Female Pattern Baldness: What Causes Hair Loss In Women?

So many men go bald and nearly all women seem to have heads
full of hair. The question, naturally is if baldness
discriminates on the basis of gender. That would be grossly
unfair. Well, it would be unfair but the fact is even women
suffer from hair loss. And if there is something that goes by
the expression 'male pattern baldness', there is also a thing
called 'female pattern baldness'.

Of course, there is no denying the fact that baldness is more
prevalent and more apparent in males than in females. However,
women suffer more than men when they sense that they are losing
hair at an abnormal pace because females tend to attach a great
deal of importance to the quality and quantity of hair. And why
shouldn't it be, given the fact that hair are an integral part
of feminine charm.

In some cases, female baldness can be hereditary. Mostly,
menopause brings hair loss in women, which is determined by
one's genetic heritage. In other words, if a female loses hair
in menopausal stage, it is because her mother too suffered from
hair loss at that particular stage of her life.

Another cause for female baldness are certain ailments,
especially those that come with extended bouts of high fever.
Among them are typhoid fever and scarlet fever. Such fevers are
a medically established cause of hair loss. There are certain
medications, the use of which may also result in hair loss. But
in such cases hair loss is gradual.

Malnutrition and a dysfunctional endocrine system have also
been found to trigger a slow hair loss.

Fungal infections can also cause hair loss. These fungal
infections are chronic bacterial attacks or a result of the
presence of ringworms.

Chemotherapy tends to destroy all the rapidly developing cells
including the hair follicles, as they also consist of active
cells. The baldness thus caused is not temporary but total.

A condition called Alopecia universalis also causes permanent
loss of body hair including those on the head and those that
form the eyelashes and eyebrows. The causes of the ailment is
not fully known and the research is on in this area.

What is quite apparent is a fact that female hair loss does not
set in early phase of life unless there are some other reasons
for it, like some ailment or malnutrition. So, no cause for
beauty-worries for the young ladies and for the relatively older
ones, too. Things are pretty much bright unless the genes are
unfavourable.

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