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Dr Nigel C Hunt, Associate Professor in Health Psychology at the Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, The University of Nottingham undertook the academic paper; The Viviscal Report:The Hidden Impact of Thinning Hair February 2009. The report is a large scale study into the psychosocial problems experienced by people with thinning hair and the attitudes of people towards those with thinning hair.
Dr Nigel Hunt, an alopecia sufferer himself, said of the study “There is a need for more and better psychological help for people with thinning hair. If medical treatments do not work, then people need to learn to adapt to thinning hair. Currently, there is very little psychological treatment available, though we do know that people with thinning hair may experience clinical levels of psychiatric diagnoses such as anxiety, depression or social phobia.
“Further research beyond that of the The Viviscal Report:The Hidden Impact of Thinning Hair is required to examine the effectiveness of psychological therapy for people with thinning hair. It is possible that psychological assistance may aid re-growth, as people who are stressed are more likely to experience thinning hair. Remove the stress, and perhaps remove the thinning hair. Of course, male and female pattern baldness is normal age-related thinning hair, and perhaps society should be accepting of these normal ageing processes”.
- Dr Nigel Hunt
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