How stress can cause hair loss?

Different health conditions have a direct impact on the functioning of our body and the health of hair. Stress either emotional or physical can play a significant role in inducing hair loss and air thinning.

During a physical trauma or emotional stress, most of your hair go that lie in the growth phase tend to go abnormally into the shedding or Telogen phase causing Telogen effluvium, a hair loss condition.

With the continuous stress, the hair loss condition becomes permanent and you may need to undergo proper hair restoration treatments for that. You can identify your hair loss condition free of cost at Hair Transplant Dubai clinic. 

Types of hair loss that can be induce by stress

Telogen Effluvium

Telogen effluvium is a hair loss condition that does not let the hair grow properly in the growth phase and put more than usual hair into the shedding phase where excessive hair loss occurs.

In most of the case, this type of condition is temporary and hair regrows when you get rid of the stress, but it may also become a permanent condition in few cases and hair restoration requires a proper treatment.

Alopecia Areata

In this condition, the immune system starts behaving abnormally and attacks your own hair follicles, resulting in breakage. That can also occur in response to a stressful event.

Trichotillomania

It is a personality disorder condition in which a person pulls his or her own hair out. Hair pulling if continues for a longer period can induce permanent hair loss condition by damaging the hair follicles.

If you are going through a stressful situation and you are noticing more than usual hair loss, you can do several things in order to prevent the hair loss.

Tips to reduce hair loss due to stress

• Massage your scalp with oil every day
• Increase the intake of healthy foods
• Abstain from eating processed food
• Avoid smoking and alcohol consumptions
• Try to stay relaxed and overcome the stress
• Do regular exercises

Remedies to cure hair loss induced by stress

Hair loss caused by stress can be sorted with medication or non-invasive hair loss therapies. However, if the hair loss gets severe, you may need to undergo a surgical hair restoration procedure for that.

PRP therapy

Platelet-rich plasma is a non-invasive hair loss therapy that includes the administration of highly enriched growth factors into the scalp. The fluid is obtained from the blood of the patients itself by putting it into a centrifuge, which is designed for separating the PRP from the blood.

Low-level laser therapy

It is another effective remedy for hair loss that uses the low-level light energy to stimulate and enhance the hair growth. It improves the blood circulation in the scalp and provides the hair follicles with the sufficient growth factors.

There are many tools and gadgets to perform the low-level laser therapy but the HairMax headband is the most effective out of them.

Book a free consultation

If you are suffering from hair loss and seeking for the procedure that is best suited for your hair loss condition, then the first step is to consult a nearby specialist. You can book a free consultation at the hair transplant Dubai clinic by just filling an online form.