Female Hair Loss

Crown Clinic recognises that hair loss can be upsetting. We aim to help people that suffer from female hair loss and as a result endeavour to include useful information on female hair loss on our site. Furthermore we boast a wide variety of treatments to help improve the density of hair on your head. Amongst our treatments we offer female hair transplant surgery at clinics in London and Manchester. We encourage you to use our site as a resource on all types of hair loss including female hair loss and we also invite you to approach us with any enquiries that you have. We hope our site will help you and that if you would like to find out more you will choose us for a consultation.

• Do females also suffer from hair loss?
• What causes hair loss in women?
• The symptoms of female hair loss
• Specific diagnoses of female hair loss
• Do you offer any treatments for female hair loss?

Do females also suffer from hair loss?

Contrary to popular belief female hair loss is not an uncommon condition. Statistics show that women can have hair loss with almost the same regularity as men. Hair loss is being viewed more as a cosmetic decrement which is becoming increasingly unacceptable for women who are proactively concerned regarding their appearance and self-image. Consequently sufferers of female hair loss are viable candidates for hair restoration surgery.

What causes hair loss in women?

Women can have hair loss at any age and the hair loss may not have any hereditary association. There are a wide range of causes of female hair loss. Hair loss in women can become evident after menopause and also occasionally appears after pregnancy. Female hair loss does not occur only in older (post-menopausal) women. It occurs with relatively high frequency in women who are pre-menopausal, even in women in their 20s and 30s.

Women appear to more subject to hair loss due to dietary reasons than men. Low iron levels are the most common dietary reason women experience hair loss, although other vitamins and minerals may be involved. Excessive Vitamin A intake can lead to hair loss. It has been reported by a few that Zinc may interfere with the absorption of iron, hence it can produce hair loss.

The symptoms of female hair loss

In the female equivalent of male pattern baldness - androgenetic alopecia or hereditary baldness - hair loss in women is less specific to the crown of the head and is generally seen as more of a thinning of the hair. This is one example of how the symptoms of female hair loss tend to differ from male hair loss.

Specific diagnoses of female hair loss

• - Compulsive hair pulling, or trichotillomania
• - Alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder
• - Triangular alopecia, or loss of hair in the temporal areas that may begin in childhood
• - Scarring alopecia, hair loss due to scarring of the scalp area
• - Telogen effluvium, or excessive shedding
• - Acute stress
• - Systematic illness
• - Anaemia
• - Drugs
• - Radiation

Do you offer any treatments for female hair loss?

A woman suffering from hair loss may be an excellent candidate for hair restoration surgery and Crown Clinic offer specialised female hair transplant surgery. Qualified hair restoration specialists can analyse a patient's level of hair loss and say whether female hair transplant is suitable. So if your hair is thinning, call Dr Shahmalak at the London hair loss clinic, or the Manchester hair loss clinic, for an appointment. He can make a proper diagnosis and recommend the most appropriate treatment plan for you.