Searching the internet you find lots of medications available that are recommended only for men. As far as womens hair loss treatment goes, it seemed hard to find a solution to hair loss in women where solutions for men were almost in their hundreds. I set out writing this article to outline, in brief, the reasons for this massive gap in the market when it comes to hair loss solutions for both genders.

Hair Loss and Todays Vain Views
Men are more likely to gain the balding gene than women and it has long been the case that hair loss in men has been an accepted part of life as it is far more common to see a man with drastically thinning hair than it is to see a woman with the same. Women and hair loss have not been such a big part of the media and it has even been frowned upon in the past. The images portrayed in everyday media, such as glossy magazines and television adverts, has a huge impact on the way the public think. If a person does not have shiny flowing and full hair, it is the first thing that people notice and having healthy hair is important as hair shows the first signs of illness.

Hair Loss and Its Causes
Alopecia, the name given to hair loss, is more likely to be caused by a dominant gene passed down from the mother or father. It is normally sex-influenced and is inherited from the parent carrying the dominant gene although not all children of balding men and women will suffer hair loss or balding themselves.

Where women are suffering from female pattern baldness, the cause is due to the excess amounts of the male hormone (testosterone) in their bodies, usually inherited. Men producing too much testosterone will suffer from male pattern baldness, which occurs when testosterone reacts with other chemicals in the body and produces 'dihydrotestosterone' which again is hereditary.

Other causes of balding or hair loss can include stress, pregnancy, ageing, chemotherapy (radiation), hormone imbalance, psoriasis and other forms of illness and disease. It is wise to know why you are suffering from certain illnesses before seeking treatment for symptoms.

Hair loss can be treated using one of the many readily available medications, herbal and organic hair loss remedies are becoming more widely available as a drug free option, and diet plays and important part in curing or treating hair loss in both men and women.

To Use or Not To Use
These options are straight forward, although when selecting prescription medications, your Doctor will do his research into whether the hair loss medication is suitable for a man or a woman. Propecia, for instance, is only indicated for use as a male pattern hair loss treatment because it contains an ingredient known as Finasteride which can be harmful to women and their unborn children, or women who are breastfeeding.

One website I visited to find more out about Propecia had correct precautionary information, although one site I visited did not. There are many hair loss solutions that contain Finasteride, but whose suppliers do not spell out any precautions on their website, so in this case my advice is to ensure you visit a good number of websites supplying the same treatment in order to get a good overview of what it claims to do, and whether or not you should be taking the medication or not.

Another good point to mention is that if you are taking medication already then certain hair loss treatments may be ruled out if they are known to interfere with your existing medication. Even herbal remedies need to be avoided so seek help from the most appropriate source.

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