How The Women Can Prevent Hair Loss

How The Women Can Prevent Hair Loss

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How The Women Can Prevent Hair Loss

By: Jim Brown1

It is not for nothing that hair has often been called a woman's 'crowning glory'. A vital physical attribute, hair is such an asset that it can make a plain woman look stunningly attractive. No wonder than that most women are highly alarmed at the mere thought of them being suffering hair loss.

The most common reason for hair loss in women is 'androgenetic alopecia'. It leads to immediately noticeable thinning of hair, especially at the top and side areas of the scalp. Female alopecia or female-patterned baldness is a condition that makes an estimated one-third of women vulnerable to hair loss. Though some alarmingly unfortunate instances have been noted to take place at puberty stage, this type of hair loss usually occurs when women are in their postmenopausal stages.

Another hair loss condition in females is - 'anagen effluvium', wherein hair strands may not have yet reached the final stage of their life cycle. However, with the use of certain agents, like medications that are administered internally, still-growing hair follicles can be poisoned and eventually finished.

Conversely, 'telogen effluvium'is a condition of female hair loss wherein there are more hair strands reaching the telogen stage than what their number should usually be.
A number of factors may be held responsible for 'telogen effluvium', namely:

Stress

Though stress is considered to be a psychological factor, it can often be caused by an unnatural physical condition like having just undergone surgery and experiencing the changes it created on your body. Crash dieting, anemia, and various kinds of illnesses can also result in undue stress.

Excessive loss of hair could well be a result of emotional and psychological factors inducing stress. The problem can be aggravated at the time of grief over the death of a loved one or a mental illness.

Medications

A person can temporarily suffer hair loss as a result of a number of medications and treatments. People on medications in the case of high blood pressure, or gout can certainly show symptoms of hair loss. Extra care should also be taken with medications containing great quantities of Vitamin A, as these can also induce hair loss.

Hormones

During the course of menopause, or while experiencing pre-menopausal or postmenopausal symptoms, women become exposed to the condition of hair loss, as are women who are using birth control pills or are pregnant. This is primarily due to the hormonal changes or abnormalities their bodies are being subjected to.

Once the underlying cause of 'telogen effluvium' is found out and effectively treated, the hair will gradually begin to return to its normal condition.

It is not correct to assume that frequency of shampooing hair can cause hair loss, even though harsh or strong chemicals in shampoo products are sometimes blamed for hair loss. At times, some of your hair strands may come to be loosened up with shampoos and cause you to shed more than usual, but affected hair strands may be those already in the 'telogen' stage and would have fallen out in any case. However alarming this temporary condition may be, your body mechanism will automatically replace the lost hair!

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