The Causes For Women's Hair Loss

Hair loss in men is emotionally difficult and even severely traumatic. But women's hair loss is equally traumatizing and even devastating. Women's hair loss is a major problem all over the world. For women, and much moreso in Western countries, hair loss is extremely embarrassing and causes immense emotional pain. There are social expectations about women and hair, and just one of them is that women don't, and shouldn't, lose their hair. So for a woman to lose her hair is almost like losing her femininity and any semblance of beauty. There is an equal amount of hair loss incidence in both genders. So, let's now talk about some of the reasons for women's hair loss.

Hair loss will be affected by exercise and diet for most women. Make sure you have adequate amounts of protein in your diet because your hair growth depends on it. A lot of diet is common sense, so just make sure you're receiving the right kinds of nutrients including vitamins and minerals specific for women. Some women prefer to get that from their doctor, but that is probably not necessary. It is also very important that you get enough exercise and lead a healthy lifestyle. Smoking and lots of drinking can have a large and adverse effect on your hair growth and contribute to your hair loss.

Believe it or not, pregnancy can have quite a large effect on a woman's hair. Some women lose hair faster than normal and others will grow it faster than normal. After childbirth, the hair will begin to shed pretty fast for the women who experienced more hair growth.

It is common with some chronic medical conditions for a woman to experience hair loss. The thing about so many is that the hair loss is due to the medication and not the particular condition. Other times one of the symptoms is hair loss, and the doctor takes that into account when making a diagnosis. A chronic illness is one that is not easily cured and that people suffer from for most of their lives. The situation is usually one in which there is management of any symptoms with medication, and there is no cure for it. The hair loss in these situations has to be accepted because very often times a particular medication has to be maintained and taken. As you may guess, talk to your doctor about any options you have about dealing with the cosmetic aspects of the hair loss.

Women's hair loss is not talked about, openly in the media, anywhere near as much as it is for men. All we know is that there are a lot of different reasons that a woman might be suffering from hair loss or lack of growth.

Also, many if not most are unable to be controlled. There can be reasons due to genetics and hormone levels. There are permanent conditions of hair loss, while others are temporary in nature. For hair loss issues, the very best approach is to get in and let your doctor figure out what's going on.