My friends, is it true that you feel heartbroken when you brush your hair lately? Is the bathroom floor drain full of hair? Have you been touching your desk to create an animal? Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Stress baldness, a common contemporary symptom, is my real-world experience packaged for you today.
First, let’s get this straight: how does stress make you start losing your hair?
Simply put: stress will stimulate the body to secrete cortisol (commonly known as the stress hormone), this thing will directly attack the hair follicles, so that the hair early retirement mode. What’s even more annoying is that it targets hair during the growth phase!
Typical symptoms of self-examination:
The speed of the hairline moving back is comparable to the ebb tide.
Wider and wider parting at the top of the head
The amount of hair loss when washing hair can be rubbed into a hairball.
Hair texture becomes thin and soft
How to Regain Hair Loss from Stress: 6 Relief Methods
1.Scalp massage: 5 minutes to wake up sleeping hair follicles (zero cost!)
I call it “scalp yoga”: every day with your fingertips (do not use nails!) Press the scalp in a circular motion, from the hairline to the back of the head. Focus on your temples and the top of your head, where blood circulation is at its worst.
- Use peppermint essential oil (the cooling sensation relieves tightness)
- Massage while catching up on TV shows, time flies!
- Adhere to 1 month, you will feel the small broken hair fried hair!
2.The 3 most easily overlooked nutrients
Stress when the body crazy consumption of nutrients, hair is the first to be cut off supply. These three must be replenished: Protein (the main raw material of hair):
- Every day 1 egg + palm size of lean meat
- The lazy man to prepare some instant chicken breast / soybean
B vitamins (especially B7 biotin):
- Eat oats, bananas, nuts as a snack.
- B vitamins (especially B7 biotin): eat oats, bananas, nuts as a snack, buy B complex tablets directly to save time
Zinc:
- Oysters, pumpkin seeds.
- Zinc (anti-shedding switch): oysters, pumpkin seeds on the table, take-out party can choose zinc supplements
3.Sleep repair: go to bed by 2300 hours.
Did you know? Scalp blood flow increases by 40% during deep sleep!
- Stayed up until 2:00: the next day I lost twice as much hair as usual.
- Go to bed before 11:00: when you wash your hair, the drain is barely clogged!
Sleep aid trick:
Don’t look at your cell phone before bed.
- Drink a cup of warm almond milk (more calming than milk)
- Wear a silk nightcap to reduce friction (also prevents the hair from turning into a chicken nest)
4.Stress reliever: 2 “Emotional First Aid Kits” that work immediately
4-7-8 Breathing (for sudden anxiety):
Breathe in for 4 seconds → hold your breath for 7 seconds → breathe out for 8 seconds, repeat 3 rounds, immediately feel less tight scalp.
Violent decompression three-piece set:
- Pinch stress relieving toys (office essential)
- Crazy graffiti
5.Hair washing metaphysics: water temperature is more important than shampoo!
Wrong Habits:
Wash your hair with hot water, this will scald the hair follicles!
Fingernails scratching the scalp
The right way:
- Water temperature ≈ body temperature
- Shampoo should be lathered up before applying to the hair.
- Keep your hair dryer 30cm away from your scalp.
Recommended to use a lathering bottle, 5 dollars to solve 99% of the hair washing errors
6.Hair regrowth black technology: low-cost and effective 3 recipes
Caffeine spray (cheaper than hair regrowth):
Use cold brew coffee (no sugar!) Put it in a spray bottle, spray the roots of your hair after washing and leave it on for 5 minutes to rinse out. Caffeine stimulates the hair follicles.
Silicone comb instead of plastic:
Silicone combs instead of plastic combs: less static electricity, no hair pulling, and the teeth of the comb can massage the scalp.
Q&A:
Q: How long will it take to see results?
A: Hair follicle repair needs cycle, usually 1-3 months to start growing broken hair. I had fried hairs like dandelions on the top of my head at week 6…
Q: Do I need to buy an expensive hair growth machine?
A: No need at all! My experience: regular routine + proper massage > 90% of the instruments. Doesn’t it taste good to buy nuts with the money you save?
Q: What should I do if I’m stressed and can’t stop pulling out my hair?
A: Try “replacement therapy” – string beads on a disk in your hand, or play with stress-relieving magnet toys. A,
Finally, to be honest, I’ve tried all sorts of hair growth remedies, from rubbing ginger on my scalp (so spicy it made me cry) to eating black sesame paste as a meal, and I finally realized that stress reduction + basic care is the most useful.