Recent content by wickes

I am 39 and have thinning hair. I suspect it is the result of anxiety, stress and ageing as there is no history of male pattern baldness in my family. I have had some really bad experiences with tablets and am reluctant to take anything (I was on anti-depressants for years). Can anyone recommend a shampoo of some...

Do you mean that anxiety causes inflammation of the scalp which causes itchiness? Then the scratching= hair loss?

I am 39 and have thinning hair, though there is no history of male pattern baldness in my family. I do suffer from chronic anxiety, insomnia, depression and an itchy scalp however and wonder if they are causing this? To treat my mental health problems, I am also very careful about what I eat and live mostly on...

I don't believe I do, and I'm sure that is not denial. There is no history of male pattern baldness in my family. My father developed a bald patch in his late 50s, but never went truly bald. And both my grandfathers had plenty of hair right up to their deaths in their late 70s.

Hi I am a 39 year old man with thinning hair. About a year ago I noticed that I had streaks of thinned hair on the sides of my head, which I thought was odd but put down to excessive scratching. Then, a week ago, my hairdresser (a friend of the family who has cut my hair for 20 years) said she...

wow, that is a pretty impressive list!

me too

wow, really encouraging photos.

Yes, I have a friend who used B vitamins to deal with her skin complaints. She was told her chronic anxiety had somehow depleted her B vitamins (I think!) and inflame her skin. Anyway, I remember her telling me she'd noticed some improvements. Nothing dramatic, but it helped.