Female Hair Loss

For many women, hair loss requires a

genetic predisposition. In essence, hair follicles are predestined to thin and ultimately stop generating a hair, resulting in loss.

 

Women experiencing hair loss should seek evaluation as soon as possible. The sooner the diagnosis for the hair loss is made the sooner treatment may be started and the hair loss process arrested. Dr. Porcaro recommends that women, especially women under the age of 40, have their primary physician test for iron deficiency, thyroid abnormalities or hormonal imbalance, as those conditions can cause hair loss in women.

 

Women often thin behind their well preserved frontal hairline or have diffuse thinning all over the scalp, whereas men characteristically lose a significant amount of hair in the front part of their scalp from the very beginning. Hair loss in women is most often very gradual, with the rate accelerating after pregnancy and at menopause. Hair loss in women is more often cyclical than in men, with seasonal changes that reverse themselves, and it is more easily affected by hormonal changes, medical conditions, and external factors.

 

The management of women with hair loss requires significant expertise in both diagnosis and treatment. For those women in whom surgical hair restoration is indicated, special surgical skills are required to achieve the best results. It is a mistake to assume that hair loss in women can be treated the same way as in men.

After performing a thorough private medical history and a scalp examination, Dr Porcaro will perform a detailed microscopic scalp and hair loss analysis utilizing Hair Sys Software. Blood work may be recommended.

 

Options for women experiencing hair loss include transplantation, low level laser, hair follicle stimulation and Minoxidil 2%.

 

Dr Porcaro performs ultra refined follicular unit transplantation to the scalp, eyebrows and eyelashes for natural results that are unrecognizable as transplants.

 

Low Level (soft) laser therapy is a non surgical method popularized in Europe to stop the progressions of hair loss, encourage re-growth and increase thickness of your own hair. The Alpha Laser LX40 is approved by the FDA as a class III R device, the most powerful cosmetic laser on the market!

 

Minoxidil 2%, available over the counter and applied directly to the scalp, has been shown to stimulate the growth of resting follicles and thicken existing hair. Minoxidil has also been shown to keep hair in the growth phase longer, which may also be helpful to you.