By: Tom Upton
The Catch 22 of alopecia.
Stress is known to cause alopecia. Yet alopecia itself is very stressful, so it is not uncommon to see people caught in a catch 22 whereby the very stress of their hair loss itself makes the situation worse.
Alopecia often starts off as a single patch that can then go in one of four directions: Either the patch remains contained, reverses back to normal hair, spreads slowly or spreads rampantly. At one extreme you could end up with not a single hair anywhere on the scalp or body and at the other end of the spectrum the hair could return back to normal, so it is clearly stressful. In a way it would be far easier to handle mentally if someone could be told upfront: sorry bad news I am afraid, this is going to progress to 30% scalp loss. You would then expect to see further loss and that loss would be less stressful. It's the fact that you do not know where the loss will end up that keeps the mind in a negative loop. Every hair that falls is evidence that the situation is getting worse and that in itself is stressful and the very stress can actually make the situation worse.
Similarly there seems to be no set rules of how alopecia spreads: We have seen examples where a patch on the scalp or eyebrow has progressed to the entire body. In other cases it has stubbornly remainly contained for many years. It is all about prospective really: If you have a stubborn patch that does't seem to go away it can be very stressful. Yet to someone that has lost every hair on their body, they would love just one little patch to deal with !
One needs to follow a path that is pro-active when dealing with alopecia.
The mind has the ability to quieten down once your brain knows that you are taking the best possible action you can, even if the results are not due for a number of months. We also feel that it is important to know what the best and worse case scenarios are, so that you are prepared to take action in either event. A problem with our overworked medical system is that often you have to wait a number of months to meet a top dermatologist. Not only is such a wait stressful, it may actually allow the alopecia to get worse. Accordingly we suggest that you start with our Natural Alopecia Treatment in the interim. Not only does this lower the stress, in many instances the problem has cleared up before your appointment comes around.
One of the problems of the web is that the people who tend to "hang out " in alopecia discussion forums are the very people that have not been able to solve their own problem - hence it would be easy to conclude that nothing can actually be done. Those people that have solved their problem tend to go about their everyday business and never bother to look into alopecia discussion forums. It follows that very few of the postings are from happy encouraging people !
We therefore decided to set up a forum with a difference: We invited people to let us follow their progress as they treat their alopecia and share with others their thoughts and fears. Then by inviting other people who we know have been successful in similar situations we can all learn what to expect. More importantly it is a proactive site where we examine only what works rather than what doesn't.
http://www.Grow-New-Hair.co.uk
A very good example is that in cases of Alopecia Totalis or Alopecia Universalis, the scalp is usually slower to respond to treatment than say the brows or body hair. However if you know this and see body hair or the brows returning before the scalp, it tells you that you are on track.
Let's be frank, there are a great number of products that are peddled on the web for alopecia which haven't got the slightest chance of ever working.
There is nothing more stressful than patiently trying a product only to find that a year later you have no results and a smaller bank balance.
Accordingly we advise long standing cases to opt for just our eyebrow treatment first as it is relatively inexpensive and yet can yield faster results than a scalp treatment. Calosol Eyebrow Treatment
There are those that hold the view that you should accept your lot and not build your hopes up. Progress is never made with such a mind set. Imagine if we all said " if man were meant to fly, we would have wings" - what a different place the world would be today without air travel.
