Results: Who Knew Having Your Hair Styled Could Cause You To Faint?
Published on 04/02/2022
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A woman in Tennessee is trying to educate others about a rare medical condition that can cause children to faint or feel dizzy during hairstyling sessions. Alicia Brown Phillips first encountered the condition when she was doing her younger sister Gracie's hair. Gracie started to gag and lose color in her face, and her hands started to shake. Then she went limp. Have you ever heard of anyone having this type of reaction to getting their hair styled?
![A woman in Tennessee is trying to educate others about a rare medical condition that can cause children to faint or feel dizzy during hairstyling sessions. Alicia Brown Phillips first encountered the condition when she was doing her younger sister Gracie's hair. Gracie started to gag and lose color in her face, and her hands started to shake. Then she went limp. Have you ever heard of anyone having this type of reaction to getting their hair styled?](https://www.tellwut.com/uploads/media/image/thumb/12420e1648751005o428.jpg)
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The condition, called hair-grooming syncope, affects only a handful of children every year, so there's a good chance that you've never heard of it. An episode can resemble an epileptic seizure, and it seemingly comes out of nowhere. Doctors explained that Gracie had this, and for people with this condition, the process of tugging on the hair and scalp triggers the nerves in the scalp and stimulates the body's vagus nerve, causing heart rate and blood pressure to drop. Have you ever heard of this condition? Yes
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Hair-grooming syncope is just one form of vasovagal syncope, which is the main cause of fainting.. Other people have other triggers that can cause them to faint seemingly out of nowhere, including emotional distress, the sight of blood, coughing, skipping meals, and many others. Have you or someone you know ever experienced vasovagal syncope, causing you to faint?
![Hair-grooming syncope is just one form of vasovagal syncope, which is the main cause of fainting.. Other people have other triggers that can cause them to faint seemingly out of nowhere, including emotional distress, the sight of blood, coughing, skipping meals, and many others. Have you or someone you know ever experienced vasovagal syncope, causing you to faint?](https://www.tellwut.com/uploads/media/image/thumb/12420e1648750943o7944.jpg)
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