Dealing With Collegiate Hair Loss

College can be a very stressful time in ones life.  New experiences, chaotic schedules, difficult classes, and “making it on your own” can cause stress levels to rise. 

Heightened stress levels can lead to a number of problems, hair loss being one of them.  Telogen Effluvium is the name of the condition for hair loss specifically related to stress.   This type of hair loss is not exceptionally common among college-aged students, however, with the rising levels of stress is today’s society, more college-goers are losing their hair. 

When we are healthy, happy, and not under too much stress, our hair and our scalps are healthy.  On the contrary, when we are physically or emotionally strained, our hair is the first to respond to this stress.  It is because our hair is so sensitive that hair loss occurs when under high levels of stress. 

It is important to first identify the causes of stress.  In college students, the typical stresses relate to school work, hectic schedules, and change.  Once the cause has been identified, the stress levels need to be decreased by working through the root of the problem.  Once the reduction of stress has taken place, your normal hair growth and loss cycles should stabilize promptly.