Female Hair Loss

Hair loss will affect almost 50% of all women at one point in their life and there are about 25 million women suffering from hair loss issues today. Hair defines many things for a womans – attractiveness, success, personality, health and social status to name a few. Losing your hair can have a negative effect on both your self-esteem and your social life. Many women believe that their hair defines who they are and is one of the main features that sets them apart and makes them stand out while making them feel good about themselves.

Among the most common reasons for female hair loss are hormonal imbalances, anemia, thyroid issues, illness, disease, postpartum stress, chemotherapy, and various disorders such as trichtilliomania. Hair loss can also be attributed to certain prescription drugs or as a result from the use of harsh chemical relaxers, hair dyes and tight hair braiding that has been known to cause permanent damage to the hair follicle.

Research has shown that many of these issues can be found and treated with the proper testing. It is widely documented in medical journals, books, reports, and research data that the proper testing is an essential step in determining the cause of female hair loss. Once that is determined, the appropriate course of action can be applied and most hair loss associated with health issues can usually be completely cured.

Another type of hair loss among women is due to the same factors as male patterned baldness, DHT. As DHT builds up around the follicle, it eventually kills it. As with male patterned baldness, the hair follicle's resistance to DHT is genetic. If there are other members in your family with thinning hair there is a better than normal chance that at some point you may experience some degree of hair loss.

If this is the case, then following the proper hair care program is essential to eliminating premature damage and hair loss. It will help to ensure healthy hair for as long as possible.

There are also many women that tend to experience hair loss later in life as a result of menopause.

With the onset of menopause, there is significant drop in the production of estrogen which is used to produce testosterone-blocking enzymes. Without these testosterone-blocking enzymes, testosterone is allowed to convert to DHT. The result can be a shorter hair growth cycle, finer or thinner hair, and in some cases hair loss. If this is found to be the cause of your hair loss, there are many different options that are available, this is the exact reason why proper testing to determine the specific cause is so important.