Just How Bad Is Stress For Your Hair?

[HNMB]

Hey all,

I've had male pattern baldness for a few years and I'm at a NW1.75-2.0 right now but I can see further hair being miniaturized so not too hopeful for the future. The past few months, if not year, have been incredibly stressful for me and I'm wondering just how this plays into male pattern baldness? I'm worried it may be accelerating my existing male pattern baldness as the hair on top feels thinner rather than simply receding, but then again that could just be the male pattern baldness itself ramping up. Anyone know how stress affects the hair, and how much is needed to do so?

 

[BaldBearded]

Stress can cause massive, diffuse thinning. Some men (and even women) who suffer severe trauma, have been known to lose massive amounts of hair, in a very short period of time.

Daily stress, can also affect your hair. But it's not male pattern baldness (but it will make your current male pattern baldness look worse).

 

[HNMB]

Stress can cause massive, diffuse thinning. Some men (and even women) who suffer severe trauma, have been known to lose massive amounts of hair, in a very short period of time.

Daily stress, can also affect your hair. But it's not male pattern baldness (but it will make your current male pattern baldness look worse).

Sounds similar to what I'm experiencing now, I'm guessing once the stress is removed the hair will grow back? But how does this work with male pattern baldness, will it still come back?

 

[BaldBearded]

Sounds similar to what I'm experiencing now, I'm guessing once the stress is removed the hair will grow back? But how does this work with male pattern baldness, will it still come back?

The hair that you lose due to stress MAY grow back. I have a former female coworker who had a sudden trauma, and for about six months her hair was coming out in clumps, eventually, it grew back.

The hair that you are losing to male pattern baldness, that is destined by genetics to fall out, won't come back. If stress is accelerating that process, that hair is gone forever. male pattern baldness is caused by genetics and hormones. Stress (trauma, both physical and emotional) and poor diet can accelerate the hair loss.

If the hair was falling out of the ring of that you have on the sides and back, that could grow back.

 

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The hair that you lose due to stress MAY grow back. I have a former female coworker who had a sudden trauma, and for about six months her hair was coming out in clumps, eventually, it grew back.

The hair that you are losing to male pattern baldness, that is destined by genetics to fall out, won't come back. If stress is accelerating that process, that hair is gone forever. male pattern baldness is caused by genetics and hormones. Stress (trauma, both physical and emotional) and poor diet can accelerate the hair loss.

If the hair was falling out of the ring of that you have on the sides and back, that could grow back.

I have persistent aggressive Social anxiety, and I'm completely convinced that my hair looks diffuse because of me worrying everyday; not a day I haven't worried. My hair
is a early nw2 however, I've recently noticed a diffuse look to my fine texured hair.


Wierd thing is I don't shed at all.

 

[BaldBearded]

Well, hair just doesn't get "thinner" as it's growing, it falls out and regrows as a finer hair. It's going somewhere, if not on your pillow or your hairbrush, it's going down your shower drain.