Stress is Causing Hair Loss in Many Women Stress is causing 37
percent of women over the age of 25 to suffer from hair loss.
Many speculate that the stress is caused by pressure to stay
thin. Researchers also believe that because people only expect
hair loss in women to occur in old age, the hair loss itself
induces more stress, which accelerates the hair loss. Hair loss
also causes depression in one third of women. The pressure on
women to stay thin may also be resulting in nutritional
deficiencies as women eat less than their bodies require. In
some cases the cause of hair loss may be a medical condition,
chemotherapy, or a genetic predisposition. Hair loss can be
devastating to a woman, since hair is associated with
femininity. Thinning hair or balding often makes a woman feel as
if she is being robbed of her womanhood. The best thing women
can do to avoid hair loss is to avoid excessive stress, not
worry too much about their weight and make sure to get the
proper daily nutritional requirements. New Hair L