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Stress causing hair loss at 16
April 2006
NEW DELHI:
Stress is causing hair loss in people as young as 16 whereas the
phenomenon once occurred only after 35, an expert in the field says.
"Nobody can escape stress in modern day life. Stress increases glucocorticoid
levels. That acts like a male hormone and causes the thinning of hair,"
Mumbai-based Sonal Shah said.
"Initially, we used to see this beginning around 35 but now it has come down to
as low as 16 and 18," Shah told IANS on the sidelines of a seminar on hair
styling and care at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week here on Friday.
Other contributory factors were diet and pollution, she added.
Shah and her husband Apporva are perhaps India's only trained trichologists, a
specialist field with dealing with hair and scalp problems, including hair loss,
baldness, scaling, itching, hair breakage, dryness and oiliness.
Trichology and trichological referral is an integral part of the services
offered by the hairdressing professionals in the West. If hairdressers are the
artists who create beautiful hairstyles then trichologists could be seen as the
best "art supply store" for those who feel their hair quality is below
expectations.
One way of preventing hair loss from stress was through detoxification or hair
facials as this also served to rejuvenate the scalp, Shah said.
"The lymphatic system is the secondary circulatory system in our body which
carries toxins, oxygen and nutrition supply to the cells. As soon as you
detoxify, the toxins are removed away from that particular area so that more
oxygen and nutrition is supplied to the cells," she explained.
How does the technique work?
"No instrument is used and neither do we apply anything. Using our hands, we
work on the direction the lymphatic system is flowing to ease the toxins out.
This also stimulates the hair follicles and helps in hair growth," Shah pointed
out.
How was this different from a head massage?
"In a massage, you're agitating the scalp. In detoxification, you're relieving
the scalp," Shah explained.