Yes, You Can Blame Your Job For Your Baldness, But…
By Jim McDonald
Baldness is a degrading condition for millions of men and women, and can lead to psychological problems and feelings of self worthlessness. But, at the same time, millions of other men and women just learn to live with baldness, thinking of it as yet another one of life's natural aging effects.

Science has uncovered a lot of baldness information in recent years, and treatments are becoming more effective. And like so many other medical and personal health dispositions, if you act on the problem right away, you've got a better chance of slowing the affects, or in some cases, even reversing the condition.

Now it must be stated that there is not a magic pill for reversing balding (yet) and there is no one single technique that works for one and all. As a salient fact, in many cases a combination of a few anti- hair loss products will harvest better results than any one specific product or approach. Everyone is different, and because there are so many causes of baldness, the treatment will always need to be tailored to the individual.

That moves us to the imminent question, whether or not stress can cause hair loss? You see, stress is so broadly referred to as the major cause of hair loss, that many people believe this to be kosher. The fact is that stress is a cause of baldness, so you can blame your job or your sporting team if it makes you feel better, but it is not the major cause. Stress is seen as a contributing factor of hair loss, but there is one major factor that is far more prevalent than all other causes.

Balding can be caused by many factors, with more than 50% of males enduring some form of hair loss or thinning by middle age. Women also suffer from hair loss, and around 35-40% of women will suffer some type of baldness or thinning by age 60. Pattern Baldness is the most common cause of hair loss. Pattern balding alone affects more than 40% of the male population. Pattern baldness is easy to explain - it is a genetic disposition - it eventuates naturally.

Most men and women are genetically predisposed to Pattern Baldness. The cause of Pattern hair loss is very complex, but in a nutshell, it occurs when testosterone interacts with a specific enzyme and is converted into what is know as dihydrotestosterone (aka DHT). DHT has a detrimental affect on the hair follicles - it is the catalyst for slowing down hair production and produces weaker, shorter hair - and finally stops hair from growth altogether.

The way men and women experience Pattern Baldness is very different. Men tend to go through thinning hair in certain sections or patches of the scalp and that's why many instances in men result in the 'monk' effect, i.e. hair loss on top, with hair still growing at the sides and back. Women tend to lose hair equally across the scalp, so instead of having a visibly bald patch, a woman can actually lose more hair than a man, but still appear to have a full head of hair.

There are a lot of other causes of hair loss, but none more obvious as Pattern Baldness. The other causes of hair loss are credited for such small percentages of instances, and in most instances are the easiest to prevent, detect or even reverse. Other known causes of baldness are hormonal imbalances (especially in women) illnesses, below par diet, paltry hygiene, drug abuse and last but not least, stress. Again, stress is a definite known cause of baldness. Not a major cause, but it ranks in the top few causes.

Stress related baldness has a scientific name - Telogen Effluvium. This type of balding can also be caused by experiences such as trauma, childbirth, puberty, major surgery and even severe chronic illness. Telogen Effluvium is characterized by immediate hair loss caused by an interruption in the normal hair growth cycle. Stress and trauma cause large numbers of hair follicles to simultaneously enter a stage of rest. After some time, the hair follicles will enter a stage of growth, and the old hair will be pushed out of the follicle by a new hair that is formed beneath it. The result is a period of hair shedding, and is usually self correcting, but if the stress is ongoing, then this type of balding can become chronic and eventually lead to more prevalent balding.

So in theory you can blame your job for your baldness, or you could blame your hockey team, or football team or basketball team. But in actuality, although stress

can lead to hair loss, it is one of the secondary causes of baldness. And it is only really related to more dramatic experiences that have bought on stress. Pattern Baldness is the most likely cause of hair loss, and if you act on it right away there's a good chance that you can minimize the effects.

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