What are the main causes of hair loss in women?
There are many reasons for hair loss and I will highlight the most common ones. 1. Traction Alopecia These are bald patches from the hair being basically pulled out from different hairstyles such as: Tight ponytail Tight Braids especially if you sleep in them Curlers Extensions The traction or pulling of the hair causes it to fall out. Take your hair out of traction and you will allow your hair to grow back. You may see permanent scarring as a result of constant pulling if you keep the pulling hair styles. 2. Telogen Effluvium This is sudden hair loss usually after pregnancy, stress, illness, surgery or crash diets like I had with my shots of liquid protein. I also had this after each one of my pregnancies. These stressors take a lot of hair out of growth phase and put them into rest phase, which lead to hair loss about 3 months later. This is especially noticeable in pregnancy because hormones of pregnancy cause the hair to grow all at once. They then rest and fall out in what seems l
