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Since September is Menopause Awareness Month, it is a good time to take a look at menopausal hair loss, to help women understand the causes of their hair loss as well as learn what they can do to treat it.
Female hormones. Just as pregnancy hormone changes can cause hair loss, so can switching or going off birth-control pills. This can also cause telogen effluvium, and it may be more likely if you have a family history of hair loss. The change in the hormonal balance that occurs at menopause may also have the same result. âThe androgen (male hormone) receptors on the scalp becoming activated,â explains Mark Hammonds, MD, a dermatologist with Scott & White Clinic in Round Rock, Texas.