Can Stress lead to Hair Loss?
Posted: Tuesday, September 07, 2010
by Afrim Judith
Afrim Judith
Our mind is always pre-occupied with worries, tensions due to the happenings in our personal and professional lives. Thinking about all of these may take a toll on our mind and body, thus causing stress. This stress in turn not only affects our body and mind, but it also has a damaging impact on our hairs.
Just imagine your crowning glory, your only accessory; your hair is losing its charm and for sure hair loss and hair related problem may be leaving you highly depressed. It would be more shocking to know that hair loss is no more just due to improper diet and lack of exercise, but hair loss is also related to stress, which is an inseparable factor in our tedious and fast life.
Relating Stress with Hair loss:
For majority of us individuals, our life revolves around a lot of hectic and frenetic life schedule, which creates a bad impact on our physical appearance and also affects our over health easily. Stress has become a normal part of this extremely busy life. Stress not only causes hair loss, but it also contributes to hair loss and hair thinning. Not only can stress cause hair loss, but it may also trigger some of life threatening diseases such as, strokes, heart attacks. Just imagine the intensity that stress has on our lives. When our life can easily get affected by stress, then how can, one's hair be an exception.
How can stress affect hair?
According to the Oxford Dictionary, stress is described as a demand upon the mental and physical energy. A lot of us may find it difficult to carry out our daily routines smoothly. These routines include; raising children, managing the house, taking care of the finances, earning bread by working for hours together so that we can live for the day and so on and so forth. Al these doings are required and important, but when it takes up all your mental and physical stress peace, then stress, depression is the outcome.
There are two types of stress induced hair loss:
Telogen effluvium: Telogen effluvium occurs when an individual is induced with stress in sudden or due to loads of work and stress full events. Though this condition is a temporary phase, but hair loss during this stage usually happens. But if you are worried of your hair growth, then let me render you some happiness, by saying that, your hair may grow back within 6-9 months after the stressful events and chronic stress problems are solved.
Alopecia areata: Alopecia areata is a condition which promotes excessive and damaging hair loss due to intense stress. The white blood cells in this condition attack the hair follicles from its roots, which hinders hair growth. Though hair may grow back, but the percentage and the pace of hair growth is comparatively slower due to alopecia.
It is very important to manage the stress and in the same time take care of your health by consuming healthy and nutritious foods, as they help in beating the stress and at the same time strengthens the hair follicles and promotes quick and strong hair growth gradually.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Afrim! This is one of the most valuable articles in SW. This topic stress and it's effects are so important in today's world that we can't just avoid it. It's the most common phenomena. Needs to be dealt immediately.Thanks for sharing such an wonderful and important article.Lastly, Welcome to SW.Regards,CHIRADEEP
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