Hair loss (alopecia) in women is common. There are several different types of hair loss including androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium. Androgenetic alopecia is the most common type of hair loss in women. Another type is Alopecia Areata that causes small patches of baldness, although it can cause total hair loss, and is usually an immune disorder. Telogen effluvium, a sudden thinning of hair that is not total and usually not permanent, is usually caused by stress (even high fever), and hair growth will normalize in a month or two. Traumatic alopecia is due to hair care practices, such as pulling it back or braiding too tightly.
Androgenetic alopecia is similar to the type of hair loss that occurs in men, with hair lost above the forehead and on the top and back of the head. In women, instead of baldness developing as it does in men, the hair slowly thins in these areas, starting at the crown.
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