Womens Hair Loss

Hair loss is also very much a womens disease. Over 33% of all hair loss in the United States affects women. It is generally accepted that men lose hair, however, the same perception certainly do not exists for women. It can be very difficult for women with hair loss to cope with their change in appearance.

Androgenetic Alopecia, also known as female pattern baldness, is by far the most common reason for female hair loss. Female-pattern baldness can be passed down genetically from mother to daughter.

Womens hair loss is much more a taboo subject than men�s hair loss. This makes it extra hard for women to discuss their condition with friends and seek advice. Also, almost 100% of women hair loss suffers, whereas men can generally choose to either suffer or live with their hair loss. Female hair loss sufferers are subject to more social and emotional concerns, compared to the male hair loss sufferers.

Hair loss for women can cause huge emotional strain and even depression for hair loss sufferers. It can greatly affect the life quality and self-esteem of hair loss sufferers as well as their relationship to men.

Loss of hair can be due to pregnancy (Postpartum Care), the menopause, as well as any of the general hair loss diseases there exists today.

Other reason for womens hair loss can be due to any medication that you are taking, which will affect your hormone balance. This is especially true for oral contraceptives (�the pill�). If you believe this is the case you should ask your doctor for a pill with a low androgen index, or in extreme cases, use other non-hormone forms of birth control.

The Understand Hair Loss Organization tries to help hair loss sufferers to expand their knowledge via our website. Our knowledge and resources are anonymous, objective, comprehensive and free. If you are not able to get all your questions answered here, feel free to contact us and we will try to help you as much as we can.

We recommend you use several sources for your research and do not rely just on one resource. Especially, be aware of advertising campaigns, yellow pages ads etc. There are literally hundreds of hair products and services being marketed to hair loss sufferers. For more detailed information on the various options that are available today to hair loss sufferers, please see

- Hair care tips
- Hair loss treatment
- Hair replacement
- Hair surgeons

Further, before you decide on any course of action you should see a dermatologist and have your scalp examined. This examination should be thorough and we recommend that the following tests be done:

- Complete Blood count
- Densitometry test
- Hair pull
- Hormone level tests
- Scalp biopsy

This should lead the way for the recommended treatment option. If your dermatologist does not suggest this wide array of examinations you should change your dermatologist.

There is hardly any research today on women�s hair loss. Research in men�s hair loss is still in its infancy, and the only product today available for women, is a result of research for men�s hair loss. This is

- Minoxidil (product name: Rogaine, Regaine and others)

Minoxidil seems to be more effective for women than for men. Only the 2% solution has been approved by the FDA for women, however, closely monitored test with the 5% solution have shown some promising results.

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