#hair loss and stress

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How To Stop Hair Loss: Tips and Lifestyle Changes

Are you worried about hair fall? Wondering if there’s anything you can do to prevent it or at least slow it down? Even if you have a genetic tendency towards baldness, there are some lifestyle changes you can make to potentially delay its onset. Let’s dive into some common causes of hair fall and what you can do about them. Understanding how to stop hair loss involves recognizing the factors that contribute to it.

Understanding the Causes of Hair Fall

To effectively address hair fall, it’s crucial to understand its causes. One of the primary reasons for hair loss is the health of your scalp and hair. Conditions like dandruff, which can be caused by an oily scalp, the use of certain hair products, or even hard water, are common culprits. If you suffer from dandruff, it’s essential to consult a dermatologist who can recommend an effective anti-dandruff shampoo or other treatments.

1. Scalp Health Issues

Many patients these days struggle with dandruff. This can be due to:

An oily scalp and face

The hair products you use

Hard water

If you’re dealing with dandruff, it’s best to consult a dermatologist. They can prescribe an effective anti-dandruff shampoo or other treatments if needed.

2. Smoking and Tobacco Use

Believe it or not, smoking and chewing tobacco can significantly impact your hair health. These habits affect blood circulation to your scalp, potentially accelerating baldness. The good news? This is an easily changeable factor. Quitting smoking and tobacco use can make a big difference in reducing hair fall.

3. Diet and Nutrition

Your diet plays a crucial role in hair health. After all, hair is primarily made of protein. Here’s what you should include in your diet:

Protein-rich foods

Foods high in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids (like pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and flax seeds)

Milk and milk products (good source of Vitamin D)

Foods rich in Vitamin B12

A balanced diet that’s good for your body is good for your hair too!

4. Stress and Sleep Patterns

In today’s fast-paced world, stress levels are on the rise. Add to that late sleeping patterns and increased screen time, and you’ve got a recipe for hair fall. Mental stress can significantly increase hair loss.

What Can You Do to Reduce Hair Fall?

Now that we have identified several common causes of hair fall, it’s important to take proactive steps to address these issues. Here are some effective measures you can implement to help reduce hair loss and promote healthier hair growth:

Treat Scalp Issues

If you are experiencing dandruff or any other scalp conditions, it is crucial to seek treatment from a qualified dermatologist. They can provide you with the appropriate solutions to address these problems effectively.

Quit Smoking and Tobacco

Giving up smoking and any form of tobacco can significantly enhance blood circulation to your scalp. Improved circulation means that your hair follicles receive more nutrients and oxygen, which can help in reducing hair fall.

Improve your Diet

Focus on enhancing your diet by incorporating a variety of protein-rich foods along with those that are high in essential vitamins and minerals. Foods such as lean meats, fish, eggs, nuts, and leafy greens can be particularly beneficial for maintaining healthy hair.

Manage Stress

It is essential to find ways to manage and reduce your stress levels, as high stress can negatively impact hair health. Consider engaging in relaxation techniques such as meditation, yoga, or deep-breathing exercises. Additionally, improving your sleep patterns can also contribute to better overall well-being and hair health.

Limit Screen Time

Be mindful of your screen time, as excessive use of digital devices can contribute to increased stress levels and disrupt your sleep patterns. Try to set boundaries for your screen usage, especially before bedtime, to promote better sleep quality and reduce stress, which in turn can help with hair fall.

When to See a Doctor

If you’ve made these lifestyle changes and still don’t see an improvement in your hair fall, it’s time to consult a dermatologist. They can help identify any underlying causes and suggest appropriate treatments.

Remember, while genetic baldness can’t be completely prevented, these lifestyle changes can potentially delay its onset or progression. Instead of seeing baldness in your 20s or 30s like you might now, you could potentially push it back to your 50s or 60s, like previous generations.

Taking care of your overall health is the first step towards healthier hair. If you’re facing hair loss and seeking effective solutions, consider visiting HairFree And HairGrow Clinic today. Schedule a consultation to take the first step toward restoring your hair and confidence with the best hair transplant treatment.

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[uncanny-tranny]

I think it's incredibly important to remind folks on testosterone or folks who want to reverse patterned baldness about their options, but man, does it sometimes suck wondering how much of our insecurities about our hair stem from backwards beliefs that to strive towards beauty is not only preferable but "makes you good."

As someone with a rather masculinized body pre-medical transition, patterned baldness has always seemed neutral. Hair is incredibly important (hell, much of my own energy is spent on my hair because I like it), but the pressure to have hair, to have hair the "right way" is something that I absolutely loathe.

I'm not here to judge people who don't want patterned hair loss or baldness, I'm here to say that those traits will never make you lesser. Not only is it neutral, but it is also just as worthy and beautiful.

