Hair loss affects about 60% of women at some age. Hair loss occurs due to thin hair, hair breakage, dandruff and many more. Hair loss in women is also known as Telogen effluvium. The hair cycle consists of three phases, the growing phase, the resting phase and the shedding phase. Women mainly experiences hair loss in 50s or 60s.
What are the causes behind hair loss?
Heredity is an important cause for hair loss in women. There are two patterns of baldness, the male pattern baldness and the female pattern baldness. Heredity also determines the age when hair loss starts. Genetic factors are also responsible for the pattern of hair loss, rate of hair fall and its extent.
- Hormonal factors and aging:
Conditions like pregnancy, menopause, and child-birth triggers hair fall. With all age many hormone secretion changes, affecting hair loss.
Nutrition deficiency causes hair fall. Conditions like thyroid, scalp infection, skin problems also contribute for the same. Recovering from a surgery, prolonged illness, side effect of drugs also results in Telogen effluvium.
Sudden stress and trauma can trigger hair shedding suddenly. Some research also suggested that chemical treatment at salon, smoking, drinking, and drug addiction is also responsible for hair loss in women.
What are the treatments for hair loss in women?
Hair loss can result into complete baldness if it is not treated in proper time. Firstly, you should find out the root cause of the hair loss, then step for a remedy. Treatments very from person to person depending upon the volume and pattern of hair loss. There are many scales to measure hair fall.
There are many lotions, serums available in the market, which is directly applied over the scalp. OTC treatments are effective in many cases. It activates the growing phase. If it doesn’t work you can go for oral medication. This normally treats hair fall by changing hormone levels. But there are many possible side effects.
In these method hair fibers is implanted to the areas of the scalp having no hairs. Hair fiber is a great and instant solution. But, you must have some hair, so that the fiber can adhere to. The process must be renewed time to time.
If you have severe hair loss you can go for this. It is highly invasive and expensive. The active hair follicle is transferred to the regions of sunken follicle in the scalp, giving a natural look.
Hair building fibers are a cosmetic solution that gives the illusion of a full head of hair with instant results. You simply shake the hair fibers on you head (kind of like using a salt shaker) and then spray with fiber lock hair spray, and you are good to go. The fibers are virtually undetectable and harmless.
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