time from when hair growth stops, to when it comes back can be 6 months or longer. Some health conditions that can go undetected can contribute to hair loss. Some of these health conditions can include anemia or low blood count, and thyroid abnormalities. A simple blood test can determine these conditions.
A common cause for female hair loss is hormonal changes. For many women they don’t realize that hair loss can occur after pregnancy or when they discontinue the use of birth control pills. The hair loss doesn’t stop right away. It can take up to 3 months for hair loss to stop following the hormonal change an additional 3 months are required for new hair growth to be fully achieved.
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