 [ Symptoms ] can pneumonia cause fluid to build up in the lung [ Disease ] thinning hair is a very common problem it is as common in women as it is in men but unfortunately for women it is much harder to conceal and women do not really have the option of going bald and being proud of it the way men do sometimes so it is important to be able to disguise that let is start with the underlying causes there are two types of hair loss that occur in women scarring and non scarring the most common is non scarring and this tends to be genetic and familial even if no one in your family had hair loss it can still happen to you and still be part of your genetic makeup so once you have that issue it is important to be evaluated by a dermatologist or internist or obgyn there are a lot of doctors who can do the evaluations for you sometimes we check hormonal levels often even if the hormone tests come back normal there is still somewhat of an hormonal imbalance that may be occurring people often think that thyroid changes can lead to hair loss but it really does not it may make your hair more dry and brittle but does not typically make your hair fall out but it is worth having your thyroid checked as well to make sure that everything is in order taking supplements does not really help hair growth i have a lot of patients who take biotin to help their hair grow but it does not really help if you do not have a biotin deficiency biotin will make your hair stronger potentially again only if you have a deficiency in that area there are no other supplements that i know of that have been proven in the literature to help grow hair however having any nutritional imbalance may have an effect on your hair another cause of hair loss would be stress sometimes when you have a stress you can see the hair loss starting about three months later you have to think about what stress you might have had three to four months before because that is about how long it takes to show to conceal hair loss you can try combing your hair different changing your hair style or coloring it a little closer to your own natural scalp or skin color use more neutral tones as opposed to a very dark or light tones also there are powders that you can add to your hair that work as hair expanders to make your hair appear more full and thick the one thing you do not want to do is to over tease or over process your hair because then you are pulling it out and causing more damage