Article: Hair we grow again - the bald facts Hair loss, traditionally a problem for men, has become a female nightmare of the Nineties, writes Susanna Cohen

Men have always had to put up with hair loss but now more women are having to face the same fate. No one said that life for women in a post-feminist world was going to be easy, and the increasing incidence of female hair loss is showing how tough the going is.

Dr Hugh Rushton is a pioneer in the treatment of hair loss. In the past, 40 per cent of his patients were women - a figure which has risen to 60 per cent today.

"The majority of scalp hair problems are non life-threatening, and as a consequence the progress of hair research has been relatively slow over the past 50 years", say Rushton. Hair loss can have a serious adverse effect on quality of life but more women are now seeking ...

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