What causes hair loss in women?

Is it possible for women to suffer from male pattern baldness?What causes hair loss in women?
Stress can cause hair loss in women. I know of a lady who lost her her hair following a nervous breakdown. Poor diet can also contribute.What causes hair loss in women?
Stress, hormonal imbalance, and lack of vitamins. Consult your doctor.
As the others are saying stress which causes hormone imbalance and then thinning of the hair.



http://www.ylcf.org/hormone-imbalance/06



Miriam wrote her story in 1997 and revised it in 2002.



Stress --%26gt; Hormone Imbalance --%26gt; ';Health Issue';



Perhaps your source of stress is due to the pill



You may wish to do the on line hormone tests at www.hormoneprofile.com or www.johnleemd.com



If as I suspect they recommend you obtain hormones please have a saliva test done see www.npis.info or www.salivatest.com. A saliva test will check out active hormones something that blood tests do not.



If a hormone is suggested by the saliva test please take the dose suggested. Size 10 shoes are not twice as good if you have size 5 feet.



The WHO (World Health Organisation) uses saliva tests.



A transcript of a John Lee talk http://www.keepsmilin.com/transcriptdrle



I have transcribed John Lee's December 2002 %26amp; %26amp;June 2003 talks

http://uk.geocities.com/willim_walker@bt



Any of these talks explain why for active hormone levels a blood test is worthless. Blood tests find hormones, but they are the ones on their way out of the body. They are not the active hormones.



Search the web for ';natural progesterone hair '; and you will find several pages



e.g.

http://www.nhmeuro.net/acatalog/med_faq.

The most common cause of hair loss is low thyroid function, which is common among menopausal women. Other causes include, but are not limited to the following: changes in hormone levels (a significant decrease or increase), increased testosterone and other androgenic hormones, a change in the balance between estrogen and androgenic hormones, increased stress (physical or emotional), and heredity. Any time sudden hair loss is experienced, one must consider events which took place up to three months prior to the hair loss, as factors affecting hair loss can take up to three months to have an effect. Subsequently, any treatments for hair loss should be given at least three months to have noticeable effects.



This mentions thyroid but I progesterone is the first hormone for a woman to take. This is why it is important that a saliva test is done to confirm the requirement for progesterone or any other hormones.



There is a list of doctors at www.npis.info who are aware of the benefits of natural progesterone they may be more helpful than your GP. Maybe you are about to educate your GP before using the hormones.



In countries other than the UK there are doctors knowledgeable about natural progesterone and other hormones



Natural progesterone means natural to humans i.e. identical to that produced by the human body.



For a good explanation of how vital natural progesterone is to humans see

http://www.hormoneprofile.com/howhormone

and other pages on this site



Wild yam is that Wild Yam the body will not convert it to progesterone. Also do not take fake/synthetic progesterone/progestins manufactured by the drug companies they will be of NO benefit.



After having done a saliva test any progesterone you buy must be natural progesterone USP. USP means United States Pharmacopoeia.



If you skip to the end of http://uk.geocities.com/willim_walker@bt there is a good summary -- 22 Susan Aschoff - St Petersburg Times Summary



Hope this helps
Myths Vs. Facts

Myth: Hair loss is inherited from your father Fact: Both parent's genes are a factor. Androgenetic aplopecia is genetically-linked hair thinning.

Myth: Female pattern hair loss causes abnormal bleeding. Fact: Menstruation is not affected. Hair loss typically begins between the ages of 12 and 40.

Myth: Extensive hormonal evaluation is required. Fact: Hormonal evaluation is only required if the patient is also experiencing irregular periods, infertility, hirsutism, cystic acne, virilization, or glactorrhea. Androgenetic aplopecia usually doesn't cause menstrual issues or interfere with pregnancy or endocrine function.

Myth: Teasing, using hair color, other products, or frequently washing hair increases hair loss. Fact: Normal hair care doesn't affect hair loss. The only drug approved for promoting hair growth in women is Minoxidil.
yes this is normal if youi have the following syptoms

(1)this can be due to been on alot of medication.

(Suffer with polosistic overiena syndrome(which is the main cause of female hair loss)



Willim i think this was a question that wanted aswering by the lady she didnt want a full blown essay!!!!!!