Women's Hair Thinning

If this is your current concern you ask yourself for sure why this is happening to you or why it does it happen now so unexpectedly! You are not the only woman in this position!

Women shouldn't get alarmed when first noticing their hair is getting thin because the cause may be an illness or the hormonal changes associated with pregnancy.

Men's hair loss pattern is more obvious and easy to recognize, women's are not so well defined. If we compare men's and women's hair loss the obvious fact are that men start losing hair earlier than women which experience hair thinning around the age of 50 or later.

But if you are like most women and, let's face it, panic thinking your hair loss is way above the average then the obvious thing to do is to see a doctor and get diagnosed. Consulting a specialist is the best thing to do rather than concluding yourself that you have a hair loss condition. Self diagnosis doesn't work often leading to inaccurate conclusions.

Women lose hair differently than men which have very well defined hair loss patterns sure signs of "Androgenic Alopecia". The most recognizable balding pattern is losing hair by the back and the front of the scalp. Another frequent pattern is hair thinning on the entire scalp.

We mentioned earlier that women start losing hair in their 50s or later. However there are cases when women in their 20s start experiencing hair thinning. A specialist should be the only one to diagnose this condition.

Here are a few hair losing causes in women that have nothing to do with balding patterns:

Trichotillomania, caused by hair pulling
Alopecia Aleata based on an autoimmune system disorder,
Triangular alopecia - a temporary hair losing condition
Scarring Alopecia - associated with scars on varies scalp area
Telogen Effluvium - a hormonal, drug or stress induced condition