Could Anxiety Be The Reason For My Hairloss?

[Alan8]

So I'm 24. I had very thick hair up until a few years ago. I would always get compliments about how thick and good looking my hair was. But I didnt care at the time as I was too busy in trying to keep an acne free face.
Anyways, I have severe anxiety. This feeling has never left me, even when I'm at ease and relaxed. I always have feelings of worry, and that I'm being watched. I always feel stressed out before doing anything. Even being in public gives me grief. These feelings just never leave me. I wasnt always like this, it just sort of happened when I turned 14 or 15 and got worse over the years. Before tests I'd be really nervous, to the point my stomache would ache.

My mom said my hair was losing its thickness, but again I didnt really care at the time. I noticed myself a few years ago that my hairline receded a bit, and there was some thinning on top.

But im just wondering what the reason could be. My dad and my uncles and grandads still have their hair, but mine seems to be disappearing. I eat healthy, i exersize, so could my anxiety be the problem?

 

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Hey.
See a psychiatrist about your anxiety, if you aren't already. There are options.

As for your hair loss / change, while stress and anxiety can effect hair, more likely than not you're simply experiencing typical male pattern hair loss. Stress events can influence the onset and/or the rate of loss, but for the most part it's the typical bullshit, genetic process so many men and women are facing.

Consider starting some conservative treatment options and go up from there. There's lots of information on here about where to begin.

peace.

 

[Sokubo]

I'm sure it's not good for your body, but stress and anxiety are greatly overrated for turning people bald and grey. They have very little to do with both, if it's a hereditary deal.

 

[Suswang]

I think mine is at least partially related to stress. If you know you lead a stressful existence, trying to address that should be your first step.

 

[shookwun]

No, but anxiety is an almost guaranteed side effect while balding

 

[Roberto_72]

No, but anxiety is an almost guaranteed side effect while balding

I am a living proof. I saw a derm for male pattern baldness for the first time at 19. One month later, my first panic attack.

 

[deraj]

Chronic anxiety can definitely have an effect on hair loss. Unfortunately, if you hair is following a typical pattern i.e. the recession you mentioned as well as thinning it's likely male pattern baldness is the main culprit. That being said, it's possible, if your anxiety is severe and longterm enough, that it could accelerate the onset and rapidity of the balding process, so it's definitely worth addressing your mental state.