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Women lose their hair too.

We often hear about hair loss in men, but seldom do we hear about women’s hair loss.

However, an increasing amount of women face hair thinning or hair loss problems. This reality often causes the sufferers to feel powerless with an overwhelming sense of panic.

Causes of hair thinning and hair loss in women

Androgenetic alopecia (Genetic excessive receptivity of the scalp to androgen hormones)

In 80% of cases; hair loss in women is caused by a genetic predisposition to androgens. It is the main cause of hair thinning and hair loss among women. At the onset of menopause, 40% of women will experience a certain degree of androgenetic alopecia.

Androgens are hormones that normally flow in the blood, just like the feminine hormones estrogen and progesterone. If you are genetically predisposed, the androgens will have a negative influence on your hair follicles, which will translate into a thinning of the hair and an acceleration of its lifecycle. Androgenetic hair loss is progressive and always causes thinning hair. It is sometimes accompanied by hyperseborrhea.

Women who suffer from androgenetic alopecia will have a tendency to lose their hair in a combination of various patterns and progressions. Some women notice their hair loss beginning in the anterior or mid­scalp region ­ a few inches behind the hairline. For other women, it is the hairline itself that begins to thin, but there is rarely a true recession as there is with men – instead, the thinning seems to occur randomly throughout the first inch or so of the hair without the orderly recession pattern that is characteristic of most
male­pattern baldness.

Hormonal changes (pregnancy, pre­menopause, menopause)

Stress, anxiety, emotional shock

Vitamin or dietary deficiencies (iron, calcium)

Medication

Chemotherapy and Radiation treatments

Autoimmune reaction (alopecia areata, totalis or universalis)

Sebaceous gland imbalance

Is hair loss reversible?

In cases involving chemotherapy, pregnancy, vitamin deficiency, stress, seborrheic hypersecretion, etc — it can be possible to stabilize hair thinning and hair loss ­ and even stimulate regrowth. It is important to take action on the cause of the problem by adopting a targeted scalp treatment program.

If the woman presents a strong excessive receptivity of the scalp to androgens (androgenetic alopecia), it can be possible to limit their effects by adopting a targeted treatment plan. However, to regain the desired hair density, the woman has many options, such as wearing a partial or total hair prosthesis, or undergoing a hair transplant procedure.

Unfortunately, for some women hair loss will be irreversible. For example; certain alopecia cases, after scalp burns, in the presence of scars or following a serious infection. In these cases, excellent corrective measures exist to help women get back a full head of hair.