Female Hair Transplant

Female Pattern Baldness

Unlike men, women do not suffer from complete baldness. The baldness and hair loss in females is shown in Female pattern baldness. On the onset of female pattern baldness, women encounter the problems of hair fall and thinning from the mid of the scalp. Thinning directly affects hair volume thus bare scalp becomes visible.

In female pattern baldness, initially a line in the mid of the scalp, starting from the front to the top is visible with reduced thickness of hair. Gradually, the area of line widens. Eventually, it spreads and the scalp in the crowned area becomes clearly perceptible.

Female pattern baldness is directly related to growing age, but in many cases, genetics play an important role in the development of baldness in women.

Pregnancy, hormonal misbalance after menopause, autoimmune disorder, thyroid disorder, diabetes and certain medicines to treat cancer, etc. are big contributing factors for hair loss.

In the modern world of glamor, a large number of women color their hair with peroxide and ammonia based chemicals. These chemicals directly affect the roots of the hair and make it weak. Heavy use of such chemicals will inevitably create an adverse effect on volume, thickness and life of hair.

Why men get balder, more than women? 

Higher level of Dihydrotestosterone in men is the root cause of male pattern baldness. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is made from testosterones by an enzyme called 5-alpha reductase. It is a hormone found in men, which gives biological features of males, including a deeper voice, body hair and muscle mass including sex organs. The higher level of DHT, when comes into the contact of hair grafts, makes it shrink, miniaturize and finally makes it shed.

As compared to men, women have relatively very small quantity of testosterone, which is released into the bloodstream by ovaries and adrenal glands. This low quantity of testosterone in women cannot affect hair roots as aggressively as men.

Another difference is that the actual pattern of baldness varies by gender. Women normally maintain their frontal hairline and lose the hair over the top of the scalp.

Men suffer from male pattern baldness due to testosterones (DHT) and genetics. They usually experience a receding hairline from the temporal area and loss of hair in the top and the vertex.

Whereas, women suffering from female pattern baldness, experience hair loss due to menopause, augmented risk of metabolic syndrome, polycystic ovarian syndrome, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol.