Edit Common causes of hair loss in women

<p><strong>What are the most common causes of isolated hair loss in women?</strong></p> <p><strong>Late female pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia):</strong> Hair loss in females, similar to males, is in part driven by testosterone.</p> <p>Although not as common as male pattern baldness, this condition also affects many women and it is caused as a result of both genetics and hormones.</p> <p>Women can inherit different genes which make their hair more prone to a process in which hair follicles shrink from thick healthy hairs to thin friable hairs. This is known as miniaturisation.</p> <p>The actual process is driven by the hormone testosterone particularly when a woman goes through menopause and her hormone levels change drastically.</p> <p>The process can also happen earlier in a female’s life (called early female pattern baldness) and this is often due to an underlying condition like Polycystic Ovary Syndrome where the levels of testosterone are higher in the body.</p> <p>In most cases of female pattern baldness (early or late), this results in diffuse thinning on the top of the head and crown.</p> <p>Often the frontal hairline, the back and the sides of the head are preserved in this process as the hair follicles are not as sensitive to the hormone changes.</p> <p>This results in a diffuse central pattern of hair loss commonly associated with this condition.</p>

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