Hair Loss and Medical Care

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Erroneously believe that hair loss is a strictly male disease, while women do indeed constitute forty percent of Americans who suffer from hair loss. Hair loss in women can be absolutely devastating suffering and self-image and emotional well-being.

Unfortunately, society has forced women to suffer in silence. It is considered much more acceptable for men to go through the same process of hair loss. Even more unfortunately, the medical community also treats the issue of hair loss in women as if it were nonexistent.

Since hair loss does not seem life threatening, most physicians pay little attention to complaints from women about their hair loss and essentially tell their patients that “no big deal” and that ” you just have to live with this. ” Read the rest of this entry »