[soulren]

Go spend some time on male pattern baldness or male(AMAB) balding forums/subreddits and such. I did after realizing it is happening to me and the ammount of people who truly don't realize how BRUTALLY it tanks people's confidence and mental health is insane.

There's no cure to baldness by the way, and it can start at any time and there's no way to predict how fast or slow it will go. The only real working option is a daily pill that usually just halts it, but it can stop working or just slow it down or cause major side effects. To regrow you have to use a daily topical solution, or use a roller to wound your scalp. None of these are surefire by the way, and if you stop them you'll just lose your hair and whatever you regained. It's a daily involved thing that might not work and often at best just retains. The best drug, the one that occasionaly gives regrowth, also causes shedding at the start, and can have side effects from growing breasts to brain fog to EDsyfunction(sorry, censoring cause tumblr). Now, those are INCREDIBLY rare and almost never happen but it weighs heavily on the mind of those already spiraling.

But that's just background. What I'm here to talk about is the pure woe you'll see on those forums. People speak as though their lives are over, as though they've lost every chance of finding a woman(predominantly, there's a running idea in such places that women don't like bald men or like them less) or doing anything. You can read countless stories of people who describe that they no longer go outside, are now filled with anxiety and self-hate, have gone from extroverted to never showing their face. And some of these people are kids who lost their hair in high school or even before, or are holding as best they can to a very receded hairline and feel like there is nothing they can do.

And then there's something touched upon far less in those communities, but is important to bring up here; baldness and masculinity. There's the horror of knowing so much of society sees a bald guy as a very masculine guy, at seeing that the best advice for being hot and bald is "grow and beard and big muscles bro". Imagine now you're AMAB balding and nonbinary, or a trans woman who doesn't want to be on hormones.

Just genuinely take the time to look at those forums no matter who you are. Understand what these people go through, what I am currently going through. It is soul-crushing, spiraling, brutal. I have the dream of one day being like Brennan Lee Mulligan or Matt Mercer and starting to lose my hair made me feel like I could never. I felt like and still feel like I would have to be masculine, have to be a bro-y dude, have to look older than I was(I'm fuckin 22). It was the feeling that I could never dress feminine again, never present as a woman when I wanted to again, that I'd always be viewed as a bald guy before anything else.

This is an incredibly vulnerable post for me, and I hope it reaches you all as well in a kind and understanding mood. There's a tendency online for people to joke about baldness, to make fun of it, to treat it as a playfull silly thing but it fucking ruins lives, and it shouldn't. It happens to half the population's sort of bodies and very often. It should just be a neutral thing. You don't need long hair to be feminine, you don't need hair to be feminine. You don't need hair for anything. I guess I'm just saying in general that everyone should be kinder about balding, more understanding, and view it with as much import as they'd view the pixels between this sentence and the next. None at all, I mean.

And for those like me, very feminine guys who wanna keep that and don't want a beard and are terrified of balding, here's some names and I do hope others that see this will add more; Mr. Bruce (also in The Correspondents(band) Alex Ward in LA By Night Jason Carl in LA By Night Cecil Baldwin of Welcome To Night Vale Bob The Drag Queen RuPaul(in looks alone, I know about the whole fracking stuff but this post is about looks) tananasho on instagram Also your mannerisms and style of dress will convey femininity far more than your hair. Yea sure a front-on neutral shot of you may not and maybe you need makeup and stuff, and hell maybe a lot of people might reject you more but it'll just filter down to the people for you.

And to all you artists and writers and creatives; make more bald characters. Try it out. Feminine ones, masculine ones, all sorts. None of the copout nonhuman sort, just dudes and girls and mates and individuals who are all sorts of things and also bald. It might make a few of the people going through the various vortexes of pain that balding causes feel a bit better.

And to those noticing I did not adress female hair loss much here, that was intentional. I am AMAB and currently a nonbinary guy who goes by any pronouns but often likes to present as fem. I learned I was possibly losing my hair and lost two months of my life, no work or going or anything, to male hair loss forums and research and spiraling. Checking my hair twenty times a day, unable to sleep, unable to eat, unable to think. And my situation was NOT unique, but it also did not give me any experience or understanding of female hair loss and what AFAB people may go through with that, so I don't feel knowledgeable enough to speak on it. Also living with baldness WILL get easier and you will find something that works for it, by virtue of simply living with it. Things get easier with time.

[notedchampagne]

sleepover

dont tag as romantic cam & pal its an instant block

[radioroxx]

hmmmm mal du pays thoughts tonight

[castielsprostate]

im like. super worried about my health rn and i dont know why (ignore the very weird spot(??) i have on my finger, the way my hair feels thinner and FEELS like it falls out more, the insane stomach thing i have/had, my consistent headaches, the feeling i constantly have to throw up, and my aching joints and cramps). im fine probably

[lukamalak999]

I tried my best to draw your teo I actually really like it since I found the hair brush on ibis love you broski 😂💙

[zorkaya-moved]

when i'll be back in russia, i have to go to the doctor about my hair. ah. :')

[dove-da-birb]

Attempted to part my hair differently because I was curious

I remember why I part it to the right

[bulundu]

Doctor told me I had an iron deficiency some years ago and told me to take a supplement. Didn't really notice it impacting my life in any way, other than the constipation and bloating. I quit taking it after about a year.

