Should Stress Management Be the First Step in Treating Hair Loss?

I see a lot of people today and on this blog amassing countless posts on what shampoo cures hairloss and especially which diet/food group. How eating broccoli or taking super-duper multivitamins may cause those dormant hairs on your head to flourish! Whatever the magic cure-of-the-day is or which study proves what, there’s still scientific error present.

What people forget is if any of there magic diets/supplements in fact did work they may never know. Why? They forgot to be scientific and take all factors into consideration. Stress levels have a large impact on nutrient absorption, meaning many of these diets/supplements may not be utilized to their full potential. This may be why we see 6 out of 10 people cured in some study as the other 4 may have completely different diet/lifestyles.

Do you agree that the 1st step in anyone’s hairloss agenda is stress management?

No, I do not agree. The first step is to make sure that the diagnosis of genetic hair loss is correct. Stress induced hair loss is different. A doctor’s visit to make the diagnosis early is clearly in your best interest, and whatever the cost, it will be less than the time it takes for you to try every conceivable cure on the internet (of which most of them do not work).

In my office, I can measure your hair bulk, which is as good a diagnostic tool that there is. Then you get my years of experience in managing hair loss.