I am 27 years old. I have two children. I started losing my hair after my first child was born when I was 18. I have had my scalp looked over and the doctor said that it looked fine. Also I had my thyroid checked and that is fine. Do you know what could have caused this?
It is common and actually normal for women to experience hair shedding beginning two to three months after pregnancy and lasting for two to three months before subsiding. How ever, snide approximately 50% of women have an underlying genetic predisposition to suffer from female pattern hair loss, it is not unusual for women to report that their hair did not return to its full glory after the shedding subsided and new hair replaced the lost hair.
The shedding process that occurs after pregnancy, and also associated with other conditions such as rapid weight loss, serious illnesses, and so forth, is called a telogen defluvinum, which is defined s an increased loss (shedding) of normal resting or so - called club hairs.
I'm a 27 years old women, never been pregnant, nor have I suffered from any illness or stress, yet I had very severe hair loss until a month ago (it has reduced considerably). At one point it was so bad that I now have bald spots on the top of my head. Can you tell me if there is something I can do about it? Can I regrow my hair?
Hair loss that occurs with the presence of completely bald spots is most liely an allergic from of hair loss called alopecia areata. This is the third most common cause of hair loss, affecting approximately 2% of the population at some point in time. The condition is often limited to one or two small spots that often under unusual stressful circumstances.
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