HAIR LOSS: MEN, WOMEN, DIFFERENCES

Losing hair is seen as the preserve of men. Yet women also see the volume of their hair decrease with age! Men and women lose their hair the same way?Let us turn to the differences and similarities?

Alopecia, falling like no other

There are hair loss transient, fall in particular is known for a season not to drop the leaves. But when the fall lasts longer than three months for men and women must think of the androgenetic alopecia . In people, the life expectancy of the hair disappears, and every time it falls on hair regrowth finer, less colorful, until no longer be a fine down invisible. The mechanism is well known among men, but women are slightly less aware?

Men, women, the same mechanism

However, the drop is determined by the same mechanism. It's the testosterone that is in question - hence the myth of virility of bald men - but those who lose their hair does not have an abnormal rate. Simply, the cells in their scalp are more sensitive. If the mechanism is the same, the manifestations are different.While among men, the tonsure and temples are quickly depleted, for women the drop is more diffuse. Moreover, women's hairstyles and the fact that they often have hair longer usually make the fall more discreet. It is easy to ignore the hair found at the bottom of the tub, or elastic bands that are suddenly too big. The fact that women also lose their hair with age, especially after menopause, yet often remains unknown.

Of different treatment

Treatment "masculine" of the alopecia is essentially based on finasteride, a drug that acts on the prostate. Unfortunately, this product has relatively efficient devastating effects on the fetus, particularly the male fetus, it is absorbed or even handled by a pregnant woman. It is even advisable to men treated with finasteride to use protection during sexual intercourse with a woman who may become pregnant or become pregnant. Prescribing finasteride for women of childbearing age is difficult to justify, and its effectiveness has been poorly studied. What remains, then, women face the androgenetic alopecia ? Some medications (Local lotion applied to the hair ), but are less effective. In contrast, the hair transplant is much more compelling in women than in men, because more discreet and camouflaged by existing hair?