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Stress and Men’s Hair Loss

 

   

OVERVIEW. If you tend to lose your hair, beware of stress! Our hair’s health is very sensitive to our mind’s, and stress can strongly accelerate the hair loss process. Progressive hair loss is actually almost always submitted to the interaction of three indistinguishable factors: a gene – a hormone –  and  stress.
   

A good understanding of how those factors combine and add up is essential in order to determine the treatment to follow and the results that can be expected.


CONTENTS
1• A gene, a hormone and stress
2• The hair’s memory
3• The different types of stress and their impact on the hair
4• How to treat it?

 


1• A gene, a hormone, stress

A gene

More than 95% of men’s hair loss problems are due to their natural constitution. That does not mean that a child, with this predisposition in his or her genetic capital, will necessarily tend to suffer from hair loss, because nothing is easy in terms of genetics… A child can carry a so-called ‘alopecic’ gene, without it ever being enacted: it will depend on many of the individual’s specific personal characteristics, innate or developed during life, which will favour or prevent the condition’s development.

A hormone

When the gene manifests itself,  it acts on the reproduction cells of some hairs, thus making the hair follicles abnormally receptive to the negative action of androgen, the male hormone. The double dependence on genes and androgen explains why the term ‘androgenetic’ is used to describe that type of hair loss.

Androgenetic hair loss can lead to, if nothing is done, a progressive atrophy of the hair follicles and the roots, a thinning of the hair’s diameter and its premature loss.

Produced by the testicles, androgens are also secreted by the suprarenal glands: that is where the stress factor’s role is essential…

Stress

Stress is a means for the mind to evacuate onto the body an external aggression it cannot manage on its own. It causes a chain of reactions, via hormonal messages. The stress alert is initially transmitted by the brain to the hypophyse gland, which, in turn, sends the message to the suprarenal glands. They then release several hormones: adrenaline, cortisol and suprarenal androgen.

For men who do not carry an alopecic gene, this stimulation of the androgens will not have an impact on the hair. For others, who do have a natural predisposition for hair problems, stress will necessarily act as a catalyst.

The development of androgenetically induced alopecia thus depends on many periods of nervous tension that the individual goes through during his life.


2• The hair’s memory

This narrow interaction between the androgen hormones and the mind is something we witness everyday at Centre Clauderer. The hair keeps the memory of the successive moments of stress, and we can see, under the microscope, the impact of our emotional life on the hair’s keratin and root. A hair does not know how to lie: it is the witness of all its owner’s psychological problems.

And if the hair has a certain length, we are able to retrace the difficult moments the person has been through. Some then think we have clairvoyance talents, whereas all we are doing is ‘reading’ what the hair remembers.

keratin1 keratin2 keratin3
Smooth,
normal keratin 		Irregular keratin:
punctual stress 		‘Bumpy’ keratin:
constant stress

3• The different types of hair and their impact on the scalp

Three different types of stress can have impact on the hair’s life:

1. Daily stress
There is first the stress triggered by daily life problems: professional or family problems, overwork, problems managing the pace of life in today’s world, loneliness, unemployment, etc. Whether it is punctual or chronic, that type of stress always reinforces the androgen’s negative impact on scalps that are receptive to their action. 

2. Major stress
A major psychological shock, such as the loss of a loved one, a divorce, major surgery, an accident… can cause a major hair loss (effluvium telogen), two to four months after the event. On healthy hair, this loss is totally reversible and the regrowing hair is as numerous and strong as the fallen hair. On hair that is sensitive to androgen, however, the regrowing is often less frequent and thinner, and must necessarily be boosted by a special treatment.

3. Stress caused by the loss
It is the stress caused by the loss itself, and should never be minimised. By sending the man an image of himself that he will see as altered, the hair’s loss in itself can cause major psychological damage. 

If some men accept this modification of their morphological appearance, others (especially among the youngest) see their baldness as a sign of their premature aging, which thus affects their self-perception. The generated stress then acts as an accelerator of the mechanism, making naturally fragile hair even more receptive to androgens.  

 

4• How to treat it?

There is no one-size-fits all solution, because each case of hair loss caused by stress is complex and must receive a tailored treatment and follow-up. That is why we insist so much on the hair’s link preliminary diagnosis. It takes into consideration our client’s past and the impact of stress on the deterioration of her hair. The Clauderer treatment is thus prescribed according to a triple objective: boosting the hair’s vital functions (local treatment), stress-management and results follow-up. 

1. Boosting the vital functions of the hair makes up for the androgen’s negative effect on stress, the roots and the hair’s life:

- Detoxicating action, in order to eliminate from the scalp the toxins caused by stress,
- Vasodilatation action, in order to favour the blood’s circulation towards the roots,
- Hair mineralising action, in order to optimize the regrowing process.  

2. Stress management includes precise recommendations on:
- our client’s lifestyle
- her diet
- an oral treatment of natural vitamin complements
- antri-stress scalp massages (exclusive, and very effective)

3. Results follow-up. Follow-up system enables us, through a set of regular evaluations, to take control of our clients’ problem and check, with her, step by step, the progress made. A true relation of trust then settles in: it is the best remedy against the stress caused by the loss itself.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION :
linkAndrogenetic Hair Loss/Alopecia in Men
linkThe Impact of Androgen Hormones on Hair Loss
linkAlopecia Areata and Hair Loss
linkThinner and Fewer Regrowing Hair (with sketches). What To Do
linkLifestyle: Six Anti-Hair Loss Tips
linkGreasy Hair and Sebum
linkDandruff and Itchiness
linkDaily Hair Loss: What Is the Norm? 

POUR TREATMENT:
link CLAUDERER Anti-Hair Loss Treatments
link Vitamins by Oral Intake and Hair Loss
link Exercise of the Hair: Three Massages to Stimulate Regrowing Hair
link Clauderer in-Depth Hair Diagnosis

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