Check out those at the store perusing the hair loss treatment section and you will find that they cover the spectrum of society: hair loss sufferers are female, male, young and old! Sure, in the media losing hair has become somewhat of a male dominated field. After all, most hair system products are marketed for male, not female, hair loss. In the same vein, hair transplantation and commercial hair treatments usually have their marketing aimed at men. Interestingly, products touting healthier hair, and end to thinning hair, and also faster hair growth are by and large advertised with women in mind.
This sets up the stereotype that men are consumers for hair loss medication and medical hair restoration while women are more likely to purchase black hair care products, specialty treatments for preserving the health of the scalp, and maybe also nutritional supplements that promise glossy hair. Women’s hair loss is usually not discussed, and it is anyone’s guess as to how many women truly suffer from this condition and how many are silently covering up their hair loss.
Hair loss – female or male – is frequently the result of a medical condition. Although in men there are several inherited conditions that will lead to male pattern baldness, it is unwise to reach for the powdered seaweed wrap or other such product at the first sign of falling hairs, and instead schedule a complete physical with your doctor. While it may be a lot easier to just buy a hair loss shampoo and hope for the best, it is a sad reality that many times an illness is overlooked or not treated for a while, even though hair loss is a symptom that could have tipped off a doctor to the presence of the condition early on.
This of course makes for the somewhat ironic notion that many a hair loss solution is as simple a visit to the doctor to have a primary condition dealt with, which will then make any further treatment for hair loss, purchase of a specific vitamin for hair loss, or even the contemplation of hair restoration surgery are useless consideration. At the top of the list of medical conditions is hypothyroid disease that leads to an inefficient release of hormones into the body. Sadly, this is also one of the few conditions which will not self-remedy and once the thyroid gland is brought back under control, the hair that has been lost in the meantime will remain lost.
The sooner this condition is caught, the less hair is lost, and many patients who were wise enough to visit their physician find that the little hair which was lost is not factoring into their appearance and instead with a volume enhancing shampoo a lot of the damage may be concealed. This approach of course is a lot cheaper than investing in a
hair loss vitamin, long term hair restoration treatment, or even waiting so long that surgical hair restoration – such as Bosley hair transplants – are the only options open.
