Chronic stress affects the stem cells of the hair follicle and can lead to baldness. This conclusion came scientists at Harvard University, who conducted experiments on mice, material published in Mint Lounge.
Specialists have identified a specific type of cells and a molecule that is responsible for transmitting the stress signal with stem cells. The experiments on rodents showed that in normal conditions, the regeneration of hair follicles slows down with time, but when the stress hormones are removed, the rest phase becomes extremely short, and the mice are included in the period of continuous growth throughout their life to regenerate hair follicles.
in other words, under the action of hormone stress, stem cells of hair follicles remain in the phase of long rest without regeneration, which leads to baldness.
These conclusions are applicable to people, believe scientists and hope that the results obtained will help in the future to find a way to slow down or prevent hair loss.