Hair loss affects men and women. No one is immune to this disease. There is no right or wrong but just the way it is. There are as many reasons for hair loss as there are individuals on this planet. I will identify some of the main causes of hair loss in women so that you can better understand how to cope with it. Hopefully I will give some encouraging words so that maybe there will be a natural remedy for this.
Just as we all have different jobs and roles in life there are just as many reasons for hair loss. These reasons could be internal or external circumstances that are sometimes beyond our control. Let me point out some common causes of hair loss in women.
Sex - Looks like the women have it over the men. Although overall women tend to have less baldness than men because of female hormones this does not take away from the psychological depression that affects women. Hair growth in women grows faster than men but they may need that amount of hair because one of the reasons of the hair loss is the amount of frequent bleaching and styling that women do to their hairs.
Hormones – Women cannot deny the fact that hormones do in fact play a part in less hair loss than men. That is to say the hormone estrogen is produced by the ovaries that counteracts hormone androgen which causes baldness. This does not mean that women do not have baldness but it makes women less prone to hair loss. However, if these hormones become imbalanced then all bets are off and women encounter hair loss just like the men.
Pregnancy and childbirth – Believe it or not pregnancy in women may be the root cause of temporary hair loss in certain cases. But a lot of the times this is a temporary situation because of the fact that during pregnancy women produce lots of nutrition and hormones for the baby they’re carrying. That’s why they need to eat so much, not for them but for the precious life they are carrying. However, after delivery the nutrition and hormone levels return to a normalcy state and the body is expecting a lot more nutrition because that’s what it’s been used to the previous 9 months. This sudden change in the body where not as much nutrition is available for the body may cause the hair to starve leading to temporary hair loss. Fortunately this is only temporary and once the body gets back to a normal state of nutrition hair growth will return back within 6 months of delivery.
Iron deficiency – Diet is so very important during a women’s pregnancy that if proper nutrition is not maintained during this time period, the baby and the woman will suffer. If iron, which is one of the vitamins that a body needs during pregnancy, is lacking because of poor diet choices, this may lead to hair loss. Other conditions may arise because of iron deficiency such as bleeding ulcers, hemorrhoids and heavy periods.
Menopause - Here’s another matter strictly for women. Remember the hormone estrogen that was mentioned in the hormones section which counteracts androgen? Well interestingly enough after menopause, the hormone estrogen stops producing and without estrogen counteracting androgen the adrenal glands will cause women to develop baldness.
Birth control pills - This is a chance that a lot of women take in their early years. Taking birth control pills will indeed accomplish the task and prevent pregnancies but one of the properties of birth control pills has androgen dominated properties that can cause hair loss. Now if a woman’s body does not have enough estrogen hormones to counteract the androgen then hair loss may occur. Just check with your doctor on the proper prescription of birth control pills to alleviate any future problems of hair loss.
So I hope I have identified hair loss with women, what it means to them and some of the basic causes of hair loss. There are a myriad of ways to counteract hair loss and one of the techniques is natural restoration of hair.
