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Hair Loss In Women
- Approximately 30 million women (or one in four) experience hereditary women's hair loss and baldness
- 50% of women will experience a woman's hair loss by middle age
- Your hair is at its thickest by age 20. Once you pass 20, however, your hair gradually begins to thin, shedding more than the normal 40-100 hairs a day
- 40% of women never expect women's hair loss or baldness to happen to them
- Fine hair is both a precursor for and consequence of hair thinning. Women who experience hair loss have a disproportionately high rate of fine hair before they start losing hair
- The chance of experiencing hair loss is almost twice as high for women with fine hair as for women with thick / full hair
Not only is woman's hair loss an appearance issue, but it also causes severe emotional stress for most women. The study reported that women have a difficult time confronting women's hair loss. For example, women 50 and under report feeling a "severe emotional blow." They admit to feeling scared (29%), embarrassed (47%), unattractive (15%), and paranoid (28%).
Female patients tell us how embarrassed and depressed they are about their thinning hair. They don't feel comfortable in public without a hat and they are most worried about participating in activities that will cause their hair to be windblown. They also confide in me that they are too ashamed to go to the hairdresser because others will see the extent of their hair loss.
The most common type of hair loss seen in women is androgenetic alopecia, also known as female pattern alopecia or baldness. This is seen as hair thinning predominantly over the top and sides of the head.
There are two different types of hair loss, medically known as Anagen effluvium and Telogen effluvium. Anagen effluvium is generally due to internally administered medications, such as chemotherapy agents, that poison the growing hair follicle. Telogen effluvium, is due to an increased number of hair follicles entering the resting stage.
The most common causes of Telogen effluvium in females are:
Physical stress: surgery, illness, anemia, rapid weight change.
Emotional stress: mental illness, death of a family member.
Thyroid abnormalities.
Medications: Extremely high doses of Vitamin A, Some blood pressure medications, and Gout medications Some HRT medications.
Hormonal causes: pregnancy, birth control pills, and menopause.
Laser treatment combined with an anti- androgen medication is the fastest and most effective treatment available.
When the above causes of telogen effluvium are reversed or altered normal hair growth usually returns within 8 - 12 months.
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