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How Can a Woman Prevent Hair Loss
By admin | December 14, 2008
Preventing hair loss for some women is as simple as changing their hairstyle. There is actually a form of hair loss that is called traction alopecia; this form of hair loss is caused by a woman wearing her hair too tight for long periods of time. This type of hair loss can be caused by hair styles such as braids, tight pony tails, corn rows, and so on. Traction alopecia is classified as temporary hair loss that generally stops after the agitating source is corrected. However, other forms of hair loss are not as easily corrected, or prevented.
Another form of temporary hair loss is called Telogen Effluvium; this form of hair loss is thought to be directly related to stress. A woman may experience this type of hair loss after pregnancy and child birth, serious sickness, or any type of major stress. It is common to experience this type of hair loss 6-8 weeks after the stress that caused this phenomenon has occurred. Telogen Effluvium is in no way shape or form predictable, or preventable, and doctors treat this condition simply by telling the woman to avoid stress.
Female pattern baldness, commonly known in the medical community as androgenic alopecia, is a genetic disorder that has nothing to do with how you style your hair, how many times you permed it or colored it, or how often you wash and brush it. No matter what you do if you have the specific gene that causes female pattern baldness, you will more than likely struggle with thinning hair through out life. There are a few things you can do to ensure you don’t develop a large bald spot however. If you have female pattern baldness, start treatment as soon as possible, and take good care of yourself! This includes taking vitamins and ensuring that you don’t allow stress to take hold in your life.
Stress can and will cause a woman’s hair to fall out, and while it may not be as noticeable as female pattern baldness, if you posses the gene that causes female pattern baldness, stress will only make your condition worse. Also, try and wear loose fitting hair styles and limit the amount of “product” you use. Although researchers have not made a direct link between styling products and thinning hair, there has been much speculation that some of these things have the potential to leave a build up of residue on your scalp, in turn depleting the amount of fresh clean oxygen that gets to the root. Don’t misunderstand, I am not saying don’t use them I am simply saying limit the use to a minimum.
Always keep in mind sometimes no matter what you do, or how good you are to your hair, genetics are genetics, and no amount of wishful thinking can change that. However, luckily for women everywhere female pattern baldness is starting to step out of that embarrassing little closet it has been in for centuries. And researchers everywhere are starting to give it the amount of attention it needs to be stopped dead in its tracks… before all your hair ends up on the bathroom floor, instead of on your head!
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