I am so tired all the time lately. It's been bad the last few months. Even if i get a lot of sleep, I take a nap in my car on lunchbreaks and another nap at home after work. And I'm still tired.

So my dumbass remembers that kind of fatigue can be because of low iron (note: when my blood was tested it was because of hair loss, not exhaustion, so I never thought about this being a treated symptom).

I took an iron pill today around 3 and now it's 1am and I am still WIRED. We'll see throughout the week if that's really the iron, a mental "placebo" effect, or if I just drank too much pop today. 🤷‍♀️

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What is The Connection Between Hair Loss and Water Quality?

Water plays a vital role in maintaining healthy hair, but did you know the quality of water you use can directly affect your hair’s health? Dr. Pratibha Pradhan, a dermatologist and hair transplant surgeon at Hairfree And Hairgrow in Kolkata, explains how water quality, particularly hard water, impacts hair and contributes to hair problems like dryness, breakage, and frizziness.

What Is Hard Water?

Hard water contains high levels of minerals like calcium and magnesium. You may have noticed white deposits around faucets or taps at home — these are caused by the mineral content in hard water. While soft water, commonly found in hilly areas, leaves hair feeling soft and smooth, hard water can make hair feel rough and dry. The reason lies in its interaction with shampoo: hard water reduces shampoo’s cleansing properties, making it difficult to wash away dirt and oil effectively. This leads to mineral buildup on the scalp and hair, leaving it brittle, frizzy, and prone to breakage.

Does Hard Water Cause Hair Loss?

While hard water doesn’t directly cause excessive hair loss, it can weaken hair by increasing brittleness. Brittle hair is more likely to break while combing or styling, giving the appearance of thinning. Additionally, the mineral buildup from hard water can block hair follicles, potentially slowing down hair growth over time.

Other Water-Related Factors Impacting Hair Health

Acid Rain: In urban areas with high pollution levels, rainwater can become acidic, containing sulfuric and nitric acids. Washing hair with acid rain can cause severe damage, leaving hair dry, brittle, and prone to breakage.

Chlorinated Water: Swimming pools are often treated with chlorine for disinfection, but this chemical can strip natural oils from the hair and scalp, making hair dry and fragile.

How to Protect Your Hair from Water-Related Damage

Use Chelating Shampoos: Shampoos with chelating agents like EDTA can break down excess minerals from hard water and reduce buildup on the scalp.

Switch to Filtered or Soft Water: Use a water softener for taps or rinse hair with filtered water after washing.

Avoid Hot Water: Wash hair with cold or lukewarm water, as hot water strips natural oils and makes hair more prone to damage.

Protect Hair in Pools: Always wear a swimming cap to minimize exposure to chlorinated water.

Limit Rain Exposure: Avoid getting your hair wet during the initial days of rain, especially in cities, as acid rain can be particularly harmful.

Other Factors to Consider

If you experience excessive hair loss after moving to a new area, it could also be due to lifestyle changes, stress, or nutritional deficiencies. Adjusting to a new environment can cause temporary hair shedding, but these issues can often be resolved with a balanced diet, proper hydration, and stress management.

When to Consult a Specialist

If you’re dealing with persistent hair fall or sudden bald patches, it’s essential to consult a dermatologist or hair expert. They can assess your scalp condition, recommend appropriate treatments, and guide you on how to manage hair health effectively.

Take Control of Your Hair Health Today

Understanding the relationship between water quality and hair health is the first step to protecting your hair. With the right care and expert guidance, you can minimize the impact of hard water, acid rain, and other water-related issues. For personalized consultations and advanced hair care solutions, visit Hairfree And Hairgrow.

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[mastigiias]

Hair Loss, gouache and pencil crayon on somewhat mysterious canson watercolour paper, A5, 2022.

This evening I scanned my first two Japan sketchbooks. The Tokyo water, Japanese shampoo, and stress meant I lost a lot of hair when I got here and the texture totally changed. Two years later, a filter, new products and a few major haircuts have my hair back to a normal thickness and texture. The baby hairs aren't even as frizzy now

[totally-not-an-awkward-okapi]

When you can’t commit to doing the new meme, doing character progression sketches is also a valid way to clam down after an awful work day.

[douglasfeiffel]

Guys I think junior year might actually be making my hair fall out

[breadboylovin]

the urge to shave my head again vs the sunk cost after growing it out for the past 9 months FIGHT

[unawakening-float07]

legit can not tell if the hair loss medication i’m on is doing anything or if the hair i still have is just getting super long and it’s covering my balding areas