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Female Hair Loss Hormones

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In males, hormonal hair loss is caused by a malfunctioning prostate gland. The prostate begins to produce large amounts of a hormone called DHT. This hormone is an aggressive form of the testosterone and in large amounts causes the follicles of the hair to shrink, thus preventing new hair from growing. At the same time this hormone acts to weaken existing hair so that if falls out. The result of this is often total baldness. While this type of hair loss can be treated it can not be cured.

Fortunately, women with hormonal hair loss are in a better position. For females this is rarely if ever a permanent problem. Hormonal hair loss in women usually occurs after the birth of a child, but may also occur during puberty, pregnancy, and menopause. This is due to a drop or increase in the amount of estrogen in the woman's body. For example, after the birth of a child, a woman's estrogen level drops. This leaves her more vulnerable to the side effects of the testosterone in her body. This can cause the hair follicles to shrink and hair loss to begin. The hair loss will normally end as soon as the woman's hormones return to normal.

Because hormonal hair loss is often temporary in women, it can be treated with over the counter shampoos meant to revert the loss of hair. However, men with hormonal hair loss may have to resort to other hair restoration techniques such as hair replacement surgery and hair plugs. The reason for such extreme measures, is that this condition is typically permanent in men.

Men are likely to have complete bald spots from hormonal hair loss, and need a way to fill these patches in. For a man, this is a very serious problem indeed, and one that needs attention because it will not go away on its own. No male or female should have to suffer balding with the treatments available today.

Female Hair Loss Hormones

When exploring the possible causes of your hair loss, consider what kinds of things have happened to you in the last 12 weeks. Have you been through a divorce? Has a loved one pass away? Been recently unemployed or started a new job? You should think back three months when considering these questions. This is because it often takes this long for your hair’s health to react to a stressful experience. Keep this time frame in mind when considering other factors, too. For example, were you perhaps diagnosed and treated for a recent illness within the last 12 weeks? Did you start a new medication in the past three months? In regard to stress-induced thinning hair thinning, since the stressor was short term, the result of the stressor may also be short term.

Another element to consider in hair loss and thinning is hormones. One hormone that plays a major part in hair loss is testosterone. Women typically have a low level of testosterone present in the body. When testosterone works on another hormonal substance called DHT, balding and thinning occurs. DHT is considered an androgen. If the androgens such as DHT or testosterone increase, then things such as hair thinning can happen.

Is your thyroid causing your hair loss? Thyroid disorders include an under-active thyroid – hypothyroidism or an overactive thyroid resulting hyperthyroidism. Either of these imbalances can cause hair loss. Thyroid issues are increasingly thought to be an issue in perimenopause and menopause. Thyroid issues may be diagnosed with a blood test. However, sometimes thyroid issues may exist even though test results appear normal. Finding a Dr. who treats thyroid issues based on symptoms may be an option in this case.

Also, as you get older, your hair ages too. As you age, your hair’s resting stages may last longer. This resting stage, which is the time when your hair doesn’t grow, is usually relatively short, but in the later stages of your life, it becomes longer and longer…all the while your hair seems to be staying one length and not getting longer! At the end of the resting stage, your hair usually falls out and is replaced. But, older hair is likely to fall out sooner and take even longer to be replaced, if at all.

Following are a multitude of tests that physicians may employ in order to understand and treat the cause of your thinning or hair loss. Although many of these tests will come back as inconclusive, or even completely normal, it is important to realize that diagnosis are often made by eliminating other causative factors.

• Iron levels

• Iron binding ability (TIBC test)

• Hormone levels

• Thyroid

• VDRL (to detect the STD syphilis)

• Blood levels (CBC)

• A scalp biopsy- a tiny part of your scalp is pulled and examined under a microscope.

• Hair pull- the physician pulls a strand of hair to test how many come loose)

• Densitometry- a small magnifier is used to closely examine the hair shaft

There are obviously multiple causes of female hair loss and thinning. At http://www.hairchi.com you can download a free report that explains the chemistry, issues and possible causes of female hair loss, along with healthy and natural tips to address this problem.

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