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Female Pattern Baldness
Female Pattern Baldness – What You Can Do About It
Female pattern baldness is a reality some of us
have been facing, just as our male counterparts. However, women do
not suffer from complete hair loss as men do. Female baldness generally
involves thinning at some spot(s) or overall thinning. Immune disorders or
alopecia areata, hereditary reasons or androgenetic alopecia, hormonal
imbalance, aging, medication, illness, scalp infection and eating disorders
may be some of the causes of hair loss in
women.
Alopecia Areata
In alopecia areata, hair growing tissue is destroyed by your own immune
system for some unknown reason. This may cause a sudden appearance of bald
spots on a woman’s scalp or body. Within months and sometimes over a period
of more than a year, it does grow again. Rarely does this pattern persist.
Alopecia areata can be effectively treated with the help of medicines such
as Thymusil, cortisone injections and cortisone creams. However, you should
consult your dermatologist before taking any medicine for female baldness.
Androgenetic Alopecia
Androgenetic alopecia is the thinnng of hair because of hereditary reasons.
This is the key cause both for females and males. Pattern baldness may be
inherited directly as such or it may be caused indirectly by the hereditary
diseases such as diabetes and thyroid malfunction. A woman suffering from
this condition generally experiences thinning over the crown.
Hair loss products such as Minoxidil
and Finasteride are effective medications for this condition.
Female hair loss by hormonal imbalance is a result of variations in estrogen
level in a woman’s body. Pregnancy, medicated contraception and menopause
may cause this hormonal imbalance and subsequent balding pattern.
Other Reasons and Solutions
Other causes of female hair loss may be traction alopecia or losing hair
owing to physical stress. Some of the possible causes could be tightly tying
up hair or even some sudden shock. Pattern baldness also happens by fungal,
bacterial or viral infections of the scalp. They can be treated by
medication. Serious illness, emotional and environmental stresses are also
possible causes among women. Massage is an effective remedy in such cases.
However, in selecting the right treatment for your pattern balding your
doctor’s advice is a pre-requisite and is the final verdict!
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