About Hair Loss - The Women Side

It is common to see bald men everywhere; however,loss will stop as well.
bald women may be a little harder to spot right? Is itHair loss can also be a symptom of underlying
because baldness is exclusively for men? Or is itdiseases such as diabetes and lupus. It is important to
because women are a little more discreet about theget proper diagnosis to get the right treatment.
condition of their air?Improper hair care is another reason why women
The fact is, bald women are everywhere but theyexperience hair loss. Wearing tight hair rollers,
aren't just as obvious as men. This is becausecornrows or pigtails can cause hair loss called alopecia.
androgenetic alopecia, the most common type of hairSince, the hair is pulled tight, the scalp tends to scar
loss has different effects on men and women.and the hair begins to fall. Preventing this from
Men with androgenetic alopecia lose all hair in ahappening will stop hair loss.
specific region of the head while women with theExcessive use of hair beauty products such as hot oil
same condition only lose some of the hair in the sameand hair color dye can cause the hair follicle to swell
region. Statistics shows that almost 50 percent ofand can result to permanent hair loss.
women when they reach the age of 50 experience atFollicular-unit extractions (FOX/FUE) is another hair
least one sort of baldness.transplant method that has stretched its service and
The reason for this is that older women experience ahas helped thousands of patients to improve their
great deal of stress such as thoughts of their aginghairlines.
parents, empty nest syndrome, and menopause.Laser Combs is a low level laser therapy that is
Pregnancy causes women hair loss 3 months afterbelieved to stimulate hair follicles, hence helping to re
they have given birth. This is pointed to the hormonalgrow hair. Laser combs are hand-held devices that
changes as well. Hair loss will stop when the hormonescan be used at home.
returns to pre-pregnancy levels.Microscopic detection is a method used to treat hair
Some medicines used in chemotherapy to treatloss before it occurs. It uses PC-based video
cancer, used in gout, anticoagulants, antidepressants,microscopes to detect region of the hair that need
birth control pills, and Vitamin A overdose can causeimmediate treatment before it is too late.
hair to fall off. When these medicines are stopped; hair