Problem Hair Loss

Dealing with menopause and hair loss is quite a challenge. It is a tough realization for a woman that she just hit menopause, in middle age, and to top it off, that she has to deal with hair loss too.

Menopause

Menopause is usually one of the main causes of hair loss in women. Menopause occurs in women from the ages of 30 to 70 years old, with the highest rate between the ages of 40 and 50 years old.

Menopause is a very traumatic stage in a woman’s life; few take it very well, focusing on the bright side of never having to deal with periods again and also not having to worry about getting pregnant any more.

However, the majority take it as a sign of old age and that can be pretty devastating. During such a bad phase, when faced with menopause and hair loss, it can really drive some to depression. Symptoms of menopause are hot flashes and huge mood changes.  Hair loss is not a menopause symptom but just a side effect due to the hormonal changes in the body.

Good News

Hair loss due to menopause can usually be treated successfully. Menopause and hair loss may be connected but depending on the actual cause of the hair loss, a treatment can be usually worked out effectively.

There are a variety of reasons that can cause hair loss when a woman gets into her menopause stage, with associated treatments. Some of them are due to hormonal changes, which can be treated with a hormonal regulation regimen.

Another cause is depression. Along with stress, such a state is common in women with menopause and hair loss due to stress is a well-known factor. Treatment is available for this cause as well with specific drugs and hair tonics.

Finally, when women reach the state of menopause some lose their appetites, while others indulge in overeating. Both will cause unbalanced nutrition for the body, which in turn will cause hair loss.

So in this case, proper nutrition plus any relevant medications should bring your hair right back where it belongs.

Bad News

If the cause is partly hereditary, since hereditary causes of hair loss cannot be treated efficiently, the hair loss might be inevitable.

However, there have been a number of successful cases reported when this type of hair loss was successfully treated.

Having to deal with menopause and hair loss is never easy; however keeping a positive attitude, having your family’s love and support, and knowing that you can do something to improve the situation should get your smile right back on your lips.

Of the various causes of hair loss in a woman that caused by stress is probably the most common.

Did you know that it is not always straight away after the stress causing event either?

Hair loss in a woman can happen three or four months after you have got over the illness or major surgery, and it can result in a large amount of hair being lost.

The hair loss in this case is caused from the stress of the illness and will be temporary; the hair growth will return again. Other causes are not as easy to identify and solve.

Hormones

Sometimes hormonal problem can cause hair loss in females.  An under or over active thyroid gland can cause hair loss.

Hair loss can also occur if the female and male hormones known as androgens and estrogens are not in balance.  Correcting the hormone imbalance may help you to stop the hair loss.

Hair loss in a woman can occur about three months after you have had a baby.  This is because of the hormone factor, since during pregnancy the hormones help you to keep hair you would normally lose.

When the hormones return to the normal levels of before pregnancy, the hair that wouldn’t fall out, now will fall out, and the normal cycle of hair growth and loss will return.

Medications

Certain medications can also cause hair loss in a woman.  This type of hair loss will improve when you stop taking the medications causing the problem.  Medicines that can cause hair loss in a woman include blood thinners, medicines used for gout, medicines used in chemotherapy, too much vitamin A, birth control pills and antidepressants.

Sometimes certain infections can also cause hair loss in a woman.  Fungal infections of the scalp can cause hair loss in children as well.  You can treat the infection easily with antifungal medications and promote hair growth to reappear.

Diseases

Finally you need to be aware that hair loss in a woman can be caused by the symptoms of an underlying disease, such as lupus or diabetes.  In fact, because hair loss will often be an early sign of such a disease, it is essential that you visit your doctor to find the cause so that you obtain the correct treatment, which may not be to treat your hair loss directly at all.

The good news about hair loss in a woman is that many of the problems are treatable or cure themselves in their own time.