Mis­tak­enly thought to be a strictly male dis­ease, women make up a sig­nif­i­cant per­cent­age of Amer­i­can hair loss suf­fer­ers. In female pat­tern hair loss some excess loss of hair is noted, but grad­ual thin­ning is the rea­son women seek pro­fes­sional advice from a physi­cian hair restora­tion spe­cial­ist. Nor­mal hair shed­ding is approx­i­mately 100–150 hairs per day, in female pat­tern hair loss the shed­ding sub­stan­tially increases and becomes more evi­dent. The affected areas uni­formly grow back smaller in diam­e­ter (minia­tur­ize). The hair that takes place in the affected area will appear fuzzy and invis­i­ble (peach fuzz).

Pat­terns of female bald­ness can vary con­sid­er­ably in appear­ance. Pat­terns that may occur include:

• Dif­fuse thin­ning over the entire scalp
• Dif­fuse thin­ning other the entire scalp, with more notice­able thin­ning toward the front of the scalp

Hair loss in women can be absolutely dev­as­tat­ing for self image and emo­tional well-being. For­tu­nately, with the new inno­v­a­tive tech­niques hair restora­tion has to offer women are now able to achieve per­ma­nent growth with the new fol­lic­u­lar unit and min­i­graft techniques.

Women expe­ri­enc­ing hair loss may have feel­ings of anx­i­ety and help­less­ness that could lead to men­tal dis­tress. Despite what you may think, as a woman – you do have options. Hair restora­tion is an option many women are opt­ing to undergo to cor­rect their hair loss and regain nat­ural healthy hair. Fol­lic­u­lar unit graft­ing is the most advance method being used in hair restora­tion to pin­point pre­ci­sion grafts in terms of place­ment. Each fol­lic­u­lar unit can con­tain up to four hairs. The sin­gle hair grafts are placed at the fore­front of the scalp, which cre­ates a very nat­ural appear­ance. The rest of the grafts are placed slightly behind the fore­front sin­gle hair grafts to cre­ate a dense and pro­found look on the female scalp.

Experts say our�hair usu­ally grows at the rate of about one-half inch per month — with each hair hav­ing a growth phase of two to six years. At that point the hair “rests” for a period of time, then falls out — and the fol­li­cle from which it sprang soon starts grow­ing a new strand. And so the cycle con­tin­ues, usu­ally well into our senior years.

In some peo­ple, how­ever — those with a genetic pre­dis­po­si­tion to hair loss — a group of hor­mones called andro­gens inter­feres with this nat­ural process.It is known hor­mones include testos­terone, androsteine­dione, and dihy­drotestos­terone DHT– all are made in men’s bod­ies in large amounts, and small amounts in woman bodies.

In those who are genet­i­cally sus­cep­ti­ble, when testos­terone comes in con­tact with enzymes resid­ing in the hair cell, it is changed into the more potent andro­gen DHT, which then binds with recep­tors deep within the hair follicle.

Over time, an excess build-up of DHT in the fol­li­cle causes it to begin shrink­ing, which in changes the nat­ural rest­ing and growth phases of the hair. Some of the fol­li­cles even­tu­ally die, while oth­ers are ren­dered inca­pable of pro­duc­ing or main­tain­ing healthy hair growth. The end result there is hair loss — and a con­di­tion that is med­ically known as andro­genic alopecia.

Now here in Los Ange­les Cal­i­for­nia, Bev­erly Hills Hair Restora­tion can reverse your hair loss prob­lems, and give you that long beau­ti­ful full head of hair you once had.