Scalp Hair Loss In Women Can Be Devastating
Written by Mike Jones   
Thursday, 22 October 2009 14:19
Why is it that men can get away with scalp hair loss and women can't? There are jokes galore about balding men, but a balding woman? Hair is a girl's crowning glory. It's part of who she is. Hair is something that women fuss over every hour of the day and spend lots of money on.
by MikeJones


Why is it that men can get away with scalp hair loss and women can't? There are jokes galore about balding men, but a balding woman? Hair is a girl's crowning glory. It's part of who she is. Hair is something that women fuss over every hour of the day and spend lots of money on.

In psychological studies regarding hair loss in both men and women, men felt concern and stress about their thinning hair, but women suffer extreme loss of self-esteem. A women's sense of self can be tied up in her hair and she can be sensitive to how she is perceived by others.

When women lose their hair, they often feel that friends and family don't take their concerns seriously. When men lose their hair, there are clinics and products to help them or give advice. Their families can sympathize and tell them they're still just as virile, with and without hair. Friends and family can help a man find humor in the situation. Women don't have this support system.

There are Hollywood role models and public figures that don't hide their baldness or admit to having any shame about hair loss. Hair loss in women, which can also be normal, is not discussed. It's swept under the carpet. There have been famous females with cancer, who have lost hair and perhaps shaved their heads or worn head scarves to hide patchy hair. However, there still remains a horrible lack of public awareness about hair loss in women.

There are treatments for women with hair loss - it just depends on the reasons for the loss in the first place. Women post-partum frequently lose their hair. It comes out in big handfuls in the shower, but usually once a baby is weaned, that hair will grow back. Hormone deficiencies such as hypothyroidism can be treated with medication. Follicle damage or hair damage due to over processing and tight ponytails or corn rows may be reversible and OCD conditions such as irrational hair plucking may be controlled, too.

But if a woman loses her hair due to genetics or alopecia, which is what male pattern baldness is all about, that loss of hair means loss of control. That philosophy goes along with hair thinning due to the aging process, too.

Thanks to new advances in science, many women have begun to use hair products that are highly touted as preserving and in some cases, restoring hair. However, a dermatologist should still be consulted if hair loss seems more than temporary. A hair restoration specialist can make recommendations to help women reclaim one of their most beautiful assets.

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