Female Hair Loss
Aside from Androgenetic Alopecia, which is the main type of male hair loss and is the result of sensitivity to the effects of male hormones (androgens) on hair follicles, female hair loss and pattern baldness in women occur in more variations.
The more common female hair loss conditions include:
Trichotillomania – a condition whereby victims lose hair due to excessive and compulsive hair pulling. This type of female hair loss results in patches of bald spots as the hair is usually pulled in concentrated and selected areas. Treatments for such cases are most often done by focusing on the psychological and/or emotional reasons behind hair pulling.
Female Hair Loss
Scarring Alopecia is a term coined for hair loss that results from scarring of the scalp area that encourages the loss of hair and in some cases, a lack of hair growth. The condition typically occurs in women as hair sheds due to persistent pulling of scalp hair as a result of tight braids, buns or ponytails. Post-menopausal women are also susceptible to the situation of female hair loss because of hormonal changes as well as the inflammation of hair follicles leading up to scarring.
Telogen effluvium – the term sounds like alien language, but it covers hair loss that occurs due to a large amount of hair shifting into a shedding phase. Hair loss in this scenario is most often associated with stress, diet, hormones or drugs and medications and is another prevalent female hair loss condition.
If you happen to be a woman with alarmingly thin hair because of female hair loss, consulting a hair care specialist is the first step towards regaining a luscious mane because unlike men, most women have less obvious hair loss patterns and a wrong self-diagnosis may lead to the wrong type of treatment. Professional physicians will be able to detect the cause behind your female hair loss as well as the type of balding your hair is facing and treat the hair-raising problem accordingly.