{"id":993,"date":"2011-03-15T10:37:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T10:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/?p=993"},"modified":"2021-06-18T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T13:45:47","slug":"common-responses-to-female-hair-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/hair-loss-general\/common-responses-to-female-hair-loss.php","title":{"rendered":"Common responses to female hair loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the worst things about suddenly or unexpectedly losing your hair is that you can often feel quite alone in what you are going through, like no one else could possibly understand.<\/p>\n<p>It is true that it\u2019s hard for people who haven\u2019t experienced hair loss problems to really get how it feels, but sufferers tend to experience similar reactions. By knowing how other people with female hair loss feel about their condition, you needn\u2019t feel alone.<\/p>\n<p>The following are a few of the most common psychological responses to female hair loss. See if any of these sound familiar:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Anxiety, panic and worry as hair starts to thin or fall out<br \/>\n\u2022 Feeling frustrated, helpless and desperate to take back control over your own body<br \/>\n\u2022 A drop in self-esteem and self-confidence<br \/>\n\u2022 Feeling unattractive and less feminine due to hair loss<br \/>\n\u2022 Worrying about the effect hair loss will have on relationships<br \/>\n\u2022 Endlessly thinking about hair loss and wishing you had more hair<br \/>\n\u2022 Trying anything and everything to get hair to grow back<\/p>\n<p>If you have experienced any of these responses, you are not alone. Talking about your feelings with other hair loss sufferers who share them can really help you to cope, as will going to see a hair loss specialist for reassurance and professional advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the worst things about suddenly or unexpectedly losing your hair is that you can often feel quite alone in what you &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993"}],"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=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1644,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/993\/revisions\/1644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}