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That Old Chestnut Alopecia and Stress!!!!!
The debate over Alopecia and stress will go on and on and will probably never be fully resolved. Personally I don’t think stress is the cause as on the two occasions I came down with Alopecia I was not stressed any more than normal. The first time I got Alopecia I had AA and was so bad that I shaved my head. After several months I noticed that the patches had all disappeared and so I let me hair grow back. After another couple of months the patches started once more and so I shaved my head again. This time though the alopecia did not just affect my head but I lost all of my hair and I have now been AU for more than 3 months. During both rounds of encountering Alopecia I was not stressed any more than normal.
Recently though due to the World wide economic downturn, business is more stressful than ever so my own stress levels are high. We are all fully aware of the current economic conditions and the state of the market place but how bad is it?
At this time I am finding that business levels are down considerably, we have just had a client go into receivership owing us a considerable amount of money, I have had to make several excellent member of my team redundant and the only positive happening for my own company this week is that one of the biggest companies in our area of business collapsed on Monday opening the possibility that we may pick up some of their work. All in all it is not a pleasant time for anyone.
What is really weird though is that I have signs of re growth at a time when I am more stressed than ever. I have been very happy with my AU and don’t really want my hair to come back as I like my new image so what happens? I get some re growth. Admittedly it is very slight but it is something I could do without at the present time. I just don’t want my hair to grow back. I’m happy as I am. Bald is wonderful for me and not having any body hair is brilliant.
Does stress cause Alopecia or does added stress cause re growth???
In all honesty I really don’t think stress has anything to do with alopecia other then the fact that having alopecia makes you feel stressed. Alopecia is simple a very strange complaint that does exactly as it pleases and follows no pattern at all. It is different for everyone.
What a weird thing this Alopecia is
Recently though due to the World wide economic downturn, business is more stressful than ever so my own stress levels are high. We are all fully aware of the current economic conditions and the state of the market place but how bad is it?
At this time I am finding that business levels are down considerably, we have just had a client go into receivership owing us a considerable amount of money, I have had to make several excellent member of my team redundant and the only positive happening for my own company this week is that one of the biggest companies in our area of business collapsed on Monday opening the possibility that we may pick up some of their work. All in all it is not a pleasant time for anyone.
What is really weird though is that I have signs of re growth at a time when I am more stressed than ever. I have been very happy with my AU and don’t really want my hair to come back as I like my new image so what happens? I get some re growth. Admittedly it is very slight but it is something I could do without at the present time. I just don’t want my hair to grow back. I’m happy as I am. Bald is wonderful for me and not having any body hair is brilliant.
Does stress cause Alopecia or does added stress cause re growth???
In all honesty I really don’t think stress has anything to do with alopecia other then the fact that having alopecia makes you feel stressed. Alopecia is simple a very strange complaint that does exactly as it pleases and follows no pattern at all. It is different for everyone.
What a weird thing this Alopecia is
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Comment by Mary on May 8, 2009 at 7:51pm
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Thanks for your thoughts, Ray. I personally get irritated whenever anyone tells me that alopecia is caused by stress. If that were true, why is hair loss due to alopecia areata MORE common among children (as I understand it is)?
In my own case, I went through law school, the bar exam, 20 years of stressful courtroom work, a divorce, and caring for my mother during her very difficult terminal illness. ALL that time...no alopecia! I first had bald spots after I had stopped practicing law, was happily remarried, years after my mother's death, and when I generally had no big stresses in my life. I didn't lose all my hair until last year when I was almost 55.
And now, having gone through the stress of becoming bald, and accepting it, and feeling good about myself - I have tiny isolated eyebrow, eyelash, and nose hairs coming back! Go figure.
Mary
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Comment by George Ortiz on May 8, 2009 at 11:29pm
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My name is George I got to partially agree with you ray ive heard 2 theories 1 its a genetic ressesive gene that lays dormat and is awakened under severe cases of stress either from emotonal or physical ailments of sorts. Second theory which i tend to believe more so is it toxsicity of the body and maldigestion malabsortion issue directly related the food that we eat and the chemicals that we injest on a daily basis this produces symptoms symptoms develop into conditions conditions into desease such as AA which is a desease of imflamation to the body what you think.
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Comment by kastababy on May 9, 2009 at 1:53pm
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I have to believe that AA can be triggered by stress, although it is not the root cause. My own AA first manifested itself when my parents adopted my younger sister and I was skipped 2 grades in school. From a child's perspective, was that really stressful? Probably not, if that is what your norm is. However, I am your classic type A overachiever, and have put so much stress on me over the years that it's impossible to tell if the stress was the trigger or some sort of emotional trauma. My hair started growing back in January, and I have reached about 80% regrowth on my head. However, I just had a patch the size of a half-dollar come up in the shower yesterday (for the first time, it came out in a clump in my hand -- freaky!) I no longer have any eyebrows, and I'm beginning to lose my eyelashes again. I don't think I have any more stress than I'm used to, but I think it all also depends on how you handle the stressful situations. Mary, being a lawyer, may have better coping skills when it comes to stressful situations than I have or George has, or even you may have Ray -- but like everything else that has to do with AA, it's all relative.
Have a great weekend!
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Comment by Susan S on May 13, 2009 at 12:30am
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George, with only my intuition, I also believe the theory of (your quote:) "toxsicity of the body and maldigestion malabsortion issue directly related the food that we eat and the chemicals that we injest on a daily basis this produces symptoms symptoms develop into conditions conditions into desease such as AA which is a desease of imflamation to the body what you think." I'm curious about what you might DO to address this? Do you eat particular foods? Take supplements? Other than a post elsewhere on this site about aloe, I don't see much discussion about nutritional supplements. Comments anyone?
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