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Women go bald too!
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Do you notice that your hair is getting thinner and thinner? Does the top of your head seem to be balding? Do you find many strands of hair left behind in your comb?
Do not neglect these signs. You could be suffering from Female Pattern Thinning.
Yes, men are not the only ones who go bald, though this was earlier more common. Today Trichologists are noticing an increasing number of women losing hair and, that too, at a very young age.
How does Female Pattern Thinning differ from Male Pattern Thinning?
In men, the pattern of hair loss is characteristically U-shaped. It starts with thinning on the crown or a receding hairline, which advances to thin the top of the head. In women, Androgenetic Alopecia appears as diffuse hair loss or thinning in the fronto-vortex region (i.e. on top of the frontal region) and the frontal region is spared in most cases. This hair loss happens at a slower rate than in men and it happens at a much later time in life. But age does not make it less traumatic for a woman, especially if she has had luxuriant hair before.
Diagrammatic representation of Female Pattern Thinning
When and why it starts
The crux of the problem lies with our hormones. Women have both the male hormone Androgen (which is responsible for hair growth all over the body) and the female hormone Oestrogen. In men, Androgen ironically causes the destruction of the hair follicles in those who are genetically predisposed to this kind of baldness. This is known as Androgenetic Alopecia. Fortunately for women, the hormone Oestrogen counteracts and stops this negative action of Androgen.
However, in periods when the Oestrogen level falls, Androgen starts attacking the hair follicles and as the hair follicles are destroyed, hair starts to thin. For example, before menopause, when the production of Oestrogen is high, this hormone has a protective effect against the small amount of testosterone that women also produce. After menopause, when the production of the female hormone Oestrogen slows down dramatically or stops altogether, Female Pattern Thinning in women begins. This thinning may also be triggered off by stress, consumption of oral contraceptives, after a hysterectomy, childbirth or hormone-replacement therapy.
Abnormally high levels of the male hormone, Androgen, can also lead to a violent attack on the hair follicles causing Female Pattern Thinning. Symptoms of Female Pattern Thinning caused by high Androgen levels are excessive oiliness of the scalp and face, tender and painful scalp, and growth of hair on the face and skin.
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