Nearly one-third of all women will experience some form of rogenetic alopecia (female pattern hair loss). Alopecia in women is attribruted to three factors : aging, hormones, and genetics.
Most often, alopecia occurs (but is not limited to) in women following menopause as hormone levels in the body change. "Changes in the levels of the androgens (a male hormone) can affect hair production. For example, after the hormonal changes of menopause, many women find that the hair on the head is thinned, while facial hair "is coarser". Genetics can also be a determining factor. Women with older female family members who endured thinning of the hair are more likely themselves to be subjected to rogenetic alopecia.
Women with alopecia do not lose their hair in the same fashion men do. Usually, the frontal hair line remains, but the hair loss can be noticed as a general thinning of the hair on the top and front of the head.
