Thinning Hair in Women
Baldness and hair loss in men is very common and almost taken for granted, even if some men do feel self conscious about it and search for a way how to prevent hair loss, however receding or thinning hair does occur in women too, and can be extremely damaging to the self esteem as first of all it is not very common and secondly a womans hair is a large part of how a woman likes to present herself to the world.
If you are a woman that is experiencing quite a lot of hair suddenly starting to fall out, before panicking ask yourself if there is an obvious reason as to why this is happening, such as wearing your hair in a style where the hair is tightly tied back? Are you undergoing a lot of stress in your personal or professional life at present? Has your diet been poorer than normal lately? Although things like this may not seem relevant, they are and can have an effect on your hair.
Of course, these things may not apply to you, so in that case there could be something hormonal happening within your body as hormones have a huge effect on many things within the body and one of them being hair.
Following are some of the common things that can happen to a woman to adjust hormones and interfere with the hair growth.
The first thing to consider is if you are going through the menopause. If you are then there is a high probability that your hormone production is slowing down. Women who are post menopausal and also have bald patches is probably higher than you would imagine, in fact it can occur in up to 2/3rds of the women in that group. The most common way of treating this slow down is with HRT and following is a little explanation of the hormones which slow down, and why it can cause hair loss:-
Basically, before menopause a women will produce both estrogen and testosterone hormones. But the estrogen will not allow testosterone to be converted and move around the body as it acts in a way like a barrier. When the menopause starts, the production of estrogen diminishes and this can allow testosterone to have a bit more of a free reign. This in turn can turn into DHT which is a high amount of testosterone and if there are areas of the scalp sensitive to this then this can lead to hair loss.
Another thing which will change the hormone balance in a woman hugely is if they are forced to undergo a hysterectomy. In a sense this is like being menopausal as estrogen levels plummet and again this can lead to hair loss.
The third thing that can really mess around with a womans hormones and change the structure of their hair is pregnancy. When a woman becomes pregnant there are huge amounts of changes that start to occur within the body as you can probably well imagine. During the pregnancy thick hair can thin and thin hair can thicken, straight hair can become curly and vice versa. Some women claim their hair is never the same again after pregnancy and this is all down to their hormones.
These just cover some of the hormonal changes, however if you feel that none of this is applicable to you then, remember to have a little think about stress, hairstyle and food as well. In particular if you feel as if your diet is letting you down then you may want to consider taking some vitamins for good hair growth.
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