It is no secret that most women view their hair as part of their identity. When a woman suffers any amount of hair loss, it can create emotional and social issues for them because of it. Alopecia hair loss has a variety of causes and levels of severities that can often cause strong emotional stress.

Alopecia is an underserved group of disorders according to some. There is really no quick fixes regardless of what type of alopecia you suffer from. There are those sufferers that often feel that this condition is not taken seriously by many medical professionals, despite the psychological effects it can inflict on those that suffer from it. There are many that are deeply impacted by an alopecia diagnosis. While men and women both can suffer from alopecia, our society isn’t as forgiving of female hair loss. This can cause women to take on a feeling that there’s something wrong with them, beyond their hair loss.

There are several types of alopecia, each with different effects. Androgenetic alopecia (pattern hair loss) is genetically predetermined and it affects around 50% of men and women. Alopecia can also be caused by autoimmune disorders like cicatricial alopecia. This type of alopecia is more rare and is caused when the hair follicles break and scars the scalp. Another type is alopecia areata, this causes the hair to fall out in round patches. As part of our social/cultural construct, just a little bit of hair loss can be divesting to women. Some may suffer only slight hair loss while others may suffer hair loss on their entire scalp from alopecia totalis. This type is caused in the body’s own immune system attacking the hair follicles.

Putting alopecia hair loss in the spotlight

In the past decade not only has alopecia become more known and talked about, but there have been tremendous advances in women’s hair replacement and medical wigs that have given suffers from alopecia a way to have their hair back. These new advances are lightweight and are designed we be worn comfortably by individuals that have little to no hair.

The emotional toll that alopecia can have on a person is different for each individual. Human hair that is used in many alopecia wigs moves, shines and feels just like real hair because it is real hair. For alopecia suffers what this means is that they can have hair again without worry of the society judging their appearance. A woman can have the confidence to go about her daily routine and feel beautiful.

If you suffer from any form of alopecia, you owe it to yourself to speak to a hair loss professional that can perform a free hair and scalp analysis and help you find the best hair loss solution specifically for your hair loss.