An increase in women’s hair loss at a young age has been found by UK company
The UK’s biggest cosmetic surgery provider has found that hair extensions are increasing the likelihood that young women will experience hair loss. Extensions can pull on the natural hair, leading to alopecia traction, where the hair eventually falls out under the tension of the extensions.
The UK company Transform has revealed a 41% increase in their female hair loss enquiries in the past year. The average age for female hair loss patients was 51 years old in 2010, but this year was revealed to be only 34 years old!
The company is encouraging people to speak openly about their hair loss, and to help stop female hair loss from remaining a taboo topic of conversation. The company noted that hair loss is often a harder, more emotional experience for women than men, and can take much longer to come to terms with in women.
Female hair loss can have many causes, from medical conditions to stress, diet, low iron levels and hormone imbalance. Contextual factors such as pregnancy and menopause can also play a role in female hair loss.
While this finding was made in the UK, female hair loss is also experienced by a large number of Australian women. If you are experiencing female hair loss, the last thing you want to do is to cause further hair loss due to the tension on the hair of hair extensions. Transitions Hair can provide a range of great hair loss solutions that put no strain on your natural hair, yet boost volume just like beautiful extensions do. Solutions like the Topette are great because they don’t require thick hair on the top of the head to hide extension clips – the Topette covers the crown of your head, giving you full, luscious hair right to the parting.
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