Hair Loss In Females

Hair loss is a common phenomenon in both men and women. Both men and women have hair fall and growth everyday. Everyday certain number of dead hair falls and new hair grows. if the number of hair that falls outnumbers the growing hair then you get scanty hair, and in some cases leads to baldness if the hole in the follicles get blocked and no hair grows in that area. Female hair loss leads to many other problems like psychological upset due to loss of beauty. Women are always beauty conscious and hair increases the beauty of the women considerably.
The hair loss in women is due to hormonal imbalance in the body due to deficiency in endocrine hormones. Gradual and dramatic thinning of hair in women can happen after the onset of menopause. Some teenage girls have hair loss when they start their menstruation. Soon after pregnancy hair loss is common in women sine the estrogen level is imbalanced at that time.
Some female folks use modern ways of decorating their hair which contains some chemicals which may cause hair loss. Putting dye at the old age to make the hair black is also a cause for hair fall in women. These dyes may start reacting after prolonged use. Dyes will be used once in fifteen days. Sometimes even shampoos are harmful.
Some skin diseases such as alopecia areata may lead to hair loss among women. There are also some rare cases, where trichotillomania is the reason. This is an obsessive disorder which is classified under the complete acceptance of the person to uproot his own hair. It is detected in pre teenage and teenage girls.
There are medical ways of rejuvenating dormant, not productive hair follicles. But this does not always work out easily. Proper care for the hair is needed at all ages.
The Auyervedic medicine provides oil for hair growth which when applied gives considerable change in the growth of hair. Applying oil regularly is one way of giving nourishment to the hair. Washing the hair with herbal shampoos at least twice a week is one way of keeping the hair clean and tidy, and avoid hair loss in women .
Hormonal imbalance is the main reason for hair loss in women. Their body is such that they get the imbalance in different stages in their life. It starts when they reach the age of puberty, then when they take contraceptive pills , then when they stop the pills, then when they become pregnant and then when they have the child birth and then later on when the reach menopause. They have to be careful in their diet and proper care has to be taken for the hair especially during these different stages in their life.