Moving house, changing job, major diet changes and other major sudden changes in life often cause a sudden increase in hair loss. However it’s not likely to be because of a change in your water, it’s far more likely to be stress related.

Moving house can be quite stressful and a major sudden change in your everyday life can increase your stress levels.

Stress is such a significant cause of hair loss. It’s up there with DHT in the top causes of hair loss but it’s often underrated in it’s importance by people. I really can’t overstate how much of a difference it can make to your health and appearance to have low stress levels.

If you’re a calm, relaxed person who doesn’t worry too much about things, doesn’t get stressed out, too angry or anxious:

• you will breathe deeply and slowly;
• your muscles will be loose and relaxed;
• your hormones are likely to be in good balance;
• you will not be draining your body of nutrient resources;
• your liver and bowels will be in better health;
• your skin and hair will be far healthier looking;
• you’ll get better sleep;
• and you’ll have more energy during the day.

Stress has a huge impact on your health. It causes hormonal surges, it drains the body of nutrients needed for hair growth, it causes muscle tension that can inhibit blood flow to the scalp and it can have a damaging effect on your immune system (to name just a few things).

Conquer stress and conquer hair loss

If you feel like you suffer from above average stress levels on a regular basis, you worry a lot or often feel nervous or anxious, you need to change the way you deal with stress, if you want to stop your hair loss.

I have dedicated a chapter of my eBook to training your mind so that you react in a calm, relaxed way rather than worrying or stressing out about things. I instruct you how to use my free audio mind training programme to ‘reprogramme’ your thoughts, so stressful situations actually energize you and make you feel calm and focused.

If you suffer from high stress levels, or deal with stress badly I highly recommend you follow the instructions in my eBook and use the audio mind training programme to change the way you deal with stress, worry and anxiety.

The contraceptive pill changes your hormonal balance, which can cause hair loss or stop hair loss, depending on how it alters your estrogen/progestin levels. Temporary hair loss can also result for a few months after coming off the pill. Different types of pill have different effects and of course everyone is different so hormonal balance is different from person to person.

However I would be most concerned about the condition you describe your scalp to be in. I would recommend getting your scalp looked at by your doctor and making sure you have no deficiencies in your diet.

Did your doctor recommend you come off the pill? Did you ask your doctor about the condition of your scalp? It sounds as if you might have a fungal infection in your scalp. I would really recommend getting that sorted first, by asking advice from your doctor.

I would also recommend following the instructions in the nutrition section of my eBook to make sure you are getting all the nutrients required for strong hair growth.

It’s possible that coming off the pill has caused an elevation in your DHT levels, which is causing your hair loss. However I would always recommend getting the things that are clearly wrong fixed first before you start with the guess work. So get your scalp looking healthy, make sure you have no nutrient deficiencies and that you are consuming an abundance of nutrients for your hair. Then we can look more at hormonal balance, which would certainly be effected by the contraceptive pill.

Give your body a chance to readjust having come off the pill over the next six months while you get your scalp healthy and your nutrition sorted. Then if the hair loss is still occurring, it’s time to start looking at hormonal balance and DHT levels, which you can have checked by your doctor.

Unfortunately it’s very difficult to say without knowing the underlying cause of your Trichorrhexis Nodosa. I can help you improve your hair growth but in order to cure the underlying condition I would need to examine your scalp, hair and blood.

If you suspect you have Trichorrhexis Nodosa you should make an appointment with a doctor and get refferred to a dermatologist who will be able to examine your scalp closely. Your doctor will be able to test your blood for known causes of Trchorrhexis Nodosa, such as hypothyroidism or an amino acid deficiency.

Aside from having a proper examination I can recommend following an exellent diet that promotes hair growth (such as the one I describe in the nutrition chapter of my eBook) and keeping your stress levels low.

If you only have mild Trichorrhexis Nodosa it may be caused by something simple such as overheating your hair (with curling tongs or straighteners for example) or damaging when brushing. If that’s the case, I’d recommend you read and follow the instructions in my article “How to End Split Ends” and switch to a gentle shampoo such as the one listed in this article: “10 Organic Shampoos that Do Not Contain Sodium Lauryl Sulphate“.

In general, if no underlying condition is found, eating foods that feed the hair, keeping stress levels low, increasing blood circulation in the scalp and getting the scalp into the correct condition for hair growth will all help stop the Trichorrhexis Nodosa.