Stress can lead to hair loss by affecting hair-follicle stemcells, and this loss is harder to recover from if one has male pattern baldness (MPB). Treatments like finasteride and minoxidil are used to address hair loss, but stress-related hair loss differs from androgenic alopecia.
Corticosterone inhibits GAS6, affecting hair follicle stem-cell activity, with potential implications for stress-related hair loss. Ashwagandha and Vitamin K are suggested for reducing cortisol, but their effectiveness is debated.
Treatments for hair loss, including finasteride, dutasteride, minoxidil, ketoconazole, microneedling, and low level laser light therapy, which aim to reduce DHT production, increase cell absorption and blood flow, and stimulate epidermal stemcells. It also stresses the importance of patience when using these treatments.
A 39-year-old experienced hair regrowth on his temples after switching from finasteride to topical RU58841 combined with 5% minoxidil. He also underwent stemcell treatment and noticed improvements, attributing the regrowth mainly to the change in treatment.
HairClone is developing cell replacement treatments to rejuvenate and generate hair follicles, and has launched a crowdfunding campaign. A user expressed skepticism about the need for crowdfunding.