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Common Hair Loss Cause In Women
When it comes to hair loss in women, several different causes may lead to this particular condition. Below we will look at just what these are and also what the signs are that you may be suffering from one of these particular hair loss women causes.
When it comes to hair loss in women, several different causes may lead to this particular condition. Below we will look at just what these are and also what the signs are that you may be suffering from one of these particular hair loss women causes.
1. Androgenetic Alopecia, this is exactly the same condition that men suffer from. However, with women rather than losing your hair completely and having bald patches appear on the scalp, the hair becomes thinner and diffused. In a number of cases, rather than women suffering from just one sort of hair loss with this particular problem, you may find it made up of a combination of different hair loss factors.
In many cases where women are suffering from this kind of hair loss, it can be narrowed down to a couple of different factors. In some women, the problem has arisen because there is an increase in the amount of Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) that their body is producing. Too much of this hormone in the body will bind to the hair follicles and prevent regrowth to take place.
The other reason why a woman may suffer from female pattern baldness involves their genetic makeup. Although some people believe that only the woman’s father needs to have this gene in order to suffer from this form of hair loss, in fact it needs to be both parents that have passed the gene on.
2. Telogen Effluvium is not as common as the above mentioned but can occur at any stage in a woman’s life. It happens when they have undergone some traumatic event. Mostly this will occur in women during the birth of a child, when they have undergone some kind of major surgery, or they are suffering from high levels of stress.
The only difference between this type of hair loss and that mentioned previously is that usually a woman will notice a difference about 6 weeks to 3 months after the event has occurred. For some women the condition may be so severe that they begin to lose clumps of hair from particular areas of the scalp, rather than a general thinning of hair over the scalp as a whole. Nevertheless, with the right diagnosis and treatment, this can be brought under control and in most cases, they may find the condition goes into remission.
However, the condition can be so severe that it may take a considerable amount of time (months or years) before it is under control. In many cases, women find that in order to treat it they first need to understand what has actually triggered the condition in the first place.
Above we have looked at what are considered to be the two most common of all hair loss women causes. However, if diagnosed correctly then the right kind of treatment can be provided and this will then reduce the chances of the condition becoming far worse. Not only will the right treatment help to prevent further hair loss, but is also likely to help hair regrowth in the future.