Snippet from the article: Read the rest — Slate: Can Stress Really Make Your Hair Fall Out? The article references a recent tabloid-style story (in the New York Times) about soon-to-be-former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s mystery hair thinning, and wonders if it is due to stress (telogen effluvium), alopecia areata, or genetic hair loss. I […]
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Hair loss from stress could shift your natural MPB timeline forward (basically kick starting hair loss that wouldn’t otherwise happen until later). Although each person will handle stress differently, your situation does sound extremely stressful and very well could accelerate your MPB. I’d try to find a local hair transplant clinic with a free exam. […]
The causes of hair loss in young women include birth control pills, stress, genetic hair loss. This is something that needs to be managed by a doctor, not via the Internet without a medical history or examination. Find a caring, competent dermatologist and get her evaluated for the various causes of hair loss in young […]
I do not understand how you can have folliculitis for two years. Why do you have folliculitis? Did it ever go away? You need to take charge of your health and educate yourself on what is going on. Sit down with your doctor and ask him/her to explain to you what is going on with […]
I do not have the answer to your question. Extreme stress (both emotional or physical) can cause hair loss and for men with genetic hair loss, it will follow a pattern of loss (not become diffuse). In women, this is often not the case as they are more likely to develop a diffuse form of […]
We all have normal stress in our lives. The stress I generally mean with respect to hair loss is major stress — physical or emotional — such as a major illness where you are in the hospital for several weeks/months or major stress of extreme depression for several months where it starts to impact your […]
I think you answered yourself when you said, “I guess this is strictly a psychological problem.” If you are that worried about hair loss go see your doctor or find a doctor who can examine your hair to see if there is any miniaturization or patterns developing that would suggest that you are balding. Your […]
In general, stress can cause hair loss in those that are genetically predisposed, as well as those who are not predisposed to the classic patterned balding. Any type of stress — physical (recent surgery, illnesses, even childbirth) or emotional (death of a loved one, work or family related) — can trigger or exacerbate hair loss. […]
It is virtually impossible for me to diagnose her over the internet. I think that if she is not satisfied with the one opinion, get another one. Her hair is too important to let this go and what you are describing does sound serious for her hair and psychological state of mind.
I really do not have a good answer for you. Your hair loss could be due to many factors and sometimes a stressful event (emotional, physical, chemical, etc) can trigger a hair loss process. Nobody really understands why, but it is thought that a genetic ‘switch’ is turned on and once it is turned on […]
Medicine is a descriptive science, and the observations that stress contributes to hair loss is something we have observed. I do not believe everyday anxiety (being late for work, for example) is stressful enough to cause hair loss, but I also do not know how to calculate the degree of stress a person has in […]
I cannot say if anyone really knows why stress can “kick start” genetic hair loss. If your body is predisposed to genetic male pattern baldness you will have male pattern baldness. The exact timing of when that will occur is variable and reflects how your genes are expressed, but a stressful event, like an emotional […]
Yes, it does sound familiar. Stress can certainly cause hair loss and getting this stress under control will generally result in the hair growing back within a year, though this is not a guarantee. Adding this stress to a pre-existing iron deficiency does sound like a recipe for hair loss in a woman.
You clearly have a problem and you need a good, knowledgeable doctor to manage your situation. Much can be learned by getting a hair pull test and a miniaturizationstudy. This can be done at the time the doctor visit occurs. Cultures of the scalp (to check for diseases that you may have contracted in Africa) […]
Propecia (finasteride) treats hair loss from genetic male pattern hair loss. It works for hair loss due to stress in those who have the genetic predisposition to hair loss and have miniaturization of the hair. That being said, stress can accelerate genetic male pattern hair loss.
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