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Hair loss in woman

Author: Tiffany Graff
by Tiffany Graff
Posted: Feb 10, 2014

One of the most emotionally devastating concerns of women is thinning hair and hair loss. We understand that a woman’s head of hair is her crowning glory — and losing too much hair can be a serious and frightening blow to her self-esteem.

Your hair is one of the first areas, along with skin and nails, to manifest signs of hormonal imbalance, poor nutrition, or illness. Understanding how hair regenerates and paying attention to any changes in your hair growth and appearance are important parts to know how to take care of yourself. The truth is that certain amount of hair loss is normal, but excessive hair loss and hair thinning indicate that something is not right.

Some women experience periods of noticeable hair loss (or growth) at different phases of their menstrual cycle, or even seasonally. If this is your experience, be assured that it is very common and tends to resolve itself naturally. If you are currently under a lot of stress, providing your body with a little more support through following nutritional and lifestyle guidelines for three to six months as that is really boost your hair growth. But also screen women carefully for symptoms of underlying health concerns before proceeding to more intrusive diagnostic or treatment methods.

Many women experience more dramatic, localized hair thinning, even a noticeable bald spot. This condition is called male pattern baldness, or androgenetic alopecia (AGA), and it is the most common form of hair loss in both men and women. It almost always occurs on the top and sides of the head and above the forehead, and may also involve excessive hair growth on the face and other areas on the body, though the range of severity is wide.

Hormonal imbalance due to PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) or peri menopause is the primary cause of male pattern baldness in women. One Finnish study of women in their 60’s showed a definitive correlation between insulin resistance and increased risk of hair thinning, particularly when a subject had a paternal history of hair loss.

Testing for more severe hair loss

Hair loss that is more dramatic or persists warrants a closer look. Testing for insulin resistance, testosterone levels, and thyroid or other metabolic dysfunction can point to androgen sensitivity, thyroid dysfunction, or another endocrinologic disturbance as a possible cause for a woman’s thinning hair.

Natural hair loss solutions

If your hair loss is mild to moderate, the most important thing to do is weigh the immediate stressors in your life against how much support you’re giving your body. Take some steps toward shifting the balance to the support side. Here’s what we recommend:

  • Eliminate dietary causes of hair loss. Eat a balanced diet comprised of whole, protein-rich foods — organic, if possible. Avoid or limit refined sugar and other simple carbohydrates to ameliorate insulin resistance
  • Examine your emotional health. If you are under severe psychological stress, your hair loss could be a result and should improve a few months after the stress is relieved. Finding healthy ways to express your feelings can go a long way toward reducing stress, as can gentle meditative exercises and practices.
  • Balance your hormones. If you are going through menopause or are beginning to notice hormonal changes.
  • Address vitamin deficiency hair loss. Take a rich multivitamin that includes hair-healthy vitamins such as B, C, D and E. Other important nutrients are calcium, magnesium, copper, zinc, and iron. A fish oil supplement containing vitamin D and essential fatty acids will help boost immunity and soothe inflammation.

Cocoona provides a wide range of alternate and effective treatments for hair loss. Its medically proven and involves a scientific approach to get the desired outputs.

Scalp injection with carbon dioxide, vitamins, minerals and amino acids can be helpful in stimulating blood flow to the scalp and supporting normal follicle function. You may add iodine to the diet, which assists in the manufacture of thyroid hormones. Ginkgo biloba increases blood flow to the scalp (without androgens).

We are specialized and successful cases through Platelets Rich Plasma. A non-surgical solution for hair restoration, PRP (platelet rich plasma) injected into the scalp and causes miniaturized hair follicles to become healthier and larger and producing more robust hair growth. PRP is loaded with growth factors that promote rapid angiogenesis and localized cell growth and effective for both male and female pattern hair loss, PRP has also regrown hair in alopecia areata, eyebrow hypotrichosis and other patient cases with non-hereditary hair loss. New hair growth can be seen as early as 2 months, but is typically evident between 4-8 months and will continue to improve up to a year after treatment. PRP therapy is a versatile tool in the treatment of hair loss for a number of causes including:

At Cocoona we use the latest painless, scar less technology for Hair Transplantation. New inroads into hair transplants, laser stimulation, and topical products are a great reason not to despair if you’ve been diagnosed with alopecia areata or another troublesome scalp condition. A new type of minimally-invasive hair transplant procedure called follicular unit extraction (FUE) or "NeoGraft" is offering promising results.

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info@cocoona.ae Phone: 011 – 41611160/61

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