Why Does Stress Cause Hair Loss? And 3 Easy Steps To Recover!

Описание: Have you ever had a super stressful situation, like the loss of a job, a loved one, a relationship, and a few months later, your hair starts falling out?

Stress can actually cause hair loss! So how does that happen?

When you're under stress, your hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis acts as if a tiger is chasing you. It doesn’t matter if the danger is life-threatening or you’re just worried about being late, you get the same reaction. Your adrenals produce adrenaline which increases your blood pressure and your heart rate, and then you produce cortisol in order to fuel the fight or flight.

If you don’t need to run away from danger, all that extra cortisol is highly inflammatory. Cortisol and its metabolite cortisone are catabolic hormones that break down tissue.

And one of the tissues that it tends to break down are your hair follicles!

You don't always see hair loss right away. And so sometimes it's hard to say that it was a stressor that caused it because your hair responds to your hormone levels in a delayed fashion.

You have three different types of hair. You have hair that's in a growing phase, hair that’s stagnant, and hair that's shedding. When you're under stress you have more shedding because of the catabolic effect of cortisol. And when your hypothalamus is occupied by constantly orchestrating a stress response, your hair growth-promoting hormones get less stimulus. Healthy hair growth is dependent upon estrogen and T3 production.

In the most severe cases of cortisol related hair loss – your hair can fall out in clumps. I have seen patients who have lost all the hair on their head due to major stress. Once the stressors resolve, the hair can grow back.

Your adrenals get worn out by the constant stress response and adrenal fatigue can contribute to slow hair regrowth from lower DHEA production. DHEA helps you metabolize protein and fat – so with less DHEA, you don’t have the building blocks for healthy hair growth.

So it’s important to support your adrenals and your hypothalamus to calm down the HPA axis so that your hair can actually grow back.

And because your adrenals and thyroid are controlled by the same hypothalamic hormone – POMC - stress can affect thyroid hormone production. Hair loss may be related to your low thyroid hormones particularly T3 which stimulates hair growth. So you'll see a generalized thinning and excessive shedding, it won't be the patchy loss that you see with the cortisol related hair loss.

3 things to recover from stress-related hair loss:

1. You have to deal with the stressor. (03:31)

2. Be sure that you are getting enough sleep. (06:06)

3. You need to support your hypothalamus: (04:08)

If your hypothalamus is constantly being triggered by your stress response, it’s going to cause system-wide miscommunication with your adrenal glands, your thyroid, and your ovaries or testes - creating problems. I recommend using Genesis Gold (https://genesisgold.com/genesisgold/) to support your hypothalamus and provide it with the nutrients it needs in order to regulate your hormones. And help stimulate new hair growth.

I have had patients who did not necessarily come to me with hair loss but had naturally thin hair, notice that their hair gets thicker with more hair growth and less shedding after taking Genesis Gold. Hair growth is not going to happen right away because your hormones have to get back into balance first. And then about two to three months later you're going to notice that you're not shedding as much and you start seeing new hair growth.

If you have any questions about stress-related hair loss, why don't you join me in my free hormone support group? You’ll get access to the group by signing up for my hormone reboot training which is free. Plus you'll get access to some amazing mini-courses I teach to help you to learn what you need to do in order to heal and balance your hormones.

Sign up for the free Hormone Reboot Training & Hormone Support Group here:
https://members.genesisgold.com/hrt





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