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Hormonal Causes of Hair Loss In Women and How to Address It

Hormonal imbalances related to androgens, estrogen, cortisol, thyroid hormones, or insulin are often responsible for female hair loss. When these hormones are too low or too high, they can shrink hair ...
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Hormonal Hair Loss Is More Common Than You Think And There Are Different Types Too—Here's How To Identify And Treat Them

Shedding and mild hair loss are considered completely normal; however, according to NHS data, female hair loss is reported to affect around 40% of women by age 50. It was reported last month that ...
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Hair loss remedies for women are all over social media. Here's how to know what works

For women with hair loss, there are more treatment options than ever before — and more ways to access them, as anyone scrolling social media has likely seen firsthand. But it can be confusing. For ...
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Your greasy scalp could be a sign of future hair loss — how to tell and 4 ways to reduce oiliness

Your greasy hair might be trying to tell you something — and it’s not necessarily that you’re overdue for a shower. “An oily scalp can be a symptom of androgenetic alopecia,” a k a the dreaded pattern ...

Of all the female hair loss remedies on social media, what works?

People may think of hair loss as a guy thing. But by some estimates, half of all women experience hair loss in their lifetime. And when your social media algorithm gets a whiff? Good. Luck. There are ...
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Thinning Hair Sucks. Here’s a Quick and Simple Fix That Helped Me.

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. It’s not just men—women experience hair loss too. My hair has been slowly thinning for years. During perimenopause, I would lose handfuls of ...