| Is this a new condition in women? No, hair loss is | | | | androgens and testosterones. The androgens are |
| not a new phenomenon for either women or | | | | precursors of most of the hormones that relate |
| men. It is as old as the history of man. Among | | | | to reproductive health even among women. High |
| the Egyptians, Native Americans, the Indians and | | | | level of androgens among women would |
| even African traditional societies, there are various | | | | therefore cause hair loss. The thyroid hormones |
| regiments that were provided to restore hair in | | | | are also a major cause of bald headedness. |
| men and women. | | | | What can women do to prevent the condition? |
| Is bald head in men and women similar? Bald | | | | This will involve reversing or managing the |
| heads are more visible among men compared to | | | | environmental factors that can lead to bald |
| women. This is because the pattern of thinning of | | | | headedness. For example, you can reduce stress |
| hair is often different in women compared to | | | | by living within your means, take on tasks that |
| men. Among the women, the thinning is more | | | | you can handle among others. Eating foods that |
| common to have loss of single stands of hair | | | | are rich in sulfur based amino acids, vitamin D and |
| spread across the scalp. In women, the tendency | | | | iron will increase the growth of hair. |
| is to lose hair in patches, most of them beginning | | | | What other options does a woman have with an |
| from the front, centre or back of the hair. | | | | advanced bald head? Traditionally, women wore |
| What are the causes of thin hair in women? Just | | | | wigs to conceal a bald head. Today, there is |
| like in men, the hair loss among women is caused | | | | advancement in technology that allows for hair |
| by genetic predisposition and enhanced by the | | | | transplant. This is a technique in which the hair is |
| environmental factors. This means that f you | | | | removed from the parts of the head that has |
| have a parent or sibling with bald head, then you | | | | hair and put into the bald headed areas. A thin |
| are likely to get the bald head too. Some of the | | | | base is used to insert the hair such that no one |
| environmental factors that may enhance the loss | | | | would be able to know. |
| is stress, poor diet and physical trauma. | | | | You can take control and prevent or reverse bald |
| The major cause in men is the high presence of | | | | head, do not despair. |