Friday, November 4, 2011

Sleep Deprivation And Hair Loss

Genetic factor is one of the major contributor hat determines the extend and the onset timing of hair loss in individual. Even if hair thinning runs in your family (for instance if one or both of your parents and siblings experience balding symptoms) it does not mean you can't do anything about it.

Apart from gene, there are many other factors linked to hair loss. Stress, anxiety, imbalance diet and other unhealthy lifestyle can accelerate and exacerbate your scalp problem. Did you know sleep deprivation is a BIG major factor that can lead to rapid hair loss?

Prolong lack of sleep can cause your body internal functions to go haywire. Sleep deprivation is known to cause hormone imbalance and affects the regulation of other endocrine functions. The condition of your hair reflects your general health.

Quality sleep enables the cells in our body to repair and regenerates.  Loss of sleep prevents lowers the body immune system and accelerate male or female hair pattern loss.

Research into sudden hair loss such as 'Telogen Effluvium' indicates strong correlation between severe stress and premature hair resting phase. A person suffering from 'Telogen Effluvium' will  experience sudden rapid hair loss as a result of hair entering resting phase, which is simply a condition where it stop growing for about 3 months before it shed off.

No amount hair loss treatment is going to be effective so long as you continue to suffer from lack of sleep and or experience sleeping disorder problem resulting in loss of quality sleep. Even though there are multiple factors that contributes to balding, sleep deprivation is definitely one of the which you should not ignore.

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