Causes of hair loss in Womens
What is hair loss in women?
Hair loss in women is just that — when people experience unexpected, heavy loss of hair. Generally, humans shed between 50 and 100 single hairs per day. Hair shedding is part of a natural balance — some hairs fall out while others grow in. An interruption in this balance — when hair falls out and less hair grows in — causes hair loss in women. The medical term for hair loss is “alopecia.”
Hair grows on almost all of your skin surfaces — not the palms of your hands, soles of your feet, lips or eyelids. Light, fine, short hair is called vellus hair. Terminal hair is thicker, darker and longer.
Top common causes of hair loss in womens :-
HEREDITARY:- The most common cause of hair loss in women is hereditary condition that happens with aging. This condition is called androgenic alopecia, female pattern baldness. It usually occurs gradually a receding hairline and bald spots in men and thinning hair along the crown of the scalp in women.
HORMONAL CHANGES :- A variety of conditions can cause permanent or temporary causes of hair loss in womens, including hormonal changes due to pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and thyroid problems.
Hormones affect growth cycles
Several hormones lead to hair loss as a result of their role in the hair growth cycle:
Thyroid hormones
When your thyroid hormone levels go above or below the normal range, they disrupt the hair growth cycle. In most cases, you experience diffuse hair loss (thinning) over the entire scalp. Treating the thyroid disorder should restore normal hair growth, but it could take several months to see the difference, depending on where each follicle was in the growth cycle.
Cortisol
Cortisol levels rise when you feel stressed, worried, fearful, or anxious. When you’re under chronic stress or face a sudden, extreme distress like the death of a loved one, the spike in cortisol stops hair growth.
Estrogen
Estrogen is directly associated with hair growth and loss, as the hormone binds to receptors on hair follicles and boosts the growth phase.
Many women notice they have thicker, better-looking hair during pregnancy. That’s thanks to the high estrogen levels. During menopause, estrogen drops, leading to gradual hair thinning.
Some birth controls pills make the follicles leave the growth phase earlier than usual and keep it in the resting phase too long. This change causes noticeably large amounts of hair to fall out.
Testosterone
Women normally produce a small amount of testosterone. When this hormone gets out of balance, they have two hair problems: They lose hair on their scalp and grow dark, coarse body hair in places where they don’t want it, like their face and chest.
Polycystic ovary syndrome is the top cause of high testosterone in women. However, testosterone has another significant role in inherited hair loss, a condition called androgenetic alopecia.
Hormones and androgenetic alopecia
Testosterone converts into a hormone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Androgenetic alopecia occurs when you inherit genetic changes that make your hair follicles overly sensitive to DHT. As a result, the follicles shrink, growing thinner hair for a time before they completely stop growing new hairs.
You may know androgenetic alopecia by its common names, male- and female-pattern baldness.
Male-pattern baldness leads to the classic pattern of a receding hairline and hair loss on the top of the scalp. Female-pattern baldness is different. Women who inherit this condition experience thinning over the entire scalp. However, women may notice more visible and extensive thinning where their hair parts.
MEDICAL CONDITIONS :- Alopecia areata which is immune system related and cause patchy hair loss. Scalp infections such as ringworm and hair pulling disorder called Trichotillomania.
MEDICATION AND SUPPLEMENTS :- Hair loss can be side-effects of certain drugs such as those used for cancer, arthritis, depression, birth control pills causes hair loss in womens.
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES :- In Indian women most common cause of hair loss is iron deficiency which may be due to insufficient diet, heavy blood flow during periods. Other nutritional deficiencies are Vit D3, Vit B12, calcium,zinc,biotin. Extreme diet that are too low protein and certain vitamins.
STRESS :- Many people experience a general thinning of hair several months after a physical or emotional shock, this type of hair loss is temporary.
HAIR STYLE AND TREATMENTS:- Hair style that pull your hair tight, such as ponytail can cause a type of hair loss called traction alopecia.
If your are experiencing hair loss, don’t panic . However ,there is not too much worry about as almost all the reasons of hair fall can be treated.If you are suffering from hair loss problems, constant an expert at Aesthetic world clinic to know what’s best for your hair. At Aesthetic world clinic we provide all advanced Hair Treatments.
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