Sometimes we see a lot of hairs in the brush and we think that’s why we’ll go bald, but there are clear and recognizable signs.
If you are one of those who every morning counts the hairs that remain on the pillow, you cry when you take a bath and discover that in the siphon there are more hairs than on your head and you avoid combing hard because you feel that the comb is raking your scalp… Don’t worry, you’re not crazy: women can also go bald and it’s more common than you think.
And it is obvious that you worry, because for us it is much more serious to lose hair than for them. In fact, the head of the Dermatology section of the 12 de Octubre Hospital in Madrid, Aurora Guerra, explained to Infosalus that “alopecia has a negative psychological impact when it affects womensince more than 80% present different degrees of anxiety and up to 66% have signs of depression”.
But how do you know if you’re really going bald? Stop counting the hairs in the sink, because it is normal for them to fall out, the worrying thing is when no new hair grows, rather, the rate of growth must replace the rate of decline. To know for sure if you are in danger of suffering from alopecia, there are some signs you can easily identify just by looking in the mirroraccording to the Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional:
- Diffuse thinning of the hair in the area of the crown or crown, preserving the implantation line of the scalp of the forehead. The popular «desentejada».
- Widening of the central part of the scalp with receding of the frontal implantation line, that is, if you notice the central line that divides the hair is wider, popularly known as “race”.
- Recession of the hair implantation line in the area of the temples, the famous receding hairline!
Be careful, if you recognize any of these signs, do not hesitate to make an appointment with your dermatologist, hopefully it will also be trichologist, who are hair specialists. It is important that you know that female alopecia has different origins than male alopecia, as it can be due to hormonal imbalances, pregnancy, menopause and even stress.
It turns out that after the pregnancy period it is normal for there to be a slight absence of hair during the first 3 or 4 months. “When this persists after the woman returns to her normal hormone levels, we can speak of a loss of ion balance at the level of the hair follicle induced by dragging that generates the great loss of blood that a woman has at the moment. of childbirth”, explained to RCN the trichologist Jhon Harvey Gaviria. If a month after having your baby you are still without hair, batteries!
Remember tell your doctor all the circumstances surrounding your hair loss so that he can make a more accurate diagnosis and the treatment really works for you. Before you go, make a list that includes things like if you’ve been under a lot of stress, or if you just had a baby, if you have hormonal problems, or even if you’ve drastically changed your diet.
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