Fateful Interventions

I have this good friend who went through an insanely stressful year. He had personal issues and lost his job and was generally in a stage of his life when he'd lost control and couldn't get things together for himself. Besides for the obvious stresses that his circumstances put him under, he also (not quite suddenly) but certainly quite quickly began to notice a definite thinning of hair on his pate. He sat down with me one day and told me that he'd had such a rough year he'd asked himself what else could possibly go wrong. At this point it should be pointed out to all those in a similar position to NEVER tempt fate by wondering what else could possibly go wrong - I think you'll find that the Fates have sense of humour that not everybody would appreciate.

Back to my friend, after a while things started getting better for him - he managed to sort out his personal issues, found a new job and things were beginning to look generally better and brighter for him. And here's the thing: after about a month or so of getting his life back on track, he noticed that his hair had started thickening again. And if it hadn't seen it for myself I truly wouldn't have believed it. But there it is: incontrovertible proof (albeit of the anecdotal variety) that stress can lead to hairloss. A pointed reminder not to put dealing with things off... lest the Fates decide to start pulling things out.