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Stress of Living and Women's Hair Loss
Stress is a common cause ofhair loss in women. The medical name for this problem is telogen effluvium. It gives a general thinning of the hair and can in itself be quite worrying when it happens. This obviously can lead to greater stress and greater hair loss. The condition itself is usually short lived and cures itself given enough time. However, for a few women the condition can become more long lived and Chronic. This is when it gets to be a genuine problem.
The stress generators can come in a number of forms from hormone imbalance to reactions to certain medicines, sickness and some kinds of dieting. usually the effects don't emerge until some time after the trigger has occurred. Itresults in an over all thinning of the scalp hairs and other hairs of the body rather than a definite bald patch. There can be a case for women with the problem to be diagnosed as being anxious or neurotic instead of actually looking for a direct trigger.
Telogen effluvium involves the normal growth cycle of hair. Hair follicles have two stages within this cycle. The one phase relates to growth and the other resting. The growth phase lasts around 3 years, where as the resting stage is usually around 3 months. Telogen is the word used to refer to the period of resting. Usually only about fifteen percent of the hair is in the telogen stage. However, sudden stress can push the number up greatly. These hairs are lost and the follicles start resting. After around 3 months the hairs begin to grow again and the usual growth returns. This means that after about 6 months the problem should start to return to normal.
Although the results of Telogen Effluvium are quite striking there is no actual cure for it, other than getting over the stressful happening and waiting for the hair to come back. In the case of the chronic persistent results of this problem women must look more realistically at their life style. Usually it is a conglomeration of problems that lead to the hair loss. High pressure work, trying to put up with with work and family obligations, crash diets, vegetarian food, yo yo diets and low protein diets all add to the level of hair loss in women. Some women try to redress the balance of dieting nutrient loss by taking tablets, but this should not be done. A healthy well balanced diet should be the policy in this situation.
Another chronic type of this condition version is having low amounts of the iron complex Serum Ferritin in the blood. A doctor needs to do a blood test to establish if this is the cause of the hair loss. It has been decided that up to thirty percent of female hair loss is due to low iron levels. Once a diagnosis has been established iron tablets can be given and it will be quickly found that hair loss will reduce and the condition will get better.
Any sort of dieting will put the body under stress. This stress can affect women's hair loss. Hair loss women often have a number of stresses that come together to cause the problem. The best cure is to identify the problems that cause the stress and remove them.
About the Author Hair loss in women may have a number of causes. It is important to find out what the cause is before embarking on any treatment. Only with all of the facts at hand can people be expected to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages without having to just accept sales hype. Further information on the alternatives for people looking into hair replacement and hair treatment can be found on T J Vincent's web site Hair Loss in Women
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