What Causes Womens Hair Loss? A Look at 7 Common Causes of Female Hair Loss
Lets face it, hair loss for anyone can be a very distressing problem but womens hair loss can be especially distressing
Although the causes of womens hair loss vary from person to person, by understanding the common causes of female hair loss, this can help you find the right potential treatment or solution.
1) Hereditary thinning, or androgenetic alopecia to give its medical name, is the most common cause of womens hair loss. The tendency to develop female pattern hair loss can be inherited from either side of the family.
Generally this leads to thinning of the hair in women rather than baldness and can start in the teens, twenties or thirties.
Unfortunately, there are no cures for hereditary female hair loss. However, there are treatments which may help some people such as minoxidil, which is a lotion applied twice daily to your scalp.
An alternative solution which women with thinning hair may consider is female hair transplantation. This procedure involves moving hair from areas of your head with normal hair growth to thinning areas.
As with all...