It is not uncommon for women of all ages to experience hair loss during their lifetime. A large proportion of women find that they lose some of their hair when they go through the menopause. This can be particularly distressing, especially given all of the other symptoms of menopause such as hot flushes, hormone changes and mood swings so you really don’t want to have to contend with hair loss as well.
For some women have loss comes in patches, rather than all over. This is sometimes a sign that the condition relates to alopecia and in some instances, alopecia is curable and treatable in the majority of cases. However, alopecia is brought on by a range of different things and often the cause of the hair loss can be easily adjusted and their hair returns.
It must be remembered when it comes to hair loss that our hair and their follicles that produce hair work on a cycle of approximately 7 years. Whilst some follicles are producing hair, others will be lying dormant and the cycles alternate to ensure that there is always a full head of hair. However, for those who suffer with hair loss, the follicles that should be producing hair have become dormant and the other dormant follicles have not start to produce hair