Put simply, yes, stress can cause hair loss in women. Hair loss in women can be caused by a variety of factors, only one of which is stress.

The majority of female hair loss cases (about 95%) are the result of Androgenetic Alopecia. As you can probably derive from its name, this type of hair loss is genetic.

An astounding 30 million women experience hereditary hair loss (accounting for 95% of all hair loss cases) in the United States. Hair loss can be embarrassing, especially for the many women who express their femininity through their hairstyle.

Women have been experiencing hair loss as long as they’ve been giving birth: i.e. throughout the entire existence of mankind. There are a lot of questions surrounding the condition since it is such a strong source of embarrassment for most women.

Like other parts of our health, we often take our hair growth for granted. It just kind of does its thing: just keeps growing. We can wash it, blow-dry it, curl it, dye it, and no matter how much physical damage we do to it, it’s ok; because it’ll just grow back.

Female Pattern Baldness (FPB), known medically as Androgenetic Alopecia, is a source of fear and embarrassment for many women, especially after menopause when hair loss is at its maximum. By age 50 at least 40% of women will experience some thinning of hair caused by FPB.

Baldness is a fairly common ailment in men, but less so in women. This is most likely because approximately 95% of baldness cases are the result androgenetic alopecia, a hormonally based condition which has greater potential for male baldness from their unique hair follicle patterns.

Hair is a huge source of confidence for women. Think about how embarrassed you would be if you got a bad haircut or started balding? This seemingly uncontrollable curse has collected many myths over the years as people try to explain why it happens and how to avoid it.

Most people associate baldness with men. However, women are also susceptible to hair loss. While men tend to lose hair from front to back with hair around the sides remaining longest, women are more likely to have generally thinning hair, balding first on the top of the head.