Female Hair Loss Causes

There are a wide variety of reasons for hair loss in women. It can occur at any age and affects women of all hair types. Similarly, hair loss can also occur anywhere on the body, although it is primarily noticeable when it occurs on the scalp.  The most common cause of female hair loss is hereditary hair loss or androgenetic alopecia. This type of hair loss affects up to 25% of all women by age 50 in the USA alone. 

Other factors affecting hair loss in women may include extremes in diet, various medical treatments, chemotherapy or radiation treatment, and extreme stress on the central nervous system such as may occur with childbirth or as an after effect of Covid-19 recovery. A variety of scalp conditions may also contribute to thinning hair and forms of scarring alopecia.