Female post-menopausal balding and thinning, why?

My mother turns 69 this year and is starting to lose some hair on her temples; there aren’t many but it’s a start. She is already a highly insecure person due to her appearance and I fear that this could worsen her already fragile confidence. Are there any remedies an adult/elderly woman can take to prevent late-life baldness? If so, can she do anything to restore the lost hair?

About 50% of post-menopausal women get some type of balding. In addition to that, some get Age Related Thinning of their total hair mass which looks like thinning. The female patterned balding that occurs after menopause is because the protective estrogens that block the genetics of balding from acting on their hair. With the estrogen levels marketely reduced, their testosterone has a greater effect on their genetics and works with their DHT to produce balding so in some of these women, finasteride is a good drug for blocking the DHT effects on their genes for balding. For the second class of women who get Age Related Thinnning (men also get this), there is little that can be done.

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