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For many women, they remember the days when their hair was long, luxurious, and thick. However, if they are have had the same experience as Ruth Caton, it which her hair became thin and started falling out, they might have a medical condition.

Caton realized early on that not only was her hair falling out, but that she was feeling dizzy and gaining weight. It took a few doctors to diagnose her with hypothyroidism, meaning her thyroid gland was not producing enough hormones. After taking replacement hormones, Caton’s hair returned back to normal.

According to Dr. Leslie Coker, hair loss really affects women because it is men that are thought of as being bald. “We’re not supposed to lose our hair,” she stated.

However, more than 30 million women in the US have experienced hair loss, and in some women this can be a symptom of a chronic medical condition. These conditions include anemia, thyroid disease, and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Also some women can experience hair loss after childbirth, crash diets, emotional stress, and surgery.

Women can fight back against early stage hair loss by using laser surgery to stimulate blood flow and deliver more vitamins and protein to their hair.

At a price tag of around $2,000 laser technology costs around half the price tag of hair loss surgery. News Channel 8's Joce Mamintainta reports:

of her hair loss at 19 years old.

>"It was hard to lose, it would happen in the shower and it would just be in the handfuls."

Most of her hair is back after sitting for 20 minutes under a laser for nearly two years.

"What the laser does is it stimulates the blood to flow about 50 percent higher throughout the top of the scalp by doing that, it's going to feed the hair follicle more protein and vitamins."

However, the laser is only for early stage hair loss.

Stephanie has her life back, as do other women just like her empowered by more options.