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September 2022 in “Frontiers in psychiatry” University students in Egypt experienced high stress during COVID-19's third wave, with negative coping mechanisms being more common.
August 2025 in “Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology” Hair loss stress increases interest in appearance and buying scalp care products.
February 2023 in “Journal of medical primatology” Pair housing reduces stress behaviors and health issues in quarantined rhesus macaques.
September 2025 in “Cosmoderma” Pandemic stress worsens hair loss and skin issues, suggesting combined mental and skin care treatments.
December 2025 in “Biology” Male and female mice handle stress differently.
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June 2010 in “Universitas Psychologica” Progesterone helps protect against stress-related memory and behavior issues in rats.
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April 2008 in “Neuroscience Letters” Olanzapine reduces stress-related anxiety in rats when given acutely.
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May 1993 in “Archives of Disease in Childhood” Children's hair loss can be caused by many factors, including autoimmune diseases, emotional stress, genetics, and infections, with treatment and prognosis varying.
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July 2024 in “Occupational Medicine” Higher cortisol levels are linked to poor coping, while higher DHEA levels are linked to job confidence.
December 2025 in “Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology” Poor hair health increases stress and motivates scalp care, while visible hair changes drive care behaviors more than scalp condition.
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June 2022 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” During the COVID-19 pandemic, more people were diagnosed with stress-related skin conditions like acne and temporary hair loss.
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January 2022 in “Einstein (São Paulo)” The pandemic increased stress-related skin conditions and those affected by behavior changes.
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October 1982 in “Postgraduate Medicine” Most types of hair loss can regrow naturally, but there are no effective cures for male pattern or age-related hair loss, and only limited options for females.
October 2024 in “Journal of Neuroscience Research” Long-term Finasteride treatment reduces depression better than short-term treatment in rats.
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May 2020 in “Frontiers in psychiatry” Child abuse is linked to higher BMI, but not because of hair cortisol or cortisone levels.
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October 2018 in “PLoS ONE” Stress can slow hair growth and affect skin color by impacting the body's stress response system.
July 2018 in “Elsevier eBooks” The most common cause of hair loss in children is tinea capitis, followed by alopecia areata and telogen effluvium.
May 2026 in “AAPS PharmSciTech” PEGylated flavonoid Aspasomes improve brain protection and memory in stress-related disorders.
Stress can cause hair loss and trigger autoimmunity by damaging hair follicle cells.
October 2025 in “Preprints.org” Male and female mice handle stress differently.
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April 2017 in “Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica” Higher prenatal and adult androgen levels are linked to alcohol dependence and withdrawal severity.
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March 1994 in “Archives of Dermatology” A married couple both developed alopecia areata, possibly due to shared stress.
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July 2005 in “Journal of Ethnopharmacology” Eclipta alba extract improved learning, memory, and stress-related ulcers in rats without affecting movement or causing anxiety.
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April 2012 in “Lab Animal” Early exposure to germs may protect against autoimmune diseases, lack of sex increases alcohol preference in fruit flies, a potential baldness treatment could involve blocking a specific receptor, skin memory cells help prevent re-infection, high-fat diets can affect brain cells related to weight, and the link between social status, stress, and heart disease in primates is unclear.
March 2024 in “Journal of Endocrinological Investigation” Finasteride treatment in rats changed the expression of genes related to psychiatric and neurological functions, and these changes persisted after stopping the drug.
January 2022 in “Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd” During COVID-19, Iraqi women experienced more hair loss and skin issues like acne, likely due to stress and mask-wearing.