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An Introduction to Women’s Hair Loss
The incidence of androgenic alopecia in women has steadily increased over the past decades, and is now thought to occur at least as frequently in the general female population as it does with males.
Tony Pearce was the first to identify two forms of androgenic alopecia in women – true genetically-inherited type, and ‘acquired’ androgenic alopecia from metabolic/hormonal compensatory mechanisms.
Other common causes of hair loss in women are nutritional – principally low iron levels – and metabolic disordering such as thyroid, blood sugar, or liver detoxification problems.
A temporary & self-correcting diffuse hair fall is often initiated by events such as childbirth, commencing/ceasing certain medication, febrile illness, blood loss in surgical procedures, or combination intravenous antibiotics for severe infections.
Overwhelming emotional/physiological shock or unremitting stress may also be the foundation for excessive hair loss. Autoimmune diseases – sometimes leading to permanent hair loss – are a regularly seen cause of alopecia in both sexes.
For a more detailed explanation follow these two links
1. Pattern Hair Loss is not always Genetic
2. The Management of Non-Genetic Hair Loss
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