Hair Loss And How It Affects People

Hair loss can be emotionally devastating to most people. Yet some other people couldn’t care less. (This typically is found more with males than females.)

Here are just a few ways that hair loss can affect our perceptions, moods, self-esteem, and behaviour.

Worries About Ageing

Losing hair can, for the most part, make us look older and therefore trigger some fears about our own mortality. Balding is one of the most common associations with growing old, although the aging process does not have anything to do with why we lose hair.

Inability To Have A “Hairstyle”

Hair plays a big part in our appearance, and for most people, it is a very important facet of their own style. If you are bald, you are pretty limited in what style you can show as far as your haircut goes.

Change In Appearance

When we lose our hair, it can drastically change the way we look. A receding hairline can end up making the forehead look larger.

Loss Of Self-Esteem

One of the most vulnerable points of our self-esteem is our appearance and others’ perception of us. Loss of hair can make us feel less attractive or inadequate in some way. This affects both men and women in a comparable way. However, it is obviously much harder for women to cope with because balding in men is not seen as such a different look as it is with women, who typically pride themselves on the length or look of their hair. Also, people sometimes make jokes or are very inconsiderate of a person who is suffering from hair loss. This isn’t always done with the intention to harm anyone’s feelings, but nevertheless, it can impact someone’s self-esteem.

Depression

Hair loss can also lead to bouts of depression or anxiety. Some people are affected in a devastating way as they try to cope with the loss of their hair and the feeling that they have lost control of some part of their life.

All of these effects of hair loss can lead to issues with relationships, problems at work, and even the need to avoid social contact. With so many solutions available now to anyone who is struggling with hair loss, there is no need to let it consume you like this.

Hair transplants are the best and only real way to actually restore lost hair. But here are a few very inexpensive ways to deal with hair loss:

• Stylish hats, scarves, or even wigs can be an inexpensive way to create your own “brand” instead of a hairstyle.

• Focus on a strong body, and the mind will follow. Exercise is proven to decrease depression and also leads to an improved physique, which may draw attention away from the hair loss.

• Dressing well is always a great way to make yourself feel great. It gives most people better self perception and therefore raises self-esteem.

• For men, going bald is actually a style. Mix a cool beard or moustache design with a bald head, and you have a style all your own.

Hair loss may be hard to handle sometimes, but don’t let it ruin your days. There is always a solution.