Women that take hormone replacement therapy for various reasons always find that their hair may be thicker and grow faster. Quite often, you will see pregnant women quite happy with their thick healthy looking hair. Reason being the hormone levels have changed in her body. The estrogen levels are higher during pregnancy, but a few weeks after the birth of the baby when the hormones go back to normal, then so does the hair. Most likely, that quick growth spurt and extra thickness will disappear.

When women hit the age of menopause aside from all the other changes that the body goes through they often discover their hair is thinning. This is partially due to the fact that the estrogen levels in the body are diminishing in and it has an effect on the hair. This doesn’t mean that it will be immediate it could be several months or even years after menopause that hair thinning will take place. This isn’t 100% absolute but the majority of women do experience some thinning. Then there are others who will get quite noticeable alopecia.

 

 

Scientists don’t know about the hormones of the body including estrogen much. They are quite aware of the various effects it has on the body and that includes the hair. Depending on the age of the individual woman who is losing her hair will determine if estrogen therapy would be applicable to them.

It is a fact that estrogen therapy may be detrimental to women who are past menopause.  The way that estrogen works on the hair is by significantly altering the hair follicle in its growth. This is done by the estrogen receptors.

It must be remembered that estrogen therapy is not the total treatment for hair loss or thinning. It is dependant on the cause of the hair loss to begin with. If the cause is not hormone related then chances are the estrogen therapy is not going to be beneficial. For example, hair loss that is caused by chemotherapy treatments would not be a reason in most cases to use estrogen therapy. Males have different hormones so it is not something that would be used in that case either.

Estrogen therapy for hair loss is something that must be closely monitored through your family physician. He will most certainly want to know the cause of your hair loss before prescribing any treatment. Estrogen treatments are most often taking orally or used by a topical cream.

Alopecia, which is the technical term for hair loss, does not just refer to hair on the scalp, but indeed is in reference to any part of the body, which normally produces hair. It is not something that is restricted to one gender but is predominantly more prominent in men, most significantly male pattern baldness.

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