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Menopause and Hair Loss
What Do Menopause and Hair Loss Have in Common?
Women experience many different problems during menopause
and hair loss is often one of these. Although it is quite common to see
men losing their hair, hair loss in women
is more common than one would think. While men accept it as a fact of
growing old or genetics, women look for the reasons for the balding and the
hormonal changes of menopause is often the culprit.
What Triggers Baldness in Females?
There are many things that trigger hair loss, such as emotional stress,
thyroid problems and medications. During menopause, however, a woman’s body
is changing because of the different levels of androgens and estrogens that
the body is producing. You should contact your family doctor to have tests
done to determine whether or not there is an underlying medical cause for
losing your hair.
Although there is no real cure for hair loss due to menopause, you do need
to rule out other causes for which there may be a cure. The thyroid starts
to function at a lower pace in this stage of a woman’s life, which affects
the androgen and estrogen levels. Estrogen therapy used to be the common
medication that doctors would prescribe whether you are losing your hair or
not. With the information about the increased risks of heart disease, more
and more women are looking for natural ways to control the rate at which
they lose their hair. Soy has been found to be an
effective female hair loss treatment
and does have the estrogenic effects for halting rapid thinning.
Your Genes Might be the Culprit
There is also an underlying reason why some women start to lose their hair
during menopause and others don’t. Female pattern baldness is a genetic
trait that causes women to experience hair loss as they age. When a woman
has this genetic trait, menopause will increase the amount of hair lost.
This usually starts with the hair becoming thinner and finer and finally
falling out in strands. Although there are some
good hair loss products on the market
that can halt the progress of baldness in women, you do need to consult your
dermatologist to find out which ones are right for you.
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