Monthly Archives: October 2010

You may have seen the pictures of supermodel Naomi Campbell in the press recently, where an obvious bald patch can be seen under her wig as she attends a photo shoot.

Experts and trichologists suggested that this obvious sign of female hair loss was caused by traction alopecia, a condition where the repeated pulling on the scalp causes the hair follicles to weaken and the hair to fall out.

Whether Naomi has this particular condition or not, she is a prime candidate to suffer from it due to the profession she has chosen. As a supermodel, she is constantly required to change her look and this often means different hair styles such as weaves, braids and tight ponytails – all styles that can damage the scalp over time and cause traction alopecia.

It isn’t just supermodels and women in the entertainment industry who can suffer from traction alopecia, however. One famous hairstyle, the tight, high ponytail, termed the ‘Croydon facelift’ due to the way the scraped-back style pulls the skin on the face upwards, is particularly bad for hair follicles.

If you regularly choose to wear your hair in any of the aforementioned styles, take care that you don’t fall victim to traction alopecia. Ask yourself: is it really worth losing your long, luscious locks over a hairstyle?

Your mother or grandmother might have thinning hair but you have always put it down to their age and their genetics, however you have never thought it would happen to you until you started to notice that your hair was no longer as thick as it used to be and you are no longer able to style it the way that you like it.

Many women find female hair loss a difficult thing to come to terms with because it isn’t something that is openly talked about amongst women and it is very common to see men who are going bald.

All women can experience hair loss at some point during their lifetime but some are more at risk for certain types of hair loss than others if it has been experienced in the family in the past. This doesn’t automatically mean that you are going to suffer with it but it does mean that you need to get your hair checked out if you notice anything remotely different about it or you notice that you are experiencing thinning of the hair or noticeable bald patches. Your doctor will be best placed to give you some advice and they can advise on the necessary steps to take in order to get your hair back.

There are many female celebrities who have suffered with hair loss whilst they have been famous and they have told the world why they are losing their hair. You might remember Gail Porter famously telling everybody that she had alopecia and that it was a rare genetic form of alopecia that she was suffering with.

In more recent times, one of the Nolan sisters has recently been treated for cancer and has a result has lost her hair because of the chemotherapy and radiotherapy that she has been going through.

This is often quite comforting to other women who are also going through the same things in their lives because it feels as though they are not alone. There is nothing worse than when you are suffering with hair loss either as a result of cancer treatment or because of some kind of other female hair that you are on your own and you have nobody to relate to.

You should never feel as though you have nobody to talk to about the female hair loss that you are going through. It would be an appropriate time to talk to the other women in your family or close friends network to discuss female hair loss and how some forms of it can be treated.

Would you know what to do if you were experiencing hair loss? Most women are completely unsure about what to do when they are experiencing female hair loss and they feel embarrassed about what they are going through.

It can be a hard time, especially if you are going through a stressful time in your life because it can another thing to worry about. Some women experience hair loss when they are going through a stressful time and find it hard to cope with what is going on. However, there is absolutely nothing to worry about if you start to experience hair loss.

In order to find out what kind of hair loss you are experiencing, you will need to speak with your doctor. They will be able to determine whether it is occurring because of the stressful events in your life or whether you have a more serious type of hair loss. Alopecia which is a type of hair loss can occur for a range of different reasons so it is always best to get checked out by a medical professional as they can give you advice and the right treatment for the type of hair loss you are suffering with.

Hair loss for most women can be a traumatic experience but when you have specialists on hand to give you the advice and guidance that you need to get through it and also a really amazing wig, there is nothing that you won’t able to do.

Some women who experience hair loss find that their confidence takes a knock. This is because they are used to having hair that they can play with, style and make look sexy but when you are losing your hair and it has started to thin, you can start to feel less feminine and feel like you aren’t as stunning as you once were.

However with human hair wigs, any woman who is suffering from hair loss can have a full head of hair to play with and style. You can choose which colour your new human hair wig is and also what style you would like it to be cut in. You can take it to your favourite hair dresser if you want to so that they can do the preening and prepping of the human hair wig for you. Nobody will even be able to tell that you are wearing a wig which is one of the many advantages to buying a human hair wig.

Women of all ages can experience hair loss during their lifetime but on some occasions, the hair loss is so little that it is very unnoticeable. We all lose some of our hair during the course of the day, particularly when we are sleeping and whilst we are washing our hair but this is perfectly normal. It is when your hair loss becomes noticeable and your hair looks significantly thinner or you have defined bald patches that you need to seek some medical attention.

Some women do tend to feel embarrassed about their hair loss but in actual fact it is nothing to be embarrassed about. Although it is a common sight to see men who have hair loss, it isn’t such a common sight to a woman experiencing it.

If you feel self conscious and you don’t want people to know that you are experiencing female hair loss then you may want to consider getting yourself a wig that has been made from human hair.

Human hair wigs are widely available and they can be cut and coloured into any style you like so that you feel comfortable whilst you are wearing the human hair wig. Nobody will be able to notice that you are wearing one unless you tell them.