Male pattern baldness is omnipresent, familiar, and generally accepted as a fact of life. Guys begin to thin at the crown and develop a receding hairline that leaves a strip of hair running from the bald spot forward. Women will refuse party and lunch invitations, stay out of the public eye, and generally feel far more miserable. Diagnosis Ironically, while a prompt and accurate diagnosis is the most effective step a woman can take in limiting or halting severe hair thinning or virtual baldness, women do not turn to their doctors as quickly as men do. In fact, while men frequently avoid lifesaving diagnostic tests, their most likely cause for a visit to their physician is hair loss.
Women usually turn elsewhere first.
That's where they're used to talking about the rather complicated social issues which are entwined with their hair and how it looks. It's a poor choice, for two reasons. The second is that the stylist may be the cause of the problem. Causes Aging, heredity, and stress are usually considered the top three causes of women's hair thinning and virtual baldness. But an examination of the most familiar types of female baldness offers some excellent interim analysis.