Problem Hair Loss

Telogen effluvium is a common form of hair loss in a woman and typically happens after giving birth to a baby.  This is because the hormones produced during pregnancy naturally keep hair in the anagen phase.  Incidentally, this is also why pregnant ladies usually have luxuriously thick hair.

However, when the hormone levels in the woman’s body return to normal levels, all those aging hairs enter telogen, and start to fall out all together.

Telogen effluvium can also be caused by birth control pills, stress, thyroid deficiency and various medications.

The final stage of the condition, hair loss, occurs when the growth of a new hair pushes out of the old follicle the old dead hair.  Normal hair loss in a woman under this condition results in the loss of 50 to 100 hairs every day via this process.

Hair Loss Condition 3: Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata causes hair loss in a woman as well as a man and is patchy baldness.  The common theory amongst doctors is that it is caused by an autoimmune response, where your body rejects your hair.

Hormone imbalances, arthritis and other autoimmune disorders, syphilis and other diseases can cause it. Alopecia totalis is an advanced form of alopecia areata, with total baldness.  Alopecia universalis is even more advanced, with loss of all body hair, including eyelashes.

All of all these variations make hair loss in a woman harder to manage simply because of the hormonal variations that they will experience throughout their lifetime.

Medical tests are usually necessary to discover the cause hair loss in a woman, and to select a suitable treatment that will restore their hair growth to its normal pattern.

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