It was during a hair appointment that my hairdresser told me that I had bald patches on my scalp! I didn't even know I had them, although when I thought about it I realized that I did seem to have an awful lot of hair clogging the drains everyday. &nbsp;As women often do at their hairdresser's, I got involved in a deep discussion with my stylist. On this occasion the conversation was about alopecia.

At the time I didn't even know what alopecia was. &nbsp;The hairdresser mentioned her sister developed alopecia as a result of a severe stressor in her life. &nbsp;At the time I was going through my terrible episode of PMS and being treated with oral contraceptives, but who would think to link their PMS or birth to a clogged drain? Certainly not me.

For a long time I had suspected my body was not in synch in a whole lot of ways, especially hormonally. &nbsp;When I got thinking back to how my hair suddenly seemed to fall out after my pregnancies, I began to wonder if the hair loss was all part of the same hormonal craziness.

Sure enough, I soon found myself at the naturopath's office discussing androgenic alopecia. To put it simply when your hormones are out of balance it can cause your hair to fall out! &nbsp;At the time my PMS was being “treated” with oral contraceptives (it didn’t help but that’s for another blog post), which I later learned can be linked with hair loss in women! My research eventually revealed that the type of oral contraceptive I was taking is on the American Hair Loss Association’s list as having <strong><em>significant potential of causing or exacerbating hair loss! </em></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;To see if your oral contraceptive is on the list and for more information check out American Hair Loss Association’s website

<a href="http://www.americanhairloss.org/women_hair_loss/oral_contraceptives.asp" title="American Hair Loss Association" target="_blank">http://www.americanhairloss.org/women_hair_loss/oral_contraceptives.asp</a>

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