The Relationship Between Menopause And Hair Loss
Tagged: age, hair loss, hair loss causesAs my friends and I approach our ‘golden age’, we tend to hear some stories about women losing hair once they hit menopause.
According to reports, menopausal women often have low thyroid function, which is a common cause of hair loss amongst women. Of course there are other causes, including the fluctuation in hormone levels, increased testosterone or increased physical or emotional stress.
Hair usually grows about half an inch per month. Each hair remains and continually grows on your head for 2 - 6 years.
Another reason could be due to the decrease in estrogen when a woman enters menopause. The high amounts of estrogen before menopause protects a woman from the low amount of testosterone that women produce. Estrogen and DHT levels are pretty much in balance in younger women.
After menopause however, estrogen levels drop and DHT levels get out of balance. The testosterone produced combines with the enzyme 5 alpha reductase to create DHT, which we all know is responsible for male pattern baldness.
There is an up side to this. Women experiencing hair loss problems during menopause often do not bald as much as their male counterparts. Women will very rarely get bald spots and it is usually an overall thinning effect.
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I never understood the connection of having menopause and hair loss before. Thanks for a very informative post. It for sure helps people get an idea pertaining to hair loss.