subject: What Are The Reasons For Women's Hair Loss? [print this page] Just as many women suffer from hair loss embarrassment as men. But it's fascinating that women experience this for more reasons then is true for me. What contributes to the struggle women face when it comes to this condition? What can be done to stop this from happening with so many women? With so much time and energy being spent on coming up with ways for men to keep or regrow the hair that they have lost does it surprise you to learn just how many women (hundreds of thousands) suffer from hair loss as well? We'll talk about the many reasosn women suffer from this debilitating condition.
Medical treatments for cancer are one definite cause for this condition in women. The primary treatment that causes this is chemotherapy. Hair loss is traumatic to begin with, and women undergoing cancer treatment can readily find supportive and helpful information in this area. There are even charities that are devoted to helping women find wigs that are made out of real hair so that they can look as "natural" as possible while they wait for their hair to start growing back on its own.
The name for the primary cause of thinning and the baldness is, alopecia areata. The reason for it is an autoimmune disorder condition. But you cannot detect this by yourself. You'll need to see your doctor, and he/she will make that determination. If you notice that your hair is getting thin or that you are starting to lose it, contact your doctor. The bright side of this is that it is treatable. It can be treated because it is an autoimmune problem. Whatever is best for you in terms of treating the condition will be put together by your doctor.
Menopause has the distinction of causing hair loss in a huge majority of cases with women. A woman experiencing menopause undergoes massive bodily changes including hair loss. It's quite common for an increase in the amount of hair loss in post-menopause than any other time. The culprit in this scenario is the dramatic drop in estrogen, and then that causes a host of other changes. Sadly, for women who lose a lot of hair due to this, it will not grow back even if replacement therapy for her hormones is undertaken. As always, talk to your doctor and look into other alternatives.
It's true that hair loss in men gets much more attention in the public than women's hair loss. So who really knows why this is the case, we don't know. Women may very well be more reluctant to seek professional help because they're more sensitive about it which is understandable. Hopefully this will change. Research, time, and public awareness will hopefully shed more light on this area.
