Daily Mail Interviews Dr Farjo ‘Heartbreak’ Hair Loss
8th October 2013
Dr Bessam Farjo explains to the Daily Mail all about hair loss in response to stress and emotional shock
‘It’s not uncommon for women to suffer hair loss after the stress of a relationship breakdown,’ says Dr Bessam Farjo, medical director of the Institute of Trichologists.
He explains that when we are under stress, the brain produces neurotransmitters (brain messages) around the body that can trigger a variety of responses in the hormone and immune system, which have a knock-on effect on hair follicles.
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