| Finding the ultimate cause of female hair loss can | | | | Hyperthyroidism is the opposite of |
| be complicated. There are a variety of conditions | | | | hypothyroidism. This condition is caused by an |
| or situations that can lead to hair loss in women. | | | | overactive thyroid that produces too much |
| For men, the typical diagnosis is male pattern | | | | hormone for the body. It leads to rapid forceful |
| baldness. For women, hormonal imbalance is only | | | | heartbeat, tremor, muscular weakness, weight |
| one of the known causes of thinning hair in | | | | loss in spite of increased appetite, restlessness, |
| women. | | | | anxiety and sleeplessness, profuse sweating and |
| The thyroid is a little butterfly shaped gland just | | | | heat intolerance, diarrhea, bulging eyes, goitre and |
| beneath our Adam's apple that produce the | | | | hair loss. |
| hormones that regulate tissue growth, metabolism | | | | Experts estimate that many people with |
| and maintain blood pressure. Our bodies normally | | | | hypothyroidism do not get diagnosed for several |
| need only a small, but critical amount of these | | | | years because the symptoms develop slowly and |
| hormones every year. What does this hormone | | | | mimic so many other conditions. For those of us |
| have to do with hair loss? Actually, it affects your | | | | who suffer from this condition, finding a doctor |
| hair more than you think as women are five to | | | | who can properly interpret inconclusive and often |
| eight times more likely to have thyroid | | | | conflicting information can be a challenge, and |
| dysfunction than men. | | | | remember - it's okay to get a second opinion. |
| Hypothyroidism is a condition where the thyroid | | | | The good news is that a few weeks after |
| gland produces too few hormones to help your | | | | treatment begins, your symptoms will gradually |
| body function properly and in that condition all | | | | subside and you will notice your energy returning. |
| metabolic processes "slow down." According to | | | | If hormonal imbalance is the cause of your hair |
| the Thyroid Foundation, this deficiency leads to | | | | loss, your hair will start re-growing in a few |
| weak slow heart beat, muscular weakness and | | | | months after your thyroid hormones have |
| constant fatigue, poor appetite sensitivity to cold, | | | | normalized. In the time it takes for your hair to |
| thick puffy skin, slowed mental processes and | | | | recover, consider trying a hair thickening cosmetic |
| poor memory, constipation, goitre and hair loss. | | | | for instant results and a shot of self confidence. |