To loose your hair at the best of times is a worrying experience for any man, but is many times more stressful when it happens to a woman. It is expected that a man will loose hair over his lifetime, and it is not unusual to see bald men. It is different for a woman who experiences thinning hair or baldness, as it tends to attract the wrong sort of attention. Life for women sufferers can be uncomfortable, as the attention inevitably cause social upheaval.

The appearance of male hairloss can be an uncontrollable event striking at any time in a person’s life. If you are a man then you are not going to be happy with your situation, but you are likely to be more accepting of the situation. If there is evidence that baldness is a genetic family feature then it is especially true. But as a female, hairloss can have a devastating effect on your life,and trigger a total change in circumstance. I have listed below some reasons why hairloss can strike a woman:

1. Stress

This is much more common than most people would think, and can trigger a thinning of the hair and in some cases a total loss of hair known as Alopecia Totalis. Obviously this can also apply to male hairloss, as everyone suffers from stress at some point in their lives. Hairloss that may be attributed to stress can be treated with positive effects – just concentrate on the problem and try to eradicate it.

2. Hormonal Imbalance

Some women suffer from hormonal imbalances, including male pattern baldness which is the presence of too much male hormone in the body. Women can also suffer from a hairloss condition called estrogenic baldness, which is the result of a female hormone deficiency. The condition is also sometimes referred to as female pattern baldness.

What are the causes of these hormonal imbalances causing hairloss in women’s lives? The usual suspects are the menopause, oral contraceptives like the Pill, and post-natal stages of pregnancy.

3. Pregnancy

It is not unnatural having given birth, to experience some degree of female hairloss. Abnormally high levels of estrogen produced during pregnancy is responsible for this effect. It is the process of readjustment to the correct pre-pregnancy levels of estrogen that causes the hair to fall out, which is a temporary condition.