Tension Alopecia [Everything you need to know]

If you are used to wearing a lot of ponytails, you might be suffering from tension alopecia.

Tension alopecia occurs when hair falls out on the front crown of our head due to the pulling and strain of doing tight hairstyles. This type of hair loss happens most of the time due to wearing tight ponytails, especially if you have long hair.

This type of alopecia can cause the line that outlines the hair to recede over time, leaving an unflattering effect on the face.

Therefore, if you are beginning to feel that your hair is falling out in that area, it is important that you solve it as soon as possible. When it comes to hair loss, prevention is the key to success.

But don’t worry, in this article you will learn how to prevent it, and how to make your hair grow again.

What is tension alopecia?

Tension Alopecia is a type of hair loss that occurs by traction. In other words, the hair on the contour of your face starts to fall out.

This typically happens when you style your hair in very stretched or taut ponytails, or when you tend to braid your hair tightly. The weight and tension generated by your hair makes the follicles of your scalp begin to weaken. And this causes hair loss.

This type of hair loss happens constantly, unlike seasonal hair loss such as when our hair fall out more in summer or autumn. Therefore, it is important that you start taking care of your scalp at the first symptoms of tension alopecia.

Habits that are causing the hair fall

Alopecia tension is a type of hair loss that happens rather due to incorrect habits with our hair. That is to say, in most cases we ourselves are the ones who induce this type of fall in our hair.

Most types of hair loss happen when there is a sudden hair loss that can come from stress, hormonal changes or other types of alopecia.

In the case of tension alopecia, if you know what habits are causing the problem, you will be able to correct them and not make hair loss worse. The hair habits that usually cause this problem are:

• Having very long and heavy hair.
• Using high ponytails with tension.
• Roughly brushing your hair.
• Braiding your hair frequently.
• Straightening your hair in a hard pulling way.

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How to prevent tension alopecia

If you are doing some of the habits that generate traction tension alopecia, don’t worry! There is always a way to fix it and get your hair back. Remember that you should always treat your hair gently, as it is a very delicate fiber.

These are my best tips to avoid falling due to tension:

• Massage your scalp with your fingertips to stimulate your hair follicles.
• Use a fortifying shampoo to prevent hair loss and strengthen your roots.
• Exfoliate your scalp once a month to remove the excess of residue from the follicles.
• Brush your hair daily to remove dead cells and stimulate growth.
• Avoid wearing very long hair.
• Get layered cuts to remove excess weight from your hair.
• Tie your hair up with clips instead of hair scrunchies.
• From time to time, wash your hair with cold water to stimulate the microcirculation of the scalp.
• Treat your hair very gently and do not pull your hair.

In addition to these cares, I recommend that you use a special serum to stimulate hair growth and prevent hair loss, such as the Kerastase extensioniste serum. Apply this serum to the hair growth contour a couple of times a week to treat the area and strengthen it.

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Let’s get better hair!

I hope this article has been helpful to prevent and cure alopecia tension in your hair.

Always remember to treat your hair very gentle! And the less your hair weighs, the better for prevent tension alopecia so don’t hesitate in wearing shorter lengths if you are having this type of hairloss.

Until next time.