Armpit hair shedding and turning white in 50-year-old women may be a normal phenomenon, or it may be considered to be related to pathological factors, such as baldness and vitiligo.
1. Normal phenomenon: Armpit hair has a normal metabolic cycle just like hair in other parts of the body. After growing for a period of time, the hairs may fall off, while new hairs will gradually grow out. With age, human hair, such as hair, eyebrows, beard, armpit hair and other body hair may become gray. Physiological factors cause armpit hair to fall off and turn white, generally do not need special treatment.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) Patchy baldness: it is a sudden onset of limited, patchy hair loss. If it occurs in the axilla, it may lead to axillary hair loss. T-lymphocytes of the patient’s organism attack normal hair follicles, which may lead to decreased pigmentation and whitening of axillary hair;
(2) Vitiligo: Vitiligo occurs in the armpits, the hair follicle melanin reduction or loss, may lead to armpit hair whitening.
To summarize, axillary hair loss and whitening may be caused by physiological factors, and may also be considered to be related to certain diseases. If you suspect that pathological factors cause axillary hair loss and whitening, you can go to the hospital for examination and clear diagnosis.