Early Menopause and Hair Loss

Menopause happens to be very traumatic for women as it causes both emotional and physical changes and distress.



Physical changes may include hair loss and emotional changes may be stress and anxiety. Both changes are common among women when they reach to their menopause. The influence of hair loss and menopause greatly varies from woman to woman.

Symptoms of Menopause and Indications of having Hair Loss:
The menopause does not occur does suddenly, before having menopause a women feels loss of appetite, stress, irregular periods, irregular bleeding, sleep disorders and digestive discomfort. These all symptoms indicate the early menopausal years and a woman is aging and hair loss may occur in the following years. Menopause does not mean just ending monthly periods, it is far much more. Menopausal brings great hormonal changes within your body.

The physical effects may be excessive weight gain, ache in various parts of the body, joint pain, weakness, and hair loss. Although menopause brings hundreds of known and unknown physical and emotional changes, hair loss is one of the worst physical changes for a woman. Most women are not aware of the fact that it is common among women to lose hair when they start in their menopausal years. Hair loss in menopausal years is caused by hormonal fluctuations.

Causes and Effects:
Hormonal fluctuation is the real cause behind menopausal hair loss. Hair follicles are very sensitive to DHT. Testosterone converts into DHT. Irregular amounts of DHT cause the hair follicles to shrink and eventually hair loss. Each hair arises from a single hair follicle, thus, shrinkage of hair follicles at first cause hair thinning and if it remains unnoticed and uncured, all or partial hair loss may occur.

Studies also show that women at ages 40 to 45 are financially dissatisfied and concerned which causes stress. Stress in turn results in fluctuation in sex hormone which eventually leads to hair thinning and hair loss.

Treatment for Menopausal Hair Loss:
There are both synthetic and herbal medications available in the market. Using synthetic hair loss remedies may be very risky as they may cause cervical and virginal and ovaries cancer due to hormonal irregularities and their adverse response to the medications.

On the other hand, herbal remedies are safest and effective. They do not cause any side effect and quick to show positive results. Herbal remedies are available as topical as well as oral for rapid and quick cure. Herbal remedies balance the hormonal fluctuation and repair the damaged hair follicles.

Conclusion: Menopausal hair loss is common that usually begins at age 40 to 45. Most people are unaware of the fact and use potent synthetic remedies that cause life threatening disorders such as breast and cervical cancer. Thus, avoid synthetic remedies and turn to herbal remedies to control menopausal hair loss.