Hair loss in women can be due to many reasons which can occur in many phases of life:
We commonly see women of all ages complain of hair loss. This is because there are different types of hair loss that can occur in different stages of life.
Women of younger age group-adolescent girl complaining of hair loss due to PCOD which is a hormonally induced condition and resembles androgenetic elopia. The pattern resembles hair loss pattern in men like frontend thinning and widening.
Women experience increase in hair fall during periods due to stress situations like a pregnancy or post pregnancy, or any stressful events in the family which is called telogen effluvium. The cause is too much loss of nutrients, like iron or biotin. Adding more of these nutrients can help fix these changes. This phase may last from 6months or 1 year.
Other causes of telogen effluvium can be cancer treatments thyroid problems, or diabetic treatments.
Changes of hair and scalp in tormogen, excess of thinning of the hair.
No descried patches seen on the hair.
Pull test is positive.
Alopecia areata – other causes of patchy hair loss on the scalp is called elopia areata which is commonly seen in patients with immune deficiency or auto immune discos. Treatment of this condition is difficult and involves taking steroids or immune supervene therapy. It requires the prolonged course of treatments.
Androgenetic elopia: Aging changes causes the hair on our scalp to thin. Hair also starts to lose its color. A woman’s hairline naturally starts to recede.
In early cases regrowth is possible through treatments.
Oral supplementation and minoxidil can help in regrowth in late cases hair transplant can be helpful.
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