1. Androgenetic Alopecia, this is exactly the same condition that men suffer from. However, with women rather than losing your hair completely and having bald patches appear on the scalp, the hair becomes thinner and diffused. In a number of cases, rather than women suffering from just one sort of hair loss with this particular problem, you may find it made up of a combination of different hair loss factors.

Normally the main reason for a woman to suffer from this form of hair loss will be that the hormones within their body are not functioning properly. In many cases their levels of DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) has increased and when this happens, it prevents hair growth from taking place.

However, along with a woman's hormones playing a role in them suffering from this form of hair loss it may be something that they have inherited from their parent. So do not think that just because your father lost his hair that you will do so as well. It needs to be a gene that both your parents carry in order for you to suffer from this form of hair loss.

2. Telogen Effluvium is not as common as the above mentioned but can occur at any stage in a woman's life. It happens when they have undergone some traumatic event. Mostly this will occur in women during the birth of a child, when they have undergone some kind of major surgery, or they are suffering from high levels of stress.

The only difference between this type of hair loss and that mentioned previously is that usually a woman will notice a difference about 6 weeks to 3 months after the event has occurred. For some women the condition may be so severe that they begin to lose clumps of hair from particular areas of the scalp, rather than a general thinning of hair over the scalp as a whole. Nevertheless, with the right diagnosis and treatment, this can be brought under control and in most cases, they may find the condition goes into remission.

However, for some women the condition of Telogen Effluvium can be so severe that it becomes a chronic disorder and will persist for months or years. Unfortunately, for these women actually finding and understanding what is causing the problem to occur is the most difficult thing that they will face.

Above we have looked at what are considered to be the two most common of all hair loss women causes. However, if diagnosed correctly then the right kind of treatment can be provided and this will then reduce the chances of the condition becoming far worse. Not only will the right treatment help to prevent further hair loss, but is also likely to help hair regrowth in the future.