In the News – Half of Taiwanese Employees Suffer Hair Loss

Snippet from the article:

According to the survey results, up to 54 percent of the respondents said they are suffering from hair loss. Nearly 60 percent cited job pressure as the main factor, while 13 percent put the blame on their genes. Eating habits and health problems are also possible factors causing the problem.

Read the rest — 50 percent of Taiwanese employees suffer hair loss

This was a survey of 1800 people that work for a hair products company in Taiwan, with no indication of how many men vs how many women took part in the polling. Considering that about 50% of the world’s male population suffers from hair loss, finding out that half of the employees have hair loss isn’t surprising to me.

The part that is somewhat interesting is that the majority believe stress from work is the cause of their loss, and only a small percentage actually believe it is genetics. With genetics usually the largest cause for hair loss, I’d assume those surveyed are either in denial about their genes or perhaps the stress is aggravating their genetic hair loss.