Why Stress Makes Your Hair Fall Out [TheAtlantic.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/3/164:00 AM

The times when I’ve pulled fistfuls of hair out of my head in the shower, my life wasn’t particularly stressful—or at least, it wasn’t until my hair started coming out. Then, of course, I assumed I was either balding or belatedly inheriting my family’s matrilineal thin hair. Faced with the stark reality of my hair-related vanity, I would try to comfort myself with the fact that I could at least wear fun wigs. You know, the natural cycle of things.

But the explanation for this actually lies in another cycle—the life cycle of a hair.

[For more of this story, written by Julie Beck, go to http://www.theatlantic.com/hea...air-fall-out/471771/]

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