Balding in Women - Several Reasons You Could Lose Your Hair

Balding
For very many women there are few things more distressing than the thought of balding. Losing hair is more expected in men of a certain age. For a woman, it can be a shocking blow to self esteem striking at the root of her femininity.

Balding in women is not an uncommon condition. Some experts indicate that as many as one in four women, maybe about 25 million Americans alone, experience balding at some time in their lives.

So why do Women Suffer from Balding?


Hormones; We all know that men have hormones too but women are liable to greater hormonal flux with higher frequency and over a much longer period than men. Pregnancy, childbirth and menopause are all conditions unique to women that can result in thinning hair and even entire air loss.

Medication; Just as for men, very many new medications, like anti-depressants, blood thinners and anti-cholesterol drugs can contribute directly to balding. For certain women the birth control pill can be a contributory element.

Genes; Genetic causes of balding are more associated with men but women too can suffer from female pattern baldness, or androgenetic alopecia. About 15% of American women are affected. The same as men, dehydrotestosterone (DHT) causes hair follicles to shut down. The result for women is a general thinning of hair rather than the bald spots or receding hairline which is widespread in men.

Stress; The effect of harsh trauma can cause a greater reaction in the body resulting in sudden balding. Traumatic balding can be corporeal or mental and can make your hair fall out beforehand months after the stress is experienced at an alarming rate, up to three to four thousand hairs per day. Even if powerfully upsetting sudden traumatic balding is reversible. Provided there is no ongoing stress as a result of the initial trigger, the body should be able to recover and the normal hair growth cycle resumed within relatively 6 months to a year.

Illness
; many universal conditions, like diabetes or thyroid disturbance, put the body under stress and contribute speedily to balding.

Hair damage; women do more to their hair than men and quite a lot of of the day by day treatments we do our hair can have terrible effects. Firm shampoos, hair colorants, bleaching, blow driers, straighteners, we seem to do everything possible in the world to cause hair stress. The net consequence of all this can be dry damaged hair which is weak and more brittle. weakened hair is more prone to break and eventually to fall out.

Dieting; Women typically diet more than men and are more likely to go on extreme diets to shed weight. Excessive or nutritionally unbalanced weight loss diets can cause balding. While the lack of iron is often associated with diet-related balding, a range of nutrient deficiencies can result in thinning hair.

So, like very many things in life, the causes of balding in women are not straightforward. You could sustain this condition at any stage of your life, the important thing is to try to identify the main causes and take action to deal with them as soon as possible.
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