What is the influence of psychological factors in alopecia areata?
There are anecdotal observations of hair loss after episodes of severe stress, but more recent studies do not reveal psychological factors causing alopecia or onset of attacks. Subjects who have alopecia areata have more frequent episodes of depression than the rest of the general population but is not known whether this susceptibility is the cause or rather the consequence of alopecia areata. There is no doubt that psychological factors can influence the evolution of alopecia areata, but it is true for a lot of affection. Alopecia areata is not borne illness “nervous”.
