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When men lose their hair, our culture can give some degree
of continued leniency and acceptance. Women are not so lucky.
A woman losing her can often be seen as ill, aging or less
feminine. Needless to say, the experience can be quite traumatic.
We live in a time however when there are simply too many
options for a woman to feel that her life is over simply
because of hair loss. There is no reason that this event
has to be so completely life changing for her.
I’ve worked with a number of women through out my
years of practice who were losing their hair. I’ve
helped them carefully review their options and choose the
treatment method that served them best emotionally and physically.
I want you to take a deep breath now and keep an open mind.
The goal here is to take your mind off of the perceived
problem long enough that we can find a solution for you.
I’ve created this 10 step guide for helping women
in coping with their hair loss.
1) Don’t jump to conclusions and assume that the hair
you are losing is gone forever. It takes up to 3-5 years
for the hair follicle to completely die. Recognize also
if you’ve been under a great deal of stress. Stress
can certainly play a role in hair loss in that it increases
the amount of DHT to the follicle. Don’t add more
stress by thinking you are going to be forever bald.
2) Remember that hair loss is something that happens over
time. It doesn’t just happen overnight like acne.
The flip side of this is to also remember that treatments
don’t work overnight either. The point here is to
have patience. No choices have to be made overnight. Do
not to go making rash decisions by investing in multiple
products on the internet either just because the first one
didn’t work out after two weeks.
3) If you realize that your hair loss is happening on an
ongoing basis, check with your health care professional
to make sure that you don’t have underlying health
issues that should be addressed. Once you know that you
are healthy, start checking into treatment options that
are best for you.
4) Become an investigator online of the best products that
are currently available for hair loss in women. Be weary
of miracle cures that promise overnight results. Revivogen
has provided you with a comprehensive website in which you
can see all the questions that others have asked. You may
find your answers in what others have already enquired about.
5) If you have completely lost your hair, meaning that the
area of the scalp is completely shiny already and beyond
the 3 year mark, you might look into hair transplantation.
This usually doesn’t happen to women, but men. Usually
at even the latest stages of baldness, women still have
peach fuzz that they can utilize and convert into terminal
thick hairs. The procedures have come a long way since the
standard “hair plugs” we’ve all seen.
Hair transplantation is virtually unnoticeable these days.
All that is needed from you is a rich donor area from sides
and back of your scalp.
6) Also if you’re beyond the point of hair re growth,
and you can’t afford or don’t want hair transplants,
you might consider wigs. The current wig industry is more
state of the art now than ever before. Many women, who have
a full head of hair still experiment or wear wigs simply
to have a quick and easy change of hairstyle. Keeping this
in mind can take the self-imposed stigma out of your mind.
Make wig shopping fun for yourself and something that isn’t
shameful. Maybe even take your best friend, and get the
emotional support needed when you make your first trip to
the wig store.
7) Define yourself from within. Sometimes circumstances
force us to dig deeper into who we really are as a person.
Learn to not depend so heavily on the external need for
validation based upon your looks. You are much than your
exterior. Take this opportunity to build a stronger identity
for yourself, rather than have one chipped away.
8) Understand that being a woman is much more than having
a full head of hair. Your femininity should not be defined
be what you have on your head. You do not stop being a female
because of hair loss.
9) Stop feeling like a victim. Victimhood mentality carries
with it an entire list of toxic emotions that are bad for
your overall health. Remember you have it in you to deal
with this in a way that is healthy and will bring peace
of mind. We don’t want you losing anything more than
your hair.
10) Seek out women that are going through the same thing
that you are. Use the internet to find support groups that
you can be part of. Find the strongest member of that support
group and model yourself through her advice.
Read over this list several times. Each time something will
resonate differently because you will also be in a different
frame of mind. I ask you to also go in and take inventory
of your life. Find all the reason’s in your life you
have to be grateful. Tell yourself on an ongoing basis that
this is only hair loss and not your whole life. Compartmentalize
and don’t let this one issue define everything else
in your world. You have a life, and this life of yours is
to be lived and not defined by your hair loss.
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