We all want to have the best health and ensure that we do enough to keep ourselves looking fit and healthy, but as well as doing exercise, we need to keep ourselves mentally health and we need to ensure that we have a good work life balance. It can be hard juggling a job, a home and a family but it is worth it when you have good health and that you aren’t suffering because of the immense amount of stress that you are putting yourself through.

Stress can be one of the key factors that leads to hair loss in women of all ages. It is when women cannot cope with what is going on in their lives or they are going through a stressful period that they start to lose their hair. Some lose all of their hair, whereas others only lose their hair in patches. Although most hair loss in women is treatable by medication from the doctor, you still need to make sure that you are doing everything you can to reduce the amount of stress that you are putting yourself through.

Having a good work life balance and finding time to relax and de-stress is the key to leading a happy and healthy life.

Alopecia is something that many women go through during their lifetime however it isn’t necessarily something that they would openly talk about or discuss with people that they didn’t know. For some it can be an embarrassing thing to go through but for others they are more disappointed that they have started to lose their hair.

Hair for a woman is part of their beauty regime and most of us love to groom our hair and take care of it so that when we are going out with our friends we can style it to perfection. However when you have lost your hair due to alopecia, it leaves a large gap in your life and it can be hard to come to terms with. However, there are many different kinds of alopecia and most kinds can be treated in some way.

In the meantime however, you could consider getting a wig or having hair pieces inserted into your existing hair so that it can cover up any bald patches that have occurred as a result of the alopecia. Nobody will be able to tell that you are wearing a wig or have hair pieces in your hair because they will have been done so professionally.

With so many different reasons why you might be losing your hair, it is vitally important that you don’t keep it to yourself and you discuss your hair loss with your family and your doctor. Hair loss, particularly in women is more common that you might think and it can be easily treated provided you get a formal diagnosis from your doctor or a specialist at the hospital. Although some forms of hair loss are not treatable, there are so measures, which can be taken to ensure that it does not get any worse and could eventually result in your hair coming back.

Most women who are suffering from hair loss are going through a stressful time in their life and they are struggling to cope with what is going on around them. Women also experience hair loss and hair thinning during the menopause and if they are receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment for cancer.

If you don’t know anybody who is going through the same experience as you, you might want to ask your doctor if they know of any support groups that you could go to so you can share your experiences with other women and get tips on how to cover your hair loss. This could help you come to terms with your hair loss.

Is hair loss affecting your self esteem and is it making you feel down about your appearance but you don’t know what you can do to change this? Well you might not have previously looked into the hair treatments that are available and also the hair replacements that are also on the market that would be perfect for you.

It doesn’t matter whether you have completely lost your hair, your hair is thinning or you have patches of hair loss on your head, you still need to go and speak to your doctor to find out why it is occurring and what can be done in terms of treatment. Once you have discussed the various treatment options, you can start to think about covering your hair loss if you want to by wearing a wig, or choosing to have hair pieces inserted into the remaining hair so that it appears thicker and fuller. Hair pieces are great for women who are suffering with certain types of alopecia because they can be inserted wherever they might be experiencing hair loss without looking obvious or noticeable.

Your confidence will certainly get a boost once you start wearing your new wig or hair pieces because your hair loss won’t be noticeable to anybody.

Female pattern hair loss or androgenic alopecia is when women experience generally experience ‘diffused thinning’, generally throughout the top of the head or crown. Most women who suffer from this kind of hair loss experience it during their 20s and 30s however for some women they experience significant hair thinning when they get into their forties. The menopause can cause women to lose their hair as a result of the hormone change that they are going through and it has been estimated by scientists that by 50, 50% of all women will have experience some hair loss or hair thinning.

If you are suffering from hair loss but you are unsure whether it is female pattern hair loss it can be typically identified as overall thinning of the hair rather than specific patches of baldness like a man would get. The thinning of the hair occurs all over the head.

Female pattern hair loss is caused as a result of a hormone change which affects the hair follicle and eventually proceeds weaker hair and the follicle starts to shrink and will eventually stop producing hair. Once it gets past this stage it can be difficult to treat so it is worth going to see your doctor before your loss hair becomes serious.

If women in your family have experienced hair loss it doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to suffer from it yourself. Hair loss is something that some women go through during their lifetime and for some it can be a difficult thing for them to go through but you need to stay strong and ensure that you are doing everything you can to prevent your hair loss being significant.

For some, hair loss is very minimal and they have experienced only thinning of the hair whereas experience complete hair loss. It can be a hard thing to come to terms with but provide you have friends and family around you to support you and have the right medical advice then you will be able to get through it.

There are many different kinds of hair loss so there is so many different reasons why you can lose your hair and the only way that you will know what kind of hair loss you are experiencing is to go to the doctor and have your hair loss formally diagnosed. Your doctor will be able to put you in the right direction of treatments as well as practical ways to help reduce the environs that might be causing your hair loss.