subject: Female Hair Loss Tips For Saving And Restoring Your Hair [print this page] Women always remained proud of their hairWomen always remained proud of their hair. It is considered a sign of beauty, femininity and youth in females. Baldness is less common in females than in men. But when females experience baldness and thinning of hair, the effect is much greater.
Common Causes of Female Hair Loss
It was previously considered that the causes of female baldness are the same as men, but research revealed that they are not same all the time. Females may experience baldness due to androgens hormones (androsteinedione, testosterone, and dihydrotestosterone (DHT)) but research showed that many women facing baldness and thinning of hair have normal levels of these hormones. Thats why the term female pattern hair loss is used to describe hair loss in women.
Besides hormones, other factors affecting hair health like nutrition, use of hair products, stress, and physical activity are essentially the same for men and women.
Prevention Is the Best Medicine
Here are some very useful tips to stop or slow down hair loss.
Exercise and stress: We all agree that stress is bad for the mind and body including hair. Coping with stress is a long topic in itself but here is the tip. Exercise is the best way to fight stress, without any side-effects, most other methods have.
Styling products: Styling products are usually harmful especially hair straightener and hair curling products. With numerous products in the market, government and other regulatory bodies are unable to safeguard people. So the responsibility rests upon the users themselves. Research thoroughly before using the products or consult a hair doctor for advice.
Stretching hair styles: Many women style their hair which stretch and pull hair (ponytails, plaits, corn-rows, tightly braiding). This is very dangerous and if this kind of hairstyle is used continuously, the stretched area can lose its hair.
Hair coloring: Coloring your hair can often cause your hair to become weak. Use coloring sparingly if necessary.
Hair Dryer: Try to avoid hair dryers and let them dry naturally. If the use of dryer is necessary, turn the heat to the minimum level.
Clean Hair with mild shampoo: Cleaning your hair is very important. Use Sulfate FREE shampoos to wash your hair.Alsolook for the pH value of shampoo. Our skin has a pH Value between 4.5 and 5.5. Use shampoo within the pH range of 4-7.
Female Hair Transplant
More than 90% of the men are good candidates for a hair transplant. This is not the case with women. For a transplant to be successful, a good amount of hair is needed in the donor area. These hairs are harvested from the donor area and transplanted into the affected area.
Men affected by male pattern baldness experience hair loss from the hairline and crown on their head. The other areas of their head remain less affected or even unaffected by baldness because they are resistant to hormones that create baldness. These resistant hairs are harvested and then transplanted into the affected area. When transplanted into the affected area, these hairs retain their properties and are less prone to hormonal destruction.
In contrast, females experience diffuse hair loss (an overall thinning of all hair on the head). Women do not have hormone resistant areas on the sides and back of the head. If these weak hairs are extracted from donor sites and transplanted into the affected sited, they are most likely to fall soon.
Second point which makes transplanting in women less feasible is need of volume. Men usually lose hair from their hairline and crown. They just need redistribution of hair to reform their hairline. Women however, do not lose their hairline. They lose the volume from all over the head. Hair transplant is of little help in this scenario.
Women are good candidates for a hair transplant in the following situations.
The hair loss has been occurred due to hairstyles which stretch the hair like ponytails, braiding tightly, and excessive use of hair clips.
Women who lost hair from a specific area due to injury or surgery.
Women experiencing baldness similar to male pattern baldness, thinning hairline, and crown.
The best way to know the suitability is to consult a qualified hair doctor or hair transplant surgeon so that you can be sure whether a transplant is appropriate for you and plan accordingly.
