| Each hair remains on your head for two to six | | | | This is the gradual loss of hair that usually |
| years, and during most of this time is | | | | begins somewhere between 30 to 40 years of |
| continually growing. The part you see and | | | | age in men and is essentially a cosmetic |
| style is called the hair shaft. It's actually | | | | disorder, which is relevant because most |
| dead tissue made by your hair follicles tiny | | | | health insurance plans will not pay for |
| bulb-like structures beneath your scalp's | | | | cosmetic care. |
| surface. | | | | |
| | | | You see, in many cases, female hair loss is |
| One common disease is a disorder known as | | | | just a temporary occurance and hence, finding |
| lichen planus. Hair loss is an indication | | | | aH.R. solution to it is relatively easy. We |
| that there can be a problem that is happening | | | | are bombarded with a constant stream of |
| inside your body. Provides optimal | | | | advertisements sponsored by beauty salons, |
| nourishment for you hair, because a woman is | | | | hair care products and hair loss treatments |
| also troubled by hormones you need to control | | | | on looking good through a crop of beautiful |
| the situation. | | | | hair. |
| | | | |
| Loss of female hair is not the same as male | | | | Millions of people all over the world are |
| hair loss determined by heredity. Illness and | | | | struggling in the endless battle to stop |
| medication, like chemotherapy to treat | | | | their H.R. Maybe just the thought would cause |
| cancer, can cause H.R. It can also be | | | | our hair follicles to shrivel up and die. |
| inherited from a parent. | | | | |
| | | | From small bald spots to high level loss of |
| Basiclly men suffering from androgenetic | | | | hair, different people can be affected in |
| alopecia have extremely high levels of the | | | | different ways, often depending on the cause |
| chemical dihydrotestosterone, a by-product of | | | | of the problem. The claim that bald men are |
| the major male hormone testosterone, so when | | | | actually les virile than these with hair is |
| this hormone is converted into DHT the | | | | actually patently false, as men experiencing |
| results are H.R., to blocks the production of | | | | H.R. are actually doing so due to large |
| DHT and without reaction with testosterone. | | | | amounts of testosterone in their bodies. |
| | | | |
| It has been a cause of great distress for | | | | Generally women are not affected from H.R. |
| people, mostly men, not only because it | | | | much but men are prone to losing it. Women |
| greatly affects one's appearance negatively | | | | rarely become bald, but H.R. is common. Many |
| but also because it could be an indication of | | | | companies have jumped on the hair loss |
| some health problem lying underneath. | | | | bandwagon because of our own enormous desires |
| Ineffective products and misleading | | | | to eliminate H.R. from our lives, not to |
| advertising are only partially to blame. | | | | mention the unlimited amount of money that we |
| | | | are willing to spend on this quest. |