Let’s Discuss Hair Loss in Women
Hair loss in women affects millions world wide – triggered by everything from nutritional deficiencies to traumatic damage Here are some facts and figures you should know about the increasingly common issue:
Hair Loss Facts, Figures & Statistics
- Hair loss affects roughly 50% of women.
- Normal hair loss is considered to be 100 hairs per day, based on the average scalp containing 100,000 hair follicles.
- 82% of adults know that genetics is one of the causes of hair loss.
- Alopecia areata affects one person in every 100 and genetics play a role in one in five cases.
- Nearly nine in 10 (86%) women would be concerned if they were in their 30’s and starting to lose their hair.
- Women are much more likely than men to see their doctor about thinning hair first (53% vs. 26%).
- More women are seeking methods of Non-Surgical hair restoration – up 31.8% between 2004 & 2008
- Hair loss is the body issue that women feel would make them least attractive to men.
- About three-quarters (76%) of women would be worried if they were recently divorced and had noticeable hair loss and starting dating again, compared to 50% of men.
- More than half (55%) of hair loss sufferers would be more inclined to consider having a hair transplant, if celebrities or public figures were more open about hair restoration surgery, but men are more likely to be, influenced than women (57% vs. 45%).
- Almost half (47%) of hair loss sufferers would spend their life savings to regain a full head of hair. Some hair loss sufferers would give up sex to get their hair back* Roughly a third (30%) of hair loss sufferers would give up sex if it meant they would get their hair back.
- Prescription-strength oral medication and prescription-strength topical medications are the only products clinically proven and medically approved for the treatment of hair loss.
- The HairMax LaserComb is the only laser therapy that has been FDA-cleared for hair loss.
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