It is a good thing that our hair can grow as we have opportunity to change something in out style from time to time. Moreover it serves also in many other ways to our organism. The speed of hair growth is so that every month it becomes longer for half an inch. It is not very noticeable but still it grows. Also hair has a tendency to change after some years and they fall from follicle and let new hair grow. In some people hair falls but is not substituted by new one. This is called baldness. And it is often wrongly supposed that only men suffer from this condition. Women also do and a lot.
Thought hair loss does not evoke any physical pain or uneasiness it is tolerated very hard emotionally. Hair is a part of our image and its sudden loss makes a person feel insecure and miserable; psychologically it is very difficult (and even harder for women) because the concept of beauty and good-looking is somehow connected with our having healthy and strong hair. Therefore its absence injures so bad any person’s (and especially women’s) self-esteem.
Why is it so most painful for women? Usually men crop their hair short and though baldness does make them miserable it is not the same when it happens to a woman. It is intolerable for a woman to imagine that she can not have hair. No woman will ever resign to be bald.
Generally women suffer from androgenetic alopecia, or female pattern alopecia. It start mostly after menopause and is characterized by the thinning of the hair on the sides and top of the head. It differs from the way men can become bald. The latter may have experience the hair breaking or temporary shedding, it may be some skin disease or patches of hair that fall out. In the case of women baldness goes lighter but, if it happens, it’s permanent.
Hair loss and baldness can be triggered by a number of causes. Therapy with certain medicines may make your hair get weaker and fall out; any sort of stress or illness may have the same effect, too; also hormonal changes such as menopause or pregnancy, or weight change are in the list.
Some people do not feel troubled about the fact. On the emotional level they accept the fact and go on with it. Then there is no necessity for any kind of treatment in this case. However for many people it is a tragedy and they long to have the problem fixed. For those who want to have their hair back there are means to try to do it. There are shampoos and sprays, and herbals, and laser therapy, and transplants; there are pills that allow you to re-grow 40-90% of hair. The essential point is to find the best suiting means.
Mostly people tend to take care of their hair. And for sure many have crossed and believe various myths like if you wash your hair too often with shampoo they will fall faster. The same effect is supposed to be achieved by colouring hair of doing perm or wearing wigs. Some people also assume standing on your head is very beneficial for hair growth as well as shaving hair off from time to time. Others believe that only elderly or too clever people get bald. Take in mind that most os these assumptions have no real proof and if you feel that your hair has shown the tendency to thin of they fall out in excessive amounts the best thing you can do is to go and check with a dermatologist. This will help to uncover the real reasons and select the best treatment.