How does menopause affect the likelihood of female hair loss?
Hormones definitely play a role in hair loss. For certain women, there can be an increase in hair loss during menopause. For some, their hair-loss problem gets better. During menopause, you basically stop making estrogen. Your skin can get dry. You can have hair loss. You still have some progestin, but the progestins are now unopposed. Now there is a tilt toward the side that makes the hair fall out, since the side that was blocking it is now gone (the estrogens).
