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Menopause itself is enough of a worry for women. Menopause and hair loss together just make things much worse to bear. The effects of menopause in women vary individually while some might face mild symptoms, most will see a huge change is their everyday lifestyle.

Menopause begins when you stop having your regular menstrual cycles, a period of transition all women has to face. Once menopause sets in, a chain of events like hormonal changes, change in body's metabolism and other physical and emotional factors emerge. To handle hair loss the key point is to manage the menopause symptoms.

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How Menopause Affects Your Hair

Hormonal Imbalance

The lower level of estrogen in your body creates a change in your body hormone levels thus giving way for the male hormone Testosterone. Testosterone is the main hormone that triggers hair loss.

See the relationship between estrogen and hair loss.

Stress

Stress itself is enough to cause hair loss and other medical symptoms. If you are in the early stages with menopause, you are likely to come across a lot of stress that alters your lifestyle. The tension itself can exert pressure on your body and hair. A change in diet and lifestyle can trigger hair loss as your body forces itself to accommodate the changes.

Aging

Everyone ages, but when you are having menopause, it kinds of speed things up. When you are getting older, no matter if you have a hair loss condition, your hair follicles will tend to drop and thins out. That is part of the aging process.

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The First Thing to do about Menopause and Hair Loss

As you know, menopause does not only causes hair loss, it creates a variety of problems from

mood swings increased appetite sleeping problems aging weight gain decrease in libido stress headaches tiredness

If you just start to enter menopause, the first step to do is to consult your doctor. Ask for assistance to your problem. If you can control your menopause, you are in the first step in controlling your hair loss.

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Dedicated Hair Loss Treatments for Menopause

As hair loss is caused by imbalanced hormones, you can always choose topical applications to remove the excessive hormones from your head.

Treatments to consider

• Minoxidil 2% for women (FDA Approved Drug)
• Low Level Light Therapy
• Revivogen

These are a few of the topical applications to control the DHT levels in your head thus preventing hair loss.

Looking for a full review on the available products? Click here.

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Some Supplements and Vitamins too might help

Usually by the stage you enter menopause, you should be in your late 30s or early 40s. At this stage in life, it's always important to control your diet and be well fed with supplements. Of course, exercise and stress management is important too to lead a happy and productive life.

Start the right way. Focus on your

• Diet
• Vitamins and Supplements (Vitamins and Supplements)
• Exercises
• Ways to reduce stress
• General health

When it comes to menopause and hair loss, know your real problem, keep a healthy lifestyle and everything will fit in!

If you want to know more about Menopause, I recommend this site
North American Menopause Society. It gives you more needed information on your condition.

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