Though pattern baldness is treatable, it cannot be cured because it's genetically predetermined. An unfair reality is that a woman is gauged on her appearance and is expected to maintain her luster and a youthful look. A woman's hair is often her crowning glory. So, when she starts to loose her hair, she often experiences feelings of depression and mourning. She may feel isolated socially, even though the cause of that isolation may simply be that she doesn't feel comfortable in public anymore.
Women often start wearing scarves or hats to hide their thin hair.
The same is often true of young men who cover their balding heads with baseball caps and refuse to go places that require them to remove their cap. Baldness may occur as a result of an illness or of heredity. It is not related to hair follicles being plugged or a decrease in blood supply in the skin. Hair loss may result from pregnancy, certain types of cancer, uncontrolled diabetes and diseases of the thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands. This type of baldness or hair thinning is often reversed with medical help when the underlying condition is treated.