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Here’s an interesting fact.  Did you know that 60% of the people who visit a doctor about hair loss are women?  Most people don’t realize this but the fact is female hair loss is a big problem.  What is very telling is the fact that almost all the products that deal with thinning and balding hair problems are targeted toward men.

The main cause of hair loss in both men and women is Androgenic Alopecia or its common name male pattern baldness.  Even the name is indicative of the bias toward male hair loss.  Even though both sexes suffer from the same genetic condition the way it is manifested is quite different.

The name comes from the fact that men tend to lose their hair at the hair line and on the vertex or top of the head.  These are the familiar patterns we see.  Women, on the other hand, will not generally have patterns but instead will have thinning over the entire or majority of the scalp.  Often times a woman won’t even realize she is developing a problem because the thinning is so wide spread and comes on over a couple of years.  Usually she just wakes up one day and realizes her hair has thinned dramatically.

When women are contemplating female hair restoration help the best results will be obtained by starting the treatment as early as possible.  The result of Androgenic Alopecia is that the hair follicles actually stop producing hair shaft material because the nutrient flow has been shut off by a hormonal derivative called DHT.  The longer the hair roots can be protected from this attack the longer the patient will be able to keep a full head of hair. If you wait till the hair shaft is completely shut off you will not be able to re-grow the hair and the only option is hair implants.

The only FDA approved drug for treating hair loss in women is Minoxidil which is found in the majority of the hair loss treatments advertised.  For females, the strength of the solution is set at 2% Minoxidil while for males the strength is 5%.  Many women have actually used their husbands 5% solution with good results but the Food and Drug Administration does not recommend this.