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Women Dealing With Hair Loss

© Nancy Coulter

We all are familiar with seeing balding men. In fact, it's not that uncommon to see some of the leading men in Hollywood with a little bit less on the top of their head. These men, dispite their baldness, are considered sexy and desirable.

Imagine a woman like Cindy Crawford suddenly experiencing hair loss as she got older. Do you think she would still be just as sexy without her long locks? Somehow, I doubt it. Yet, a man like Sean Connery can get older and lose some of his hair...and still, be considered a sex object. (I may not personally think he is, but I know many women who consider him to be.)

The fact is that hair loss is acceptable for men. They may still be teased, and they may still feel insecure about it...but it's "OK" for them to lose their hair. When the same thing happens to a woman, it's not OK. In fact, it is often viewed as something that completely changes her character for the worse.

Hair loss isn't something that just happens to men. Women are also just as affected by the problem. And just like men sometimes have to battle with a blow to their ego when they lose their hair, women have to fight the same battle. Since hair loss with women isn't as well known or accepted as it is for men, this battle can often be even more difficult for women.

Of course, this isn't something that anyone should really be surprised with. Women are always expected to do whatever they can to maintain their beauty. They spend millions of dollars every year on products that are made to highlight their natural beauty or fight the signs of aging. Why do we do it? Because we are expected to do it. For a long time, women have been thought of as objects of beauty. If they weren't beautiful, then they had very little worth. Imagine what it would be like to only be judged by your looks. For many women, they don't have to imagine that because it is what their life is all about.

Despite the fact that it is more acceptable for men to lose their hair than women, many men still spend lots of money in hopes of regaining the hair of their youth. For the most part, these products have been focused on men. There have been more advances in treating women's hair loss and in today's society, hair loss isn't something that anyone has to live with.

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