In Australia, one out of five women in her third decade and one out of two women in her sixth decade have female pattern hair loss. These women admit to the debilitating effects of hair loss on their self-esteem. They admit to feeling less secure about their attractiveness to the opposite sex, feel the constant ‘unwanted’ attention of people upon socialising, and increased feeling of self-consciousness among others.
Female Australian hair loss sufferers are actually surprised to learn that baldness or hair loss also happens to women or that the condition exists. They are even more surprised to learn that many women are affected by it. This is due to the fact that baldness is a very common condition among the male population. As a result, they develop the mentality that they are the only ones that suffer.