Baldness, thinning, messiness, losing gloss, ill-texture and whitening are the usual hair complications. Some of these can be cured by applying hair conditioning shampoos, whereas others may require lengthy procedures. Thinning of hair in women is medically described as ‘reduced hair growth cycle’.
Thinning of hair in women can be the effect of one or many of the problems like, excessive stress, illness, malnutrition, medication, telogen effluvium, female pattern baldness, DHT, use of improper cosmetics and most importantly hereditary. There are some accidental sudden hair loss like traumatic burn, loss skin, etc.
Hair regrowth and hair transplant both are tedious and cost-intensive. The better hair care for anyone is that he/she should take care of while the hair is growing steadily and the thinning is not yet begun. Proteinous diet and maintaining a healthy scalp minimizes the hair complications. Making the thin hair lushy is a difficult job, but hair growth cycle potential can be improved.
Hereditary Hair Thinning in Women
Androgenetic alopecia or female hereditary baldness can start as early as in teens. It is one of the most common causes of hair thinning and hair loss. Women may not become completely bald. This alopecia can be inherited from either the mother or father.
Improper Use of Cosmetics/Bad Cosmetic and Hair Thinning
Flamboyant lifestyles and use of dyes, bleaches, tints, straighteners and permanent waves if done improperly take toll on hair. As long cosmetics affect the dead hair, there is no potential loss. But when the scalp suffers from the cosmetics the hair thinning/hair loss starts. That’s why professional hair styling products are recommended.
Thinning hair and Hair Growth Cycle
Noticeable hair thinning is usually caused by a short anagen phase and a particularly long telogen phase, which eventually leads to the hair follicles shutting down completely and the ending of their growth cycle. Women who experience thinning hair also have follicles which shrink due to changes in hormone levels, resulting in finer, barely visible hairs.
Premature Hair Loss and Sudden Hair Loss
Sudden hair loss is the condition where hair growth cycle is badly affected. Generally in alopecia areata autoimmune cells in patient are responsible for sudden hair loss. Though in this type of sudden hair loss there is no fear of complete baldness, the hair regrowth in the affected areas take around a year to grow.
With age several hair complications come. But sometimes due to illness, drug abuse, cancer or genetics hair thinning and hair loss is observed in teens, this is called premature hair loss. Change in environment, diet, illness and stress are the major factors of premature hair loss.
Biology Of Hair Growth
Hereditary Hair Thinning in Women
Hair Growth and Hair Complications