In the simplest term, telogen effluvium is when you experience more hair loss than normal. We each shed a certain amount of hair on a daily basis whilst we are sleeping, when we are styling our hair and when we are in the shower, however this should only be a small amount.

Telogen effluvium is a form on alopecia and it is characterised by hair shedding. At first you may notice that your hair is looking considerably thinner than normal and that you are noticing more hair at the bottom of the shower or on your pillow at night.

This particular type of hair loss occurs when an individual experiences sudden or severe stress. The stress results in the hair follicles stopping any hair growth and in turn you experience thinning of the hair. The hair follicles are no longer producing hair because they are in their resting phase.

Thankfully telogen effluvium is a temporary form of hair loss and through ensuring that you have received the right treatment from your doctor, you should find that your hair returns. Unfortunately more women tend to experience telogen effluvium because they tend to go through more stressful and emotional traumas than men such as giving birth.

When a woman experiences hair loss, she thinks that she is the only woman to have lost some or all of her hair. Although it might be common to see a man without his hair, it is very rare to see a woman with no hair herself.

Hair loss amongst women is actually very common and you might be surprised at how many women suffer from hair loss during their lifetime. You may have seen in the media, that there are celebrity women such as Bernie Nolan and Angelina Jolie who have experienced female hair loss for a variety of reasons ranging from cancer treatment to stress and hair conditions such as alopecia.

Whatever type of hair loss that you are suffering with, you need to speak with your doctor to ensure that you are receiving the right treatment for it. Most of the common hair loss conditions are treatable, although this may take some time and there will be other things that you will need to change in order to reduce the amount of stress that is in your life as this could be contributing to your hair loss. Any woman would do anything to ensure that her hair returned as normal.

If you know of women in your family who are suffering from hair loss this doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to be suffering from it as well. Although hair loss, particularly for females is not a common site, most hair loss conditions are not hereditary and can be easily treated once you have been officially diagnosed by a doctor.

It may surprise you to hear how common hair loss for women is and that many women suffer from it and come through the other side with plenty of their hair still on their head! Provided that you get the right treatment for your hair loss, you should find that your hair will return. There are only certain types of hair loss where it isn’t guaranteed that it will come back even after receiving treatment but your doctor will be able to advise you on that.

If you are experiencing hair loss and you know somebody else who has been going through it, then it might be worth talking about your experiences and finding out what types of hair loss they have been suffering from and what treatment they have been receiving. This will help to put your mind at ease and less worried about the hair loss that you are suffering with.

Alopecia is something that you might have never heard of before but it your doctor has said that you are suffering with some form alopecia you might want to find out as much about the condition as possible.

The official definition of alopecia is the loss of hair from the head or body, sometimes to the extent of baldness. Some forms of alopecia only cause minor hair loss and you may just experience thinning of the hair and small patches of baldness. However, some women do experience complete baldness on their head as well as the rest of the body including eyebrows and eyelashes.

Alopecia however in most instances is treatable. As there are many different types of alopecia there are many different treatments but you will need to ensure that you get the right diagnosis from your doctor. In addition to taking medication, we also need to check to make sure that we are doing as much as we can to reduce the amount of stress in our life which can also be a factor that contributes to the reasons why you might be losing your hair. It is important to ensure that you have not been going through a stressful period in your life and that stressors in your life are reduced as much as possible.

For men, part of life is going bald and most men accept that during their lifetime, they will lose some or all of their hair. But for women, we don’t expect to lose our hair and we certainly don’t expect to go completely bald like men do. However this does happen to some women for one reason or another and it is how you deal with it and get it treated that will ensure that you come out of the other side feeling like a better person.

Hair loss in women is not a common sight and this is why some women find it so distressing to go through female hair loss. Whatever the reasons behind your hair loss might be, such as cancer treatments like radiotherapy and chemotherapy, you need to stay strong and you know that you are going to be back to your usual self once the treatment has ceased.

But there are some forms of female hair loss that cannot be treated and this can be a difficult thing to come to terms with. Although this is a small minority of hair loss cases, in order to ensure that you are getting the right treatment for your hair loss, you need to speak with your doctor who can advise you and guide you through this difficult time.

Should you start to notice that you are losing your hair, you don’t need to panic. It is perfectly normal for women to lose their hair in small amounts during the day and you might notice that you have hair coming out when you wash it or when you get up in the morning. It is when you start to experience a large amount of hair loss that you need to make sure that there isn’t something more serious going on.

Although hair loss in women isn’t as common as male hair loss, it still occurs and it probably occurs more than you would think. Hair loss for women can be rather traumatic, particularly if there is no reason why you should be losing your hair.

Women can lose their hair throughout their lifetime and it can be a hard thing to come to terms with. However you should be reassured that a large proportion of female hair loss is treatable and once treated you should notice that your hair soon starts to regrow. It doesn’t matter whether you are experiencing hair thinning or hair loss in patches on your scalp, with the right treatment your hair should soon start to reappear.