Obviously, hair falls out as part of the natural growing cycle. Once a hair has emerged from the hair follicle, it grows for a certain number of days and then is shed so that another hair can grow. It is thought that up to a hundred hairs a day can be lost this way.
If you are actually pulling at your hair with a brush, or washing it by rubbing it vigorously, then you will notice more hair falling out. This can be more obvious if the hair has been tied back tightly, or if it has not been washed or brushed in a while. Worrying about this hair loss is a waste of time because it is all natural and normal.
But people often know when the hair loss is more than just this normal shedding. Clumps of hair can come out in the hair brush. Or, a lot of hair can be found on the pillow in the morning. It can even be possible that more of your scalp shows through in certain places on your head.
It is possible that even this hair loss can be normal and not need to be treated. If the loss of the hair is as a result of a poor lifestyle, or a more stressed than usual event, then hair loss can go hand in hand with the stress. In this case, it is not the hair loss which needs to be treated, but the lifestyle.
It can turn into a self fulfilling prophecy: You notice your hair falling out, so you worry. But because you are worried, more hair falls out, which makes you worried. The psychological impact of hair dropping out can all build up into some sort of terrible cycle. The only way out of this vicious circle seems to be to be bald and not have any hair to worry about!
It is as if our bodies are telling us that they are so stressed that they can no longer be bothered with trivial things like growing the hair on our heads! If this is the case and you often find yourself tense or if you know that you are going through a stressful time in your life, then it is very important to find time to de-stress.
Get to sleep on time, don't just sitting around in front of the television watching the news. Eat a healthy snack, do not just pop around the corner and buy a chocolate bar for lunch. Get out into the sunshine for twenty minutes. A lot of little things can help to bring the larger picture back into our lives. We can then step back and see that in the larger scheme of things, a little stress is often a good thing and we are well able to cope with all that life has to offer us.
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