June 8 2009, 11:32 am PT | Posted in: Female Hair Loss
Hi Doctor - What do you think is causing young women (teens and 20’s) to lose hair? I see more young women thinning. Any thoughts? My daughters (17) hair has thinned gradually for over a year with no regrowth. The doctor tells me that it is not AGA because her hair density is the same all over her entire head. I find that I’m looking at everyone’s head these days and this is what I am seeing.
I don’t think that there is any difference in young women now or in any time in the past, but I believe you are more attuned to observing what might have passed you by before your daughter reported a problem. If you are concerned about androgenic alopecia (AGA), you can obtain a genetic test to determine if she has the gene for female balding.
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More women are on birth control which often causes thinned hair according to the pharmaceutical companies and this source, http://www.americanhairloss.org/women_hair_loss/oral_contraceptives.asp a wild hypothesis i dont know especially since you said hair loss is diffuse which birth control does