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I'm Losing My Hair

Hair loss is much more common than you might think among women.  About one fourth of people suffering from hair loss are female. Much less known about or discussed about women's hair loss.  As a consequence it is considered to be more traumatic for a woman to experience hair loss than for a man.

Many physicians do not understand women's hair loss.  If you are a woman who is experiencing hair loss you will need to take the initiative to find out more about it and seek the necessary treatment.

Myths are plentiful especially around the issue of women’s hair loss. Be careful you do not waste your money buying useless products for miracle cures.

• Stress is the first myth. Only the extreme turmoil for an extended period of several months causes any sort of women's hair loss, usually only slight thinning.
• Bad circulation is another myth. Bad circulation does not cause women to lose hair. Some over the counter women's hair loss treatments claim to cure women’s hair loss by increasing circulation.
• Some blame women's hair loss on dirt or sweat. This is simply not true.

Many doctors believe in treating women's hair loss with Rogaine or other hair growth stimulant. However, women's hair loss treatment is not as simple as the treatment for men's baldness.  Your physician or dermatologist should be running several tests to determine the underlying cause of hair loss. Most often, once the cause is determined, women’s hair loss can be reversed at least to some extent. 

Hormones are usually involved with hair loss for most women. Pregnancy, menopause or an overactive thyroid may each result in women's hair loss. Once the cause is identified, you are more than halfway to resolving or curing women’s hair loss. The primary causes of women's hair loss are the birth control, postpartum, hormones, nutrition, medication, fever or a serious illness that is systemic.

Some women suffer hair loss while on birth control pills. These same people usually also have hair loss during their postpartum period as well. This can go on for months. During pregnancy an increase in estrogen increases the growth of hair follicles and prevents normal shedding. After pregnancy when hormone levels are restored to normal, the delayed shedding happens and can be disturbing. Usually this condition will correct itself with time.
 
Other changes in women's hormone levels can cause hair loss too. The primary hormonal perpetrators are thyroid and sex hormones. These affect hair follicles the most. A common reason behind women's hair loss is hypothyroidism.
 
Women may lose hair from crash dieting or continual deprivation of nutrition. This could be from through alcoholism, an eating disorder or starvation or a vitamin deficiency such as iron or zinc. Usually hair grows back once the condition has been resolved.

Women's hair loss can happen after a very high fever that lasts for a long time.