I am 50 and almost no pubic hair left. I am so scared that I will lose it all over. I also have lost it mostly on my arms and a lot less on my legs.
Will it be my head next? :-(
Will it be my head next? :-(
Hi Marilynne,
I'm almost fifty and I am also losing hair on my body including pubic hair. My doctor says this is common and it is possible the hair on your head my thin. I wish I had better news for you!
Bonnie
I'm almost fifty and I am also losing hair on my body including pubic hair. My doctor says this is common and it is possible the hair on your head my thin. I wish I had better news for you!
Bonnie
Ladies, please dont worry. I had (have!) a wonderful lady friend in her early 50s who had THREE pubic hairs. We used to laugh about it, and then had SUPER love making for hours. My only disappointment....I love pubic hair. But the love making made up for it...just enjoy yourselves
Loss of pubic hair is almost always a result of hormonal changes. Nutritional causes, which are far more likely in disorders of the scalp hair growth, are less often the reason.
Most of the hormonal causes in women are "benign" in the sense that they are not life-threatening; however, hair loss in the region "down there" may reflect menopausal change, which is often associated with unpleasant symptoms (insomnia, "brain fog" hot flashes, fatigue, anhedonia); and adverse long term effects (bone loss, accelerated atherosclerosis, dementia).
Rarely, pubic hair loss may result from diminished production of adrenal hormones. This can be a very serious event and should always be evaluated by a physician, preferably an endocrinologist.
Most of the hormonal causes in women are "benign" in the sense that they are not life-threatening; however, hair loss in the region "down there" may reflect menopausal change, which is often associated with unpleasant symptoms (insomnia, "brain fog" hot flashes, fatigue, anhedonia); and adverse long term effects (bone loss, accelerated atherosclerosis, dementia).
Rarely, pubic hair loss may result from diminished production of adrenal hormones. This can be a very serious event and should always be evaluated by a physician, preferably an endocrinologist.
Maybe the hair on your head will grow thinner but it has not to be dramatic at all. Hairs react strangely to hormonal changes. In the first years after menopause I developed extra body and face hair and I lost hair on my head and then my hairloss stopped and I started to lose my body hair instead, starting with the pubes. By 45 I had a light mustache, hairs under my chin, on my chest etc., a few years later it was almost back to normal (except that I didn't get the hair on my head back). Today I'm 56, my face hair has completely gone, there are not many hairs on my breasts left either, I have lost half of my armpit hairs and my pubis is virtually bald. What can I say? Less need to shave. Just be happy.
In my experience head and body hair and not related when it comes to menopause or other hormonal changes. For example after giving birth I always lost hair on my head but grew extra body hair. And some time before my periods stopped I started to lose body hair. Now I've never been on the hairy side anyway, but I'm 49 and I've lost part of my armpit hair and a good deal of my pubes to the point of being virtually bald down there. But my head remains as it used to be.