The most common type of hair loss in women

The most common type of hair loss in women is called androgenetic alopecia. We believe that this kind of hair loss is due to three factors: age, heredity and the hormone testosterone (though testosterone is considered as a masculine hormone, it is also produced from woman’s organism in a less quantity than this of men).

The individuals that are genetically predisposed to develop androgenetic alopecia have normal sacs to the back and side of the hairy part of head.

The individuals that are genetically predisposed to develop androgenetic alopecia have normal sacs to the back and side of the hairy part of head.womenhairlossscale As far as the women is concerned, although the hair loss procedure is the same in the hair sacs level, the naked area i.e. the form of alopecia is completely different.

In women alopecia is spread to the top and back side of the hairy part of head and not gathered in one single spot.

Hair become more and more fine, shorter living and their roots are in the surface. Finally the hair growth stops.
Because of this difference, alopecia in women is much easier to be disguised with a proper hair styling.

By this way we tend to ignore what a frequent problem the androgenetic alopecia in women is. As the alopecia in women is developed, hair might almost be totally missing from the infected areas.

Even when a woman loses the bigger part of her hair in this area, the edge of the hairy part of the head on top of forehead remains usually unalterable. (Much more rarely it is possible that the alopecia in a woman to be similar with this of men.

This, might indicate a hormonal disorder which has to be investigated by the doctor.