Younger women experiencing hair loss
Younger Women See Hair Fall OutAdrienne Mitchell, WTOP Radio
WASHINGTON - If you're a stressed out mom who's not eating or sleeping as much as you should, you may notice something your mother and grandmother is experiencing: hair loss.
Women in their 30s and even 20s are getting treatment for hair loss -- a condition that usually affects much older women.
Dr. Martin Behnke of Medical Hair Restoration in Chevy Chase says he's seeing more younger women with hair loss problems.
"In the past two years, about 20 percent of our patients we do procedures on are women now, where before it was like 5 percent, 3 percent," Behnke says.
"What would have been lost in 10, 15, 20 years, they're losing it in six months to a year."
According to the National Institutes of Health, a number of factors can cause hair loss and baldness, including aging heredity and testosterone.
Some other causes include the following:
* Stress, both emotional and physical
* Poor diet
* Lack of sleep
* Hormonal changes from thyroid disease, childbirth or birth control pills
* Serious illnesses
* Too much shampooing and blow-drying
* Nervous habits (hair pulling or scalp rubbing)
If you're losing your hair, talk to your doctor .
Surgery should be a last resort after changing your lifestyle and trying products, such as Rogaine and Propecia.
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