Stress and hair loss

Do you know that stress can show up as hair loss? The danger of it is, while the stress first caused the hair loss, the more hair loss will then increase the stress that in turn will cause even more hair loss!

Indeed, stress can affect hair the same way it affects other major organs such as the heart.

Dr. Howard Levy from Johns Hopkins University said that everyday stress is one of the most common cause of hair loss. Traumas, either physical or mental, can cause hair loss. Usually, the hair loss effect (or thinning/falling hair effect) will come in about three to six months after the traumatic event. And, as already mentioned above, noticing that hair is thinning or falling out can even add to the stress, making the hair condition worse.

If the hair loss is due to such mental conditions, it should be reversed when life has settled down again.

At certain time in life, people are more vulnerable to hair loss and thinning, and stress can accelerate the rate of the loss. So, if you can identify that the cause of your hair thinning is your stress, then be sure to deal with your stress and get back your normal life.

Meanwhile, it won't do any harm to consult a professional that can explain to you the hair loss treatment options that you can take. But never ever treat the hair loss problem yourself because you may end up making your hair problem worse. Having an extension put into the thinning hair, for example, may instead making it falling even more due to the extra weight of extensions and the way they were applied to the hair.