Women With Thinning Hair

My husband is bald and to him it was no big deal. He just shaved his head when he started getting thin on top. However, for a woman it may take a much more emotional toll. Hair is part of the female psyche. There may be feelings of self-consciousness and it may become exhausting trying to deal with it. You become obsessed with coloring it so that your scalp doesn't stand out too much, combing it a certain way, having it cut a certain way, etc. And the other problem is that unlike male pattern baldness, it may not be as easy to determine the cause of the thinning.

Help For Thinning Hair

Depending on the cause your hair may come back on it's own. Things such as chemotherapy, hormonal traumas, (such as childbirth) and thyroid fluctuations, once sorted out, will let your hair start growing again. However, other causes may be harder to treat.

Hair transplants can be performed after hair loss has stabilized, new drugs are being designed to preserve the health of hair follicles, or there are products such as nioxin, which adds thickness to the inside of the cuticle to make hair look fuller. (Hello-gorgeous.net offers a great selection and great prices on Nioxin Hair System products.)

Whatever option you choose, know that you are not alone and that though you have not lost a limb or been given a death sentence, frustration and a feeling of emotional loss are normal.