Hormonal hair loss

• Women are often affected by hair loss than men.
• The cause of hair loss and temporarily thinner hair are often fluctuations in hormones, especially estrogen levels.
• Particularly striking: the hair loss after pregnancy or after stopping the pill.
• Diffuse hair loss and hereditary hair loss often occurs in women in menopause.

The causes of a declining hair loss in women are more diverse than in men. Often it is strong psychological or physical stress, stress or depressive moods. The wrong nutrition, for example as a result of unbalanced diets, can also lead to hair loss. Or Iron deficiency. In the first place is hormonal hair loss: after stopping oral contraceptives (pill), after pregnancy or with menopause.

Causes: Hormonal hair loss

Hair density, hair quality, the duration of the hair cycle, not least excessive hair loss are highly influenced by hormones. If estrogens and androgens, "female" and "male" sex hormones, into an imbalance, increases the likelihood that in women hormonal Hair loss Entry. When the hormones in the body are crazy, the women concerned suffer from numerous symptoms: hair loss is one of them.

Hair loss after pregnancy

When many estrogens circulate during pregnancy in the body, the expectant mothers are happy about beautiful, dense hair and smooth skin. However, the estrogen level drops sharply after birth. Hairs that were in an extended growth phase are now canceled two to three months after birth within a few weeks.

This excessive hair loss after the months with magnificent hair appears puzzling and worrying. But these worries are unfounded. After a resting phase, the hair follicles begin with hair production and the hair cycle usually normalizes itself.

Hair loss after stopping the pill

A similar effect as after pregnancy occurs when stopping hormonal contraceptives such as the anti -Babopille. While the pill At the beginning of the intake of additional estrogens added to the body, mostly has a positive effect on the hair, this effect reverses after the pill is stopped in many women. Here, too, women find a temporarily reinforced hair loss a few weeks later, after the drop in an increased estrogen level, which does not give any reason to worry because a new hair cycle begins.

Hormonal hair loss in menopause

The cause of an increased diffuse hair loss in women around menopause is initially in an estrogen deficit. Many hair follicles end the growth phase of their hair due to a lack of estrogen. In many women, as a result of a relative increase in androgen levels, hereditary hair loss also occurs: genetically incorrectly wrong hair follicles or the hair roots are sensitive to the testosterone displacement DHT (dihydrotestosterone). After hair loss, the hair grows, but miniaturizing the hair follicles.

Hair lighting can be very discreet at first. But more and more hair that grow back, do not get beyond the length of fluff hair and are more frequent. Finally, the hair follicles set production. A decrease in the hair density is noticeable.

Hair loss: cause age

Parallel to the hereditary hair loss the age -related weakening of the hair follicles is slowly becoming noticeable in women in the fifth decade of life: the hair takes longer to regenerate. A weakness of the scalp can also negatively influence the cell metabolism on the hair roots and favor diffuse hair loss. If a slow regeneration phase of the hair follicle, diffuse hair loss And overlap in hereditary hair loss, the hair is even more thin.

Active ingredient thiocyanate

An active ingredient that strengthens the hair roots and protects them compared to growth -stinging factors is The natural molecule thiocyanate. The patented Thiocyanate activity of the Thiocyn hair serum promotes cell division directly on the hair root, where hair growth takes place.

The constant growth process on the hair root also benefits from the fact that Thiocyanate neutralizes free radicals on the hair roots and supports glycolysis, the gradual degradation of simple sugar in the energy metabolism. The hair follicles are supplied with enough nutrients. This is fundamentally counteracted by the creeping hair loss.

Questions to our service team

How many women are affected by hormonal hereditary hair loss?

A good quarter of women have to deal with hair loss.

How much does the hair plot increase during pregnancy?

Around 10% increases the hair of hair through estrogen excess.

How long does it take after pregnancy or stopping the pill until the hair grow up again?

The hair follicles need a rest phase of two to three months for regeneration. Then a new hair cycle begins, i.e. a new growth phase.

Why does hair loss occur in imbalances?

Hormones like estrogen play an important role in the cell metabolism of the hair. As messenger substances, they give the hair roots signals for cell division and cell growth. If these signals are missing, the hair follicles end the growth phase and hair loss occurs.

Wouldn't it be an advantage against hair loss in menopause to take hormones?

Aktuell gibt es keine Studie, die zeigen könnte, dass Haarausfall rund um die Menopause durch Hormone, sprich eine Hormontherapie, generell zu stoppen und das Haarwachstum zu stimulieren wäre.

Now around 50 break off my hair at once, why?

As a result of the disturbed cell metabolism on the hair roots, connecting errors occur during hair formation in the keratization. Hair breakage causes hair breakage due to washing hair, brushes or styling. However, these mechanical stimuli are not the cause of the hair loss.

Are men with receding rates also affected by hormonal hair loss?

Since hair loss in men has a hormonal cause: the hair roots are sensitive to DHT, but there is no hormonal imbalance, dermatologists speak of hereditary hair loss. This means that the sensitivity of certain hair follicles against DHT is inherited.

And what is androgenetic alopecia now?

Androgenetic alopecia means literally: hairlessness caused by androgens (like DHT). Since hairlessness is very common in the form of receding on the recess and baldness in men with hereditary hair loss, the term is more used in connection with the hair loss of men.