If you have noticed that your hair is thinning or falling out more than usual, it is likely that you have a female hair loss condition. This may be temporary, but you still need to get it checked out by a professional.<\/p>\n
Getting a formal diagnosis is also important for your peace of mind, as gaining proper, well-informed knowledge of your condition can help to alleviate some of your worry, stress and panic.<\/p>\n
There are three routes you can choose to ensure your condition is properly diagnosed and treated, although you can opt for all of them.<\/p>\n
See your GP <\/strong><\/p>\n Your doctor should be your first port of call if you think you have a hair loss condition. Your GP may be able to identify the condition or refer you to a specialist dermatologist, as well as taking down most of the important information about symptoms, rate of hair loss etc.<\/p>\n See a dermatologist<\/strong><\/p>\n Dermatologists are experts in skin disorders, and should be able to give you the very best advice, information and treatment. You can be referred to a dermatologist by your GP or visit one as a private patient.<\/p>\n See a trichologist<\/strong><\/p>\n Whilst a dermatologist deals with skin disorders, a trichologist is a hair loss specialist who will be able to advise you appropriately on how to treat your condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you have noticed that your hair is thinning or falling out more than usual, it is likely that you have a female …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1546,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions\/1546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}