Stop Hormone Related Female Hair Loss Naturally

In women, hair loss due to a hormonal imbalance appears in two forms:

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   Telogen effluvium is aggravated by illness, stress, emotions and medications

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   It causes the hair thin all over, the widening of the hair part. Sometimes the hair can also fall out in patches. Usually the hair follicles recover and grow back new hair within six to nine months.

   

   Hormonal imbalances can cause widening of hair part.

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   Alopecia areata hair loss that is an inflammatory scenario where the body's immune cells attack its own hair follicles

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   This type of hair loss causes balding at the crown and temples, wide parts and hair falling out in patches. In this scenario the hair may not grow back.

   

   Balding at the crown of the head is a sign of female hormonal imbalance.

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Hormones are a produced by the endocrine glands. They are the chemical messengers that make sure that all of the systems in the body work in confluence with each other. The efficient operation of the hormones is dependent on thousands of bio-chemical interactions, and it only takes a couple of disruptions to throw the whole system out of order.

Common causes of female hormone imbalance include:

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   The failure of the endocrine system to produce optimal levels of progesterone

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   In order for your body to function smoothly your endocrine system must be producing both progesterone and estrogen at vital levels or an imbalance results. If your estrogen levels are too high, this causes a condition called estrogen-dominance, which also results in excess facial hair. The irony of estrogen-dominance is that while your hair thins on top, you grow hair on your face.

   

   Women with estrogen dominance may experience hair loss and also grow a mustache.

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   The endocrine system producing too much DHT, while producing low estrogen levels at the same time

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   DHT (dihydortestosterone) is a form of of testosterone with hair loss effects that are usually prevented by the production of estrogen. The result of not producing enough estrogen is often permanent hair loss due to DHT destroying the hair follicles

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   The thyroid gland failing to produce enough of the parathyroid hormone

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   When the thyroid does not produce hormones the result is hair that starts thinning all over.

   

   An underproduction of the thyroid hormone can cause the hair to thin all over the scalp.

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   The endocrine system producing less estrogen or progestin after pregnancy

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   During pregnancy estrogen levels are elevated and the result is that many women grow shiny, lustrous locks. After pregnancy, estrogen levels drop and encourage the production of DHT, which causes a condition called post-partum hair loss. With some women the hair thinning remains and with others, the hair that falls out grows back within a year.

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   The birth control pill suppressing the production of estrogen or progestin

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   The birth control pill often causes an overproduction of DHT and the symptoms that go with it including hair thinning and hair growth on the face.

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   Menopause causing estrogen and progestin levels to fall and trigger an overproduction of DHT

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   This produces eventual hair loss. This is a natural process, but distressing to many women who do not understand why their hair is falling out.

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   An over-production of DHT due to bio-identical hormone therapy

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   When women are prescribed hormonal therapy, the doctors do not always get the prescribed levels right. Progesterone, estrogen, DHEA and testosterone may be prescribed in amounts that can cause further hair loss. DHEA is a precursor to creating testosterone.

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   The adrenal glands producing too much cortisol

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   When the adrenal glands, the organs that trigger a "fight or flight" response to stress are dysfunctional the body produces too much cortisol. Cortisol, often called the stress hormone causes the body to release copious amounts of adrenaline which in turn causes a woman to produce more testosterone and hair-follicle disruptors such as DHT.

   

   Too much emotional stress can cause hair to fall out.

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   Stop drinking alcohol

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   Alcohol consumption causes hormonal disruptions that can cause your endocrine system to overproduce DHT, thus causing hair loss and maybe permanent balding.

   

   Women who drink are at greater risk for hair loss.
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