The American Academy of Dermatology has found that as many as 30 million women experience hair loss. While it may be traumatic for men to suffer hair loss, it can be even more so for women, considering hair is a central feminine characteristic. Androgenetic alopecia is the leading cause of hair loss found in women. [...]

How Does Hair Loss In Women Occur? Research shows that mal-nutrition is linked to damaged hair follicles. In fact, without sufficient nutrition, optimal hair growth cannot occur. Since hair is considered by the body to be a non-essential tissue for survival, long-term nutritional deficiencies can lead to early hair loss in women and men. With hair loss in [...]

On the average, people shed about 100-150 hairs per day. Unfortunately, about one-third of women suffer from androgenetic alopecia, also known as female pattern alopecia or baldness. Female pattern hair loss is seen predominantly over the top and front of the head. In female pattern hair loss, after the hair has shed, the root that grows [...]

The most common form of hair loss in women is female-pattern hair loss, which usually has a strong genetic component that can be inherited from either the mother or father. This condition is also referred to as androgenetic alopecia, and this type of hair loss can start as early as the late teens, and the [...]

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Yes, as demonstrated by this patient’s experience receiving help from Dr. Umar. The woman had been diagnosed with Lupus several years ago. Her condition began with inflamed lesions that eventually became scarred, affecting her face and scalp. She was on several medications to treat her lupus, and came to Dr. Umar with hope that he [...]

Androgenetic alopecia, also known as female pattern baldness, is the most common type of hair loss in women. The hair thins at the top and front of the head. It affects approximately one-third of all susceptible women, but is most commonly seen after menopause. In female pattern hair loss some excess loss of hair is [...]

Besides male patterned baldness, there are dermatological conditions that can cause hair loss. Many of these conditions are inflammatory in nature. Some conditions, if not recognized and treated early, could result in scarring with permanent hair loss. One such condition is known as lupus erythematosus . Hair loss with scarring (cicatricial alopecia) is often the [...]

Telogen Effluvium is a form of non-scarring alopecia characterized by diffuse hair shedding, often with an acute onset. It is characterized by massive hair loss as a result of early entry of hairs into the telogen phase. A chronic form with a more insidious onset and a longer duration also exists. Telogen effluvium is a [...]

There are many theories regarding the genetics of hair loss. Male pattern baldness and other types of hair loss are inherited from family members and is passed down through the generations, but how the genes get passed out and distributed varies greatly. You might have heard the popular myth that hair loss is passed down [...]