Known Reasons and Causes For Women's Hair Loss

By Elena Lopes


It's a surprising fact that women's hair loss occurs more than you may realize. Male baldness gets quite a lot of attention but the truth is that women lose their hair just as often and, maybe surprisingly, for more reasons than men do. Why so much more attention given to hair loss in men?

Cancer therapies are one well-known cause that many people many know already. Hair loss or significant thinning can be caused by chemotherapy treatments. Hair loss is traumatic to begin with, and women undergoing cancer treatment can readily find supportive and helpful information in this area. Fortunately, there are some charity organizations that supply wigs made from real hair to cancer patients to wear until their real hair returns.

Stress can play a huge role with hair loss, that is a known fact. The degree and type of stress in your life will have an effect on hair growth and loss. Some women shed more when they are especially stressed. However, a reduced rate of hair growth is the reaction mechanism for other women. You can help yourself to relax throughout your day by simply doing relaxed and deep breathing. No matter what is in your life, make time to relax each day even if it's only ten minutes. Not only that, but it's critical to overall health to be able to relax every day.

For both men and women, there is a cycle type of pattern with the growth of hair. The average lifespan of a single strand of hair is a few years. Hair is shed after approximately six years, and it will experience a rate of growth of 0.5 inch per month.

Some women suffer from a genetic condition that causes the growth cycle to be interrupted. There are no known genetic engineering based treatments for that condition. However the cessation is not permanent, it is just interrupted at certain times in life. It is embarrassing but there are ways to deal with it.

What is known is that women suffer from hair loss for a multitude of reasons. If it helps at all, realize that there are millions of other women who have the same experience. Also, the numbers are the same for women and men in this department. You can find out what you can do about it from your family doctor. You will become empowered once you learn the whole situation and find out more.




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