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For many women the idea of losing their hair is a scary thought. We all know the saying “beauty is skin deep” and “you can’t judge a book by its cover”. Obviously the people who came up with these sayings were not women. Over the years a women’s hair has been a distinct part of her beauty and charm.
So what causes baldness in women? There can be many contributing factors. There can there can be natural reasons, or genetic. Many times the hair loss can be caused by circumstances like stress, an infection, diabetes or medication. The treatment for other diseases like cancer can be the reason. Chemotherapy is one of the biggest reasons for female hair loss. What many people don’t know is that there hair styles can even be hard on the hair. For example, any hairstyle that pulls on the hair, like pig tails or braids, can loosen hair along the scalp. So what can be done to replace the hair that is lost? Many times it’s as simple as just avoiding what’s causing your hair to fall out in the first place. This could mean anything from changing your hair style to cutting stress out of your life. In the cases of chemotherapy, the hair should start to re-grow after treatment in complete. If the hair loss appears to be permanent, a hair transplant may be the only solution. While these may seem scary, they’re done every day. In most cases healthy hair is taken from another part of the body and transplanted the balding region.