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Hair Loss in Women - Causes, Diagnosis and Treatments
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Until recently, the problem of hair loss in women was rare. Recent research has shown, however, that it is much more widespread than previously thought. Some estimates say up to 25 million American women (or more) noticeable hair loss and painful consequences that often accompany. Women, because hair loss is somewhat different from those typically found in men, and emotional effects can be very different.
Appearance of Hair Loss in Women
The incidence of hair loss in most women is often different from its appearance among men. Often do not know if it is naked or partially naked and usually do not bat at the top of the head. In women, hair loss usually develops a general thinning of hair, both the number of hairs on the head and the thickness of individual hairs. Some women have a receding hairline, but rarely expressed, and clearly that the experience of many people.
Emotional Effects of Hair Loss in Women
Women's self-esteem and self-esteem are much more dependent on how they look, what is usually the case with men. Of course, men find it disturbing to lose your hair, but for women, the emotional impact can be especially devastating.
If you think about the money and effort in advertising is hair care for women, styling, cosmetics and devices for hair care such as hairdryers and curlers, it is easy to understand why women find it so painful to experience hair loss. Our society puts too much emphasis on appearance, especially for women, hair loss in women can cause a lot of emotional pain, anxiety and even depressive episodes.
Medical Causes of Hair Loss in Women
The most common causes of hair loss in women are diseases and hormonal changes are related. While many are similar to those experienced by men, many others are specific to women.
Hormones - Women suffer more from hormonal problems ranging than men, and a much higher frequency. Pregnancy, childbirth and menopause are unique conditions affecting women, the level and duration of hair loss and baldness cause.
Drugs - Certain drugs can cause or contribute to hair loss in women, including antidepressants, anticoagulants, birth control pills, cholesterol drugs and disadvantages of chemotherapy drugs.
Illness / Surgery - Many common diseases, hair loss in women can cause such as diabetes and over or under activity of the thyroid, since the conditions that the body is put under stress, such as high fever or surgery.
Other causes - anemia, anorexia, bulimia, excessive acid in vitamin A, zinc deficiency or fungal infections and fat can also be the cause of hair loss in women.
Genetic Causes of Hair Loss in Women
Female hair loss or androgen tic alopecia is estimated to occur in 15% or less of American women. The chemical process in the body is similar when hormones and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) combine to close cause of hair follicles. Although the chemical process is the same, the incidence of baldness in women is often different, with women expressed general thinning of hair on the bald or balding, more common in men.
Some experts believe that the differences can help in the hair follicles of men and women, differences in the appearance of hair loss. On the men grow more hair from the follicle, so that oil and other secretions to build in the scalp and block the follicles. In women, however, the hair tends to grow outward from the follicle at an angle so that the oil and liquids to flow from the follicle.
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