Stress is a killer. Aside from causing damage in your personal life, it also accounts for a lot of major health problems that you can experience. Some of these are ulcers and heart problems. As if causing these troubles weren’t enough, stress is also linked to hair loss. The more stressed you are, the quicker you’ll get balder. Men are already at a disadvantage because of genetics, it doesn’t help that stress is hurrying the process along.

In this day and age, it’s hard to live without stress. Work is becoming more demanding, the cost of living is rising, and the technology that is there to help us is also oftentimes causing us a great amount of stress. Aside from hair loss, here are some symptoms that will help you gauge your stress level:

  • Difficulties concentrating.
  • Loss of appetite.
  • Tightness of the muscles, especially around the neck and shoulder area.
  • Feeling unusually tired.
  • Insomnia.
  • Hyperacidity or upset stomach.

These are just some examples. There are many other symptoms that tell you, you need to slow down. In medical terms, the loss of hair due to stress is called Telogen Effluvium. This happens when you’re so stressed out that your hair follicles are triggered to go into “resting phase” prematurely and fall off. In reality, all of us go through a “resting phase”. Your hair grows for about 1 cm each month and keeps on growing for about two to three months and then goes into a “resting phase”. This is when some of it naturally falls off to get replaced by a fresh batch. Triggering a “resting phase” prematurely causes very noticeable hair loss because the rest of your hair hasn’t had time to grow replacements yet.

Managing your stress may actually be the cheapest way to save yourself from premature hair loss. It is easier said than done, but it’s not impossible. The most common source of stress is work. Changing your attitude about work may actually save you from a lot of stress-related health hazards. It is essential to maintain a balance between your work and your personal life. Taking up a hobby can go a long way. Try to find something enjoyable to do and find some time to do it. Here are a few suggestions:

  • Learn a new sport. Find a partner to do it with if you want, or find some physical activity that you can do yourself to blow off some steam from work.
  • Do something creative. Often one of the best forms of stress therapies. Doing something creative encourages you also to bring that creativity to the office.
  • Take up cooking or baking.

There are all sorts of things you can do to help keep stress (and in effect, hair loss) at bay. Some other ways to prevent or slow down hair loss and encourage hair growth are eating the right kind of food, taking natural anti-hair loss treatments such as Provillus, using herbal topical treatments, and many more.

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