| So many men go bald and nearly all women seem to | | | | and scarlet fever. Such fevers are a medically |
| have heads full of hair. The question, naturally is if | | | | established cause of hair loss. There are certain |
| baldness discriminates on the basis of gender. That | | | | medications, the use of which may also result in hair |
| would be grossly unfair. Well, it would be unfair but the | | | | loss. But in such cases hair loss is gradual. |
| fact is even women suffer from hair loss. And if there | | | | Malnutrition and a dysfunctional endocrine system have |
| is something that goes by the expression 'male pattern | | | | also been found to trigger a slow hair loss. |
| baldness', there is also a thing called 'female pattern | | | | Fungal infections can also cause hair loss. These |
| baldness'. | | | | fungal infections are chronic bacterial attacks or a |
| Of course, there is no denying the fact that baldness is | | | | result of the presence of ringworms. |
| more prevalent and more apparent in males than in | | | | Chemotherapy tends to destroy all the rapidly |
| females. However, women suffer more than men | | | | developing cells including the hair follicles, as they also |
| when they sense that they are losing hair at an | | | | consist of active cells. The baldness thus caused is not |
| abnormal pace because females tend to attach a | | | | temporary but total. |
| great deal of importance to the quality and quantity of | | | | A condition called Alopecia universalis also causes |
| hair. And why shouldn't it be, given the fact that hair | | | | permanent loss of body hair including those on the |
| are an integral part of feminine charm. | | | | head and those that form the eyelashes and |
| In some cases, female baldness can be hereditary. | | | | eyebrows. The causes of the ailment is not fully |
| Mostly, menopause brings hair loss in women, which is | | | | known and the research is on in this area. |
| determined by one's genetic heritage. In other words, if | | | | What is quite apparent is a fact that female hair loss |
| a female loses hair in menopausal stage, it is because | | | | does not set in early phase of life unless there are |
| her mother too suffered from hair loss at that | | | | some other reasons for it, like some ailment or |
| particular stage of her life. | | | | malnutrition. So, no cause for beauty-worries for the |
| Another cause for female baldness are certain | | | | young ladies and for the relatively older ones, too. |
| ailments, especially those that come with extended | | | | Things are pretty much bright unless the genes are |
| bouts of high fever. Among them are typhoid fever | | | | unfavourable. |