Hair loss has been a matter of concern for many decades, regardless of whether the victim of hair loss is a male or a female. We have heard many ladies say that they are anxious about losing their precious strands. They say that they cannot afford to lose their tresses, that their hair is a symbol of who they are. Women aren't the only ones who feel that way, men may not show it but, they feel just as anxious about going bald. Rightly so since men are more likely to go bald than women. n fact, most men find it really disheartening. They feel that this will shrink their self-confidence to face the world.
Now, what is it that makes men go bald more frequently than women? Recent studies have come up with a few answers as to why male pattern baldness is so much more common than women's. First lets take a look at same reasons men and women can go bald.
Reasons for hair loss in men and women:
Hair loss is a common problem for both men and women, in a nutshell, which is called as androgenetic alopecia or baldness. It is quite different from hair shedding and can emerge on everyone at a point when the body goes through the phase of trauma. It can also appear due to:
- Hectic schedules which leads to an increase in stress and the stress hormone cortisol, that inhibits hair growth.
- Wrong food habits, and malnutrition.
- Irregular and sedentary lifestyle.
This issue seems bigger when the hair loss shows it permanent effects 70 percent of men and 40 percent of women during there entire life cycle.
Hair is prone to damage and every now and then a lock may fall out. However, in healthy men and women, the new follicles are generated and they continue the virtuous cycle of hair re-growth process, unlike in people who suffer from balding.
According to experts, the most common problem that women and men face in the context of hair fall is androgenetic alopecia. The main reason for this syndrome is genetic but there can be other reasons as well. Some experts have associated this male or female pattern baldness to unavoidable environmental circumstances as well.
Hormones play a major role in Male Balding:
Male human bodies excrete enzymes that are capable of converting the testosterone hormone into dihydrotestosterone. Now this hormone has the amazing power of making the growth of your hair stunted as well as weak. As a man ages this horomone is amplified which is why man have a higher tendency to loose there hair as they age, compared to their female counterparts.
According to studies, Asian men are diagnosed with less of the dihydrotestosterone hormone in their follicles, which makes them able to retain hair for a longer time than their Caucasian counterparts. On the other hand, women do not face such terrible consequences because of the fact that they do not have this hormone running in their follicles.
Why is it different in the case of women?
As for women, thinning of hairline only begins to show up after their menopause gets started. Because it is then that the estrogen hormone stops secreting and the testosterone already present in the follicles starts playing their part.
