Hair Loss in Women

Hair loss women can be very distressing, whatever your age. Baldness and thinning of hair is not associated with women, and it is the "male pattern baldness" that receives all the press. However, the reality is that many women do experience thinning, bald patches, hair breakage, and even suffer from extensive hair loss.

One of the major challenges of preventing and reversing hair loss in women is finding out the cause of hair loss. Baldness treatment is often like a detective job, the patient, physician, hair expert and others involved in the treatment have to look at every usual and unusual option. Although diet is not a common cause, something as simple as vitamin or zinc deficiency can cause hair loss. Pinpointing the cause or sometimes causes is key to proper treatment.

Approach the Right Professionals

Faced with hair loss, women tend to falter in identifying the right person to approach. Most women start by confiding in their general care physician who may not be able to find out the cause of hair loss. You have to consult a dermatologist, trichologist or hair restoration doctor to get the right suggestion. The doctor may order tests to find out the underlying cause of hair loss. Sometimes a scalp biopsy is required.

Possible Causes

Some of the possible causes of hair loss women are infections, hormonal imbalance, poor thyroid functioning, genetics, and stress. Most women are not aware of the toll stress can take on their hair. If you are a career-centric woman who has to juggle home and work, you might be under stress even without your knowledge.

If you have gone through stressful situations recently and find your hair thinning, that should set the alarm bells ringing. Sometimes, prolonged illness can lead to a general deterioration of health, and affects hair too. If you are on medication, check with your physician to find out if the drugs can possibly cause hair loss, because unfortunately many commonly prescribed medications do have hair loss as a potential side effect..