Female Pattern Baldness
Facts About Women’s Hair Loss
- Approximately 30 million women (one in four) experience hereditary women’s hair loss or baldness
- 40% of women never expect to face the challenge of hair loss or baldness
- 50% of women experience hair loss by middle age
- Typically, your hair is at its thickest by age 20. Once you pass age 20, however, your hair gradually begins to thin, shedding more than the normal 40-100 hairs each day
- Fine hair is both a precursor for and consequence of hair thinning. Women who experience hair loss have a disproportionately high rate of fine hair before they start losing hair
Hair loss in women triggers emotional upset
Hair loss in women becomes an appearance issue, and it can also be the cause of severe emotional stress for most women. Many women who did expect to face hair loss are often caught by surprise, sometimes up to five years earlier than anticipated. A recent study reported that women have a difficult time confronting hair loss:
- Female study participants under age 50 reported feeling a “severe emotional blow.”
- 29% admitted feeling scared
- 47% said they were embarrassed
- 15% felt unattractive
- 28% experienced paranoia
Source: http://www.hlcconline.com/about-hair-loss-women.html