Can Sleeping Better Slow Down Hair Loss?

An article I shared with you a while back on balding and hair loss caught the attention of Kayla from Tuck, an organization devoted to promoting sleep health awareness.  They recently discovered that by the age of fifty, 50% of men and 40% of women will experience androgenetic alopecia.  They put a very comprehensive report together examining the connection between sleep and hair health and asked if I would share it with you.  Of course I said yes. 

Here are a few take-aways from their report:

• Most people have about 100,000 hairs on their head.
• Healthy hair falls out at a rate of about 50-100 telogen strands a day.
• Men and women are impacted differently by androgenetic alopecia, which is why the resultant hair loss is categorized as “male pattern” or “female pattern”.
• There is a significant three-way link among hair loss, stress, and sleep loss.
• Sleep deprivation causes people to anticipate the worst in situations, increasing stress through excessive worrying.
• There’s a connection between sleep apnea and hair loss.
• There is some evidence that melatonin also helps control the circadian cycle (the sleep-wake cycle that repeats roughly every 24 hours) of hair follicles.
• All medications come with side effects, and many hair loss drugs have challenging ones.
• Not everyone is a candidate for surgical hair loss treatment.  There are also side effects associated with these procedures, despite their relative safety.
• Create excellent sleep hygiene and achieving better sleep.
• Relaxation techniques such as mindfulness and meditation are useful skills to learn.

 
Below is the link to their full report on...

Can Sleeping Better Slow Down Hair Loss?

By the age of fifty, 50% of men and 40% of women will experience androgenetic alopecia (male and female-pattern hair loss), while many others every year suffer from some other form of hair loss.

The emotional toll is enough to make some people want to do nothing but hide in bed. As it turns out, there might be something to that: hair loss and sleep are connected on multiple levels. From the impact of sleep apnea to the role of circadian cycles, there is much to learn from the relationship between hair loss (particularly androgenetic alopecia) and sleep.

We’ve put together the article below to explain hair loss, illuminate the relationship between hair loss and sleep, and inform you of your options in treating both hair loss and sleep dysfunction.

Keep reading to learn more