Psychological Impact of Hair Loss on Both Men and Women

Hair loss is one of the major problems which has affected more than half of the world population. Earlier, this condition was mostly seen in grown adults, but it has now become a growing concern even for teenagers and young adults which impacting both men and women. In this era full headed hair is an essential complementary feature to the face. Therefore hair loss to any degree will have a negative psychological impact of hair loss on both men and women life. 

Many studies had done on the psychological distress which is generally caused by hair loss and baldness. And researchers found that women are more disturbed than men in terms of hair loss.

As hair is one of the few body parts which we have immediate control to express our individuality. The psychology of hair loss is tied to masculinity, sexual attractiveness, and ageing.

Many results have documented that extreme hair loss reduces the self-esteem and self-confidence which increase some degree of anxiety and depression.

Causes Behind Hair Loss

Falling out hair can be numerous reasons include hormones, diet, genes, age and stress. And most people are affected due to eating unhealthy food which causes hormonal imbalance and therefore leads to stress which causes hair fall. There is a deep link between stress and hair fall which affect the quality of hair and become dry and easily breakable.

The physiological states of depression such as low mood, discouragement, low self-esteem and feeling drained can be also the factor in reducing the hair growth phase, leading to hair loss.

Hormones such as androgens, testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) can also be a factor.

Psychological Impact of Hair loss

1. 1. Decrease Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence

      For many people, hair loss is a stressful situation because there are people who are very conscious about their appearance in the society. It increases the fear in the mind whether his friends will accept him or not. These people become limited in their social activities, avoiding friends and also stop going outside except to work. These people confidence down when they fall into the comparison of hair. These adequate feeling lower down their hopes and feel unworthy.

   2. Not Able To Perform HairStyle

      To live in a society where youthful appearance and attractiveness is on a high pedestal. A hairstyle is a way to improve natural appearance. When anyone is having hair loss, the person stopped the way to perform hairstyle that they usually do in events.
      
      Usually, women spend a lot of time in styling their hair but when they started loose hair, their confidence shattered. As styling help to cover the bald area for many men but it will not hide the whole and started notice later on. In many cases, it shows that hair loss happens due to pulling force being applied to hair also.
      

   3. Loss of Personal Attractiveness

      Perceptions of ours and others depend on the appearance we portray. And yes self-perception appearance makes both men and women in dark. Many young people feel that no one going to love him if he suffers from baldness and many women feels that it could affect the dating life.
      

   4. Fear of Becoming Bald

      Hair fall from different areas could trigger massive negative emotions and turn into a nightmare. When people face this condition the person must focus on what they can do to get rid of the situation and try to control the thoughts.
      
      As overthinking is more harmful than any disease which has not yet come.
      

   5. Becoming Older

      Nowadays many young men and women believe that when they look in a mirror they cannot recognize himself young anymore. They feel that hair loss make their look ugly and old. This false mindset makes people into depression.
      

   6. Adverse Effects On Social Life

      Teasing comes as a package. And it is unavoidable. Your close friend, family relative will make a fun of you to crack a joke but it makes the people insecure who are facing baldness, massive hair loss or thinning hair. This situation also makes a people into an introvert. So stay ways from those friends who are not important for you.
      

   7. Trigger Jealous and Envious feeling for Others

      Looking others healthy hair always trigger in the eye of people who are suffering from hair loss or thin hair. As it forms a comparison between them. As a result, you seem that your friend is more attractive than you.
      
      As these feelings are understood by everyone but cannot be justified. To remove that feeling from mind just focus on those matters what you need to find out the treatment for your hair loss. Just make a priority list and lose these negative feelings from the mind.

   8. Feeling of Depression

      Hair loss is always an unwelcome situation. When hair loss happens our psychological state breaks easily. Therefore it brings low mood, discouragement and fear. This is the same reaction when weight-conscious women gain some weight on their appearance.

      Most of the research also shows that people with alopecia have higher levels of anxiety and depression.

      In this situation you just need to take an help of a hair expert and find out the ways to control hair fall and get reduce the depression by finding out other ways such as by taking a good sleep, a morning walk, playing games and by healthy living.