Female Hair Loss - How to Prepare for the First Visit to the Dermatologist By Jimmy Chase

Introduction

One day you wake up and find lots of hair strands on your pillow, in your wash-basin, in your towel, and many other places you didn't expect them. At first you blame it on your dog, and then you realize they are coming from your hair because your hair is getting thinner.

Since there are many reasons why a woman can lose her hair today, the best thing to do is to go see a dermatologist for an accurate analysis. Here are some things to do get ready for that visit to the dermatologist.

How To Get Ready

It is very important for you to properly prepare for that first visit to the dermatologist. If you are adequately prepared, you can help your dermatologist determine your condition accurately and quickly. Here are some things I suggest that you do to prepare for that visit:

• Photograph- Bring a photograph of you hair before you started to have a loss of hair. This will be like a sort of before and after. Your dermatologist will be able to see what your hair looked like before you started having the lost and what it looks like now. This is important, because certain hair loss conditions create certain hair patterns.
• Hair Products- Bring a list of current hair products you use and those you were using before your hair loss started. This will help your dermatologist determine if the products you are using or have used are causing your hair loss.
• Medicines - Also bring a list of all medicines you are currently taking or have recently taken. Some medicines have been known to cause hair loss. Especially important is the oral contraceptives you take. Certain hormonal oral contraceptives have been known to cause hormonal imbalance in women, resulting in hair loss.
• Stress - Identify to your dermatologist any stress events that have occurred recently in your life. For example some stress events could include pregnancy, divorce, operations, or anything else you think has been stressful in your life.
• Family History -Identify to your dermatologist any family history of hair loss. It is not well reported, but 20 to 30 million American women suffer from the same condition that men do. Only in this case it is not called male pattern baldness but female pattern baldness. In most cases, if you're having hormonal imbalances caused by such conditions as menopause, and have a family history of hair loss, it is a good chance you're suffering from female pattern baldness.

Conclusion

Being properly prepared for your first visit to your dermatologist can result in an accurate and rapid diagnosis of your hair loss condition. The more accurate and the quicker the diagnosis, the quicker you be able to stop your hair loss and re-grow your hair.

Jimmy Chase started losing his hair when he turned 50. He has done lots of studies on loss of hair, in both men and women, to determine what works and what doesn't. He has successfully stopped his hair loss and has even re-grown some of his hair. He wants to help other people learn what he has learned, on dealing with loss of hair and re-growing hair.

He operates the web site http://www.no-longer-balding.com/.