WOMEN'S HEALTH & HAIR LOSS
Women's hair loss:
medical causes & risks
What Causes A Woman To Lose Her Hair?
Female hormonal imbalance problems is a leading cause of hair loss in
women. Male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens may be
out of balance to cause excessive hair loss.
Various forms of estrogen
can "oppose" androgens and thereby reduce their availability to the
cell, by blocking androgen receptors.
Some women may also experience permanent
hair loss during pregnancy or when
starting or stopping oral contraceptives.
If balding occurs due to birth control
pills, then a woman should consult with
her doctor about switching to another
pill.
How hormonal change may cause hair loss?
Pregnant women and women who go through menopause may experience
excessive hair loss or thinning hair.
Female-pattern baldness
typically begins during menopause when women's estrogen levels decrease and
testosterone increases, causing hair loss.
Pregnancy and the months after labor, post-partum are
especially vulnerable to hair loss, since there is abnormal activity of
body hormones at the time.
Women may notice that they
are losing hair at the end of a pregnancy or after childbirth due to
hormonal changes. Many
women notice hair loss about 3 – 6 months after they've had a baby.
Several months’ later female hormones return to pre-pregnancy levels,
and normal cycle of growth and hair loss
returns to normal again. In most cases, hair re-growth will
return to previous conditions between one to six months.
Another
normal scalp hair loss is Telogen effluvium, a common
type of hair loss caused when a large percentage of scalp hairs are
shifted into "shedding" phase and later the re-growth stage occurs. Cosmetic alternatives, such as hair replacements or wigs, can help conceal
female hair loss with great success!
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