How you see yourself worthy of something, like drawing wanted attention or being attractive to the opposite gender is how some people perceive self-esteem. Some people measure their self-esteem, by how they look and how many people they can attract or how many heads they can turn. Some others have a deeper concept of this trait. They attribute their self-esteem to the number of accomplishments they have achieved whether professionally or intellectually.

In Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs, self-esteem comes before self-actualization. The basic physiologic needs such as food and water is at the base, seconded by safety needs like shelter and clothing. Love and belongingness needs are gained from one’s friends and intimate relationships, followed by self-esteem needs.

Self-esteem is something that is difficult to attain if the person’s self-concept is unstable. This instability can be a result of many factors like childhood experiences ranking the first consideration. Most people who are loved and accepted by their family and friends usually grow and mature with a stable foundation of self-respect. Coupled with goals that have come to realization, a person can easily move upward to the next level of hierarchy of needs called self-actualization. Self-actualization is the feeling that an individual has met his objectives in life satisfactorily and in by doing so, he can consider himself fulfilled.

One thing that is not discussed in books is, though a person have achieved a lot throughout his life, even at an early age, self-esteem fluctuates – meaning, even if one individual can be considered self-actualized, his self-esteem may dwindle from time to time. What can cause this?

Appearance is the number one reason for adults who experience such phenomenon. A self-actualized or successful person usually deals with a lot of stress. An unhealthy lifestyle may necessitate a person to take medications that gives side effects which in turn affects a part of the body, thus affecting self-esteem.

The aging process itself brings several changes like hormonal imbalance, that manifests as weakening or loss of integrity from a body part. One problem that can affect any gender and even at an early age, is alopecia or hair loss.

To a woman who is at the prime of her time, successful in both career and family will find herself unattractive if her hair becomes her weakness. For many centuries, women’s hair had been considered as their crown. They go through a lot of beauty rituals that involves the hair. As such, when it starts to fall off in an alarming rate, so does their self-esteem, more so when the scalp starts to be visible underneath the thinning patch of hair. Though treatment is readily available, it will still take time to grow back the hair as thick as it was before. What can can women do?

In the meantime, while waiting patiently and attending treatment sessions religiously, one can wear a hairpiece to settle the dwindling self-image that is also affecting self-esteem. Sexy wigs that mimic the hair of famous celebrities like Fara Fawcett, Madonna, Marilyn Monroe and even Hilary Clinton may be worn.

Self-image undeniably affects self-esteem. But be reminded that problems do not occur without solutions. The bottom line is: you can always find a better solution than moping inside the house just because your hair, along with your self-esteem falls off.

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