Facial Hair Removal for Women

Every individual has encountered this kind of problem, most of them are men. Our hair grows approximately one centimeter per month with the normal cycle of growth but if hair is growing slowly or not growing at all it is the main cause of baldness.

Hormones and genetics can be the main cause of baldness and these are the causes that out of our control. Scientists are doing their very best to know or identify the real factors that leads to this condition but until now the genes that affects baldness if still a mystery.

For some people, thinning hair or even baldness can begin to appear during puberty. They say it is cause by a change in the hormonal balance, with the main culprit being an overabundance of androgen. Males have the tendency to produce more androgens and at the same time the follicles of hair can be affected and will serve as the main target.

While women, usually comes bald at the time of menopausal period or after. This may be due to low production of estrogen higher androgen. Read the rest of this entry »

For forty-five million American males, baldness is a fact of life. Often showing up in a man’s 20’s, hair loss typically occurs around the temples and crown and progresses throughout life. People generally lose 50-100 hairs per day, each to be replaced by a new one. This regular cycle tends to slow as a person ages.

Causes of hair loss include stress, hormonal changes, poor diet and genetic factors. A primary cause of male pattern baldness is the chemical Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in the blood stream which erodes the hair follicle over time until it eventually dies. Poor diet can lead to hair loss when the body is starved of essential vitamins and minerals necessary for hair growth.

To re-grow hair on the scalp, topical and internal prescription products exist that serve to block DHT from reaching the hair follicle. Some of these products carry adverse health and sexual side effects. A primary component is the chemical minoxidil which, when applied topically, stimulates the capillaries around the hair stem allowing proteins to reach the root of the hair promoting growth. Internal supplements act in a similar fashion to allow proteins to reach hair except that it is accomplished by blocking DHT internally. Read the rest of this entry »

The first thing you should do is to educate yourself of the causes of female baldness. This is especially true when you begin noticing the strands of hair you leave behind in your shower drain. Don’t panic right away because there are varied reasons behind hair loss and it most probably is not a permanent thing.

First, think of possible stresses that you might have experienced of late. Did you get sick? Are you super stressed at the office? Are you taking medications that could be affecting your hair growth? These are some questions you might want to ask yourself. It appears that sometimes hair loss is the body’s reaction to stresses in your environment.

Some of the stresses that could cause this shock to the body include significant drops in hormone levels, childbirth, sickness such as high fever, trauma as caused by physical injury, deficient vitamin intake, chemotherapy, and some diseases. Once these stressors are out of your system though, you can expect that your hair will grow back as it returns to its natural cycle and system. It is then important to strive to be healthy as healthy as possible. Read the rest of this entry »