Three Reasons for Women to Choose a Female Hair Loss Treatment
Hair loss treatments and products are abundant. Most of them make similar claims, and many seem to even contain the same ingredients. Yet it’s important for women to understand that female hair loss differs from the kind most men experience. Therefore, female hair loss treatments almost always produce better results than those designed largely for men.
The vast majority of hair loss in men occurs as the result of excess DHT in the body. This hormone is formed when a common enzyme combines with testosterone. It makes sense, then, that men are more widely affected than women by this type of loss, since men’s bodies produce much more testosterone than women’s.
DHT attaches itself to the follicles (where new hair cells are produced) and causes them to shrink. Eventually the follicles go into extended dormancy.
This is not to say that women are not subject to the formation of DHT. Women’s bodies also produce testosterone, but not at the same levels as men do. Even when DHT is the culprit of baldness in a woman, she will usually not suffer it to the same extent that a male would.
Of course, any kind of hair loss is extremely distressing for a woman. Culture and society make a strong association between hair and femininity. A woman who loses her hair ends up suffering from a sense of lost femininity and beauty. Pharmaceutical companies are recognizing this and creating more products designed specifically for women. Women should choose a female hair loss treatment (one created for women) for three reasons:
1) They’re more likely to stimulate regrowth for women. Since women lose their hair for different reasons than men, they need a formula that will correctly target their form of loss. For example, a product which is designed to inhibit the formation of DHT probably won’t work for a woman since excess DHT is rarely a problem for women.
2) They’re gentler on the female scalp. Women’s skin is different from men’s. Treatments made for men are often too harsh for female skin. They may cause excess dryness, flaking, burning or other irritations.
3) Hair loss treatments for males may be harmful to a woman’s health. Some men’s products can actually be harmful to a woman’s health or to the fetus of a pregnant woman.
It isn’t always easy to determine what is causing a woman’s hair loss. An excess of DHT is sometimes easy to identify because hair tends to fall out in patches and clumps. Other types of loss aren’t as easy to pinpoint, but are most likely related to hormonal changes or imbalances. For example, losing extra hair is common after giving birth.
For cases where bald patches are evident, a female hair loss treatment containing the drug Minoxidil may be the best choice. Products designed specifically for women contain less Minoxidil than those made for men, and better suited to the female scalp. For loss that is more evenly distributed over the scalp, a scalp treatment with natural herbs and/or a natural supplement is a better choice.
Either way, it will probably take time to achieve noticeable regrowth. Women should be prepared to use any given product for at least a couple of months, possibly even up to six months, before expecting results.
If a particular female hair loss treatment hasn’t produced any results in six months or more, a switch might be in order. It’s often a matter of trial and error to find a product that is effective for a particular person.
