One of the most common forms of hair loss in women (and men) is a condition called telogen effluvium, which is a diffuse (or scattered) hairs around the scalp and elsewhere on the body. It is usually a reaction to intense stress on physical or hormonal systems of the body or as a reaction to medication.
A condition that can occur at any age, generally begins fairly suddenly and gets better in your area for about six months, although few people can become a chronic problem.
Because telogen effluvium develops some time after its release, and causes a general thinning of hair density instead of a bald, women with the condition can be easily diagnosed as overanxious or neurotic.
Fortunately, it is often better with time. telogen effluvium is a phenomenon linked to the cycles of hair growth.
Hair growth cycles alternate between a growth phase (called anagen, it takes about three years) and a resting phase (telogen phase, which lasts about three months). During telogen, the hair follicle in the rest until it is driven by the growth of new hair in the anagen phase.
At one point, up to about 15 percent of hairs are in telogen phase. But a sudden stress on the body can cause many hairs enter the telogen phase simultaneously. Then about three months later, the number of hair will be closed. As the new hair begins to grow so that the density of hair may thicken again.
Many adults have had an episode of telogen effluvium, at some point in their lives, due to episodes of illness or stress.
Another common type of hair loss in women is androgenetic alopecia, which is related to levels of hormones in the body. There is a significant genetic predisposition, which can be inherited from the father or mother.
Androgenetic alopecia affects roughly 50 percent of men (which is the main cause of the usual pattern baldness since the age of men) and women can be both age 40.
Research shows that up to 13 percent of women have some degree of this type of hair loss before menopause, and then it becomes much more common - a piece of research suggests that more than 65 years, up to 75 percent of women are affected.
The cause of hair loss in alopecia androgentic is a chemical called dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, which is made from androgens (male hormones that all men and women produce) by the action of an enzyme called 5 alpha-reductase.
Those who have a lot of this enzyme make more DHT, which can also cause hair follicles to make hair thinner and thinner until they finally pack completely.
pattern hair loss in women is different from the back hairline and the typical loss of the crown in men. In contrast, androgenetic alopecia causes a general thinning of the hair of women, with a loss mostly on the sides and top of the head.
Another important cause of hair loss in women is a condition called alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that affects more than two percent of the population. In this sense, the hair follicles are attacked by white blood cells. The follicles become very small and hair production slows down considerably, so there can be no visible hair growth for months and years.
After some time, hair may regrow as before, in irregular areas, or not grow at all. The good news is that in all cases, hair follicles are still alive and can be renewed, the bad news is we still do not know how.
Myths about hair loss for women:
- This means that there is a right woman with two X chromosomes cause.
- It is caused by washing your hair too often permanent.
- It is caused by excessive brushing or loss.
- Combing Hair dyes and permanent can.
- This can lead to wear hats and wigs.
- Shaving hair, push heavier.
- Standing at the head will help to grow again.
- This is a sign of a hyperactive brain.
- It is not a silver bullet waiting.
- Analyze the Internet and you will see all sorts of miracle cures for baldness cons offered, herbal lotions to the mechanical strange. Perhaps the most useful way to start, you can take is to avoid the myths.
Subsequently, a number of options. You can find a way to accept change and live with it (let's face it, is one thing - most men are struggling to cope with their baldness and at least equivalent to the maturity of society and of power). You can try cosmetic treatments such as wigs and hair thickeners, or you can try medical treatments. The last option is hair replacement surgery. Medicine Minoxidil was originally developed to treat high blood pressure, which was found to side effect of thickening hair growth in some people. And 'now available in ointment applied directly to the scalp.
Nobody really knows how it works, however, and is not effective for everyone. Studies show that only about 20 percent of women between 18 and 45 have moderate regrowth drug use, while another 40 percent experienced minimal regrowth. It works best in young people with early hair loss. A major drawback is that it should continue to use minoxidil indefinitely or the new hair will fall. Another drug, finasteride, which was developed to treat prostate cancer, was also found to be effective, but is only available for men. The surgical techniques for hair restoration have improved greatly over the past two decades, but this remains an option that requires careful consideration.
There are two main options:
- Hair transplantation - small punch-holes of skin containing a few hair follicles are taken elsewhere in the body (eg behind the head if this is still well covered) and implanted into the cleared areas . Some surgeons use a sewing needle into the hair just one or two. But since women are more likely to have diffuse hair loss throughout the scalp, this technique may not be possible. He had little success with the implantation of artificial -.
- Reducing devices are inserted under the scalp skin to stretch areas of scalp that still have hair, then the redundant bald areas are removed. Alternatively, flaps of scalp being moved through my head.
Key Points
- Many causes of hair loss in women is temporary - check your overall health and well surprisingly patient.
- Take a look at your family to get an idea of your risk of female pattern baldness products.
- Do not be fooled by the demands - there is no remedy against hair loss in women. there are
- Many women cope well with the help of cosmetics, hats, wigs, then continue until you find your own style.
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