Hair Loss In Women Very Distressing

Hilary Swank agreed to have her hair cut on the Oprah Winfrey show

To give you an inkling of how seriously women take hair loss it has been recorded that 60 percent of women said that the worst side effect of having cancer treatment was that you lost your hair. In fact cancer treatment is extremely painful, unpleasant and there are lots of side effects and for the majority of women to say the hair loss was the major side effect means that women attach a great deal of importance to having hair on their head.

The Oscar winning actress Hilary Swank has been drawing attention to the issue of female hair loss for cancer sufferers by supporting the Pantene Beautiful Lengths campaign that is making a collection of human hair which is used to construct wigs for women who have lost their hair because of cancer treatment.

In order to promote the campaign and to get more women to donate hair Hilary Swank agreed to have her hair cut on the Oprah Winfrey show. She had 23cm of her dark brown hair cut off on live TV and she hopes that many more women will follow her example and donate their hair too.

While men who lose their hair suffer they do not suffer as much as women on the whole. You are likely to see hundreds of bald men walking around every day but it is an extremely rare occurrence to see a bald woman walking around. Men do not feel so conscious about their hair loss because they take heart from the realisation that there are many other men like them out there. In fact a bald man feels much more comfortable if a few of his peers are bald too.

Nevertheless the impact that the male pattern baldness condition can have on a man is significant and can cause great depression and lack of confidence and self esteem. Men are fortunate that there are good treatments for male pattern baldness on the market today and Propecia is probably the best one. Propecia is a prescription medication which is taken by millions of men all over the world.