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Hair Loss Treatment: Psychodermatology

by Bald Man on February 19th, 2007

And the lines between hard science and social science continue to blur. “Focusing on the boundary between psychiatry and dermatology, psychodermatologists (or “skin shrinks”) care for the skin and the soul, dovetailing traditional treatments like antibiotics or topical medications with alternative methods such as relaxation, biofeedback, self-hypnosis or psychotherapy.”

Seems we’re just beginning to understand the link between mind and body, and the power of the one on the other. Stress is known to be a cause of alopecia; we only need to look as far as our own lovely Ms. Porter. Seems there might be something to the flip side of that coin as well. The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology published a study last August that found 57 percent of patients suffering from alopecia (or hair loss) had total or partial hair regrowth after undergoing hypnosis. (”Every time you hear the word ‘chicken,’ you will grow hair.”) I don’t know if hypnosis is able to overcome genetics; I’ll have to ask my therapist. ;)

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