Hormonal Cause Hair Loss

Since hormones both stimulate hair growth and cause hair loss, hormonal changes by far have the biggest impact on hair loss.

Everyone has DHT that is produced by their bodies and only some people suffer from hair loss. This other factor is having follicles that have a greater number of Androgen receptors for the DHT to attach to. This is the component that is inherited through the genes. Hair loss caused by the androgen DHT or Dihydrotestosterone make men generally have hair loss concentrated in a specific pattern from the front through to the crown. And women tend to have thinning throughout their head. To date the most effective preventative treatments are anti androgens, drugs that prevent the creation of DHT.

Childbirth
After pregnancy many women experience a loss of hair that can last one to six months, this is caused many hair simultaneously entering the resting (telogen) phase. This condition is caused by the hormonal changes that take place after a woman's body recovers from her pregnancy. Will resolves completely in most cases.

Birth control pills
Women who have a genetic predisposition to suffer from Androgenic Alopecia can have it occur at a much younger age by taking birth control pills. The hormonal changes that occur trigger the onset of the Androgenic Alopecia. If a woman has a history of female pattern loss in her family she should advise her doctor before going on the pill. After the discontinuation of the pill the woman may notice that her hair begins shedding two or three months later. This may continue for six months when it usually stops. In some cases the process cannot be reversed and the woman may not regrow some of the hair that was lost.

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