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Article: Natural Health: Healthy hair; The long and short of it
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- June 30, 1999
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Natural Health: Healthy hair; The long and short of it
Marilyn Kondwani
(Part four of a four-part series)
Studies have proven a calm relaxed state of mind is best for your health. When you experience anxiety, anger, prolonged excitement or other kinds of stress, the body must secrete adrenaline to provide the extra fuel required to maintain a high energy level. Adrenaline tends to be androgenic, and the result may be follicles switching from the growing anagen phase to the falling hair telogen phase.
This probably won't occur overnight but may show up three months or so after a stressful event has happened or is ongoing. Even when the stress is under control and you have calmed down, hair ...