I remember being warned by my mother during my teenage years that excessive dyeing of my hair will soon lead me down the path of premature balding and into the dark side. An acquaintance also once mentioned that if you drop 100 hairs a day, you had better go see a doctor.
I was thinking back of all the hair myths/facts I’ve been fed through the years and I am pretty sure some of them are lies! So, I decided to conduct my own research to see which are true, and which are false.
1. Excessive dyeing will make you bald.
Assistant professor in the department of dermatology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York Hospital Dr. Marc Avram has confirmed in an interview with healthology.com that there is no problem with washing your hair, combing your hair, dyeing your hair or shampooing it.
What a relief! I will continue to buy those lovely hair dye products which I have grown to rely on heavily to hide my true age (27).
Verdict: False. (Mother was wrong.)
2. Wearing a cap will make you bald.
If this is the case, baseball players will all be bald. Wearing a dirty cap may give you a dirty scalp but it will not make you go bald. That’s what I always tell my husband, who doesn’t play baseball but loves wearing caps because he thinks it makes him boyishly handsome.
Verdict: False.
3. You will lose hair after giving birth.
This is not a myth. Website familydoctor.org reports that some women experience hair loss a few months after pregnancy.
During pregnancy, hormones that cause the body to retain hair go into overdrive. Yes, pregnancy is hairy business. After pregnancy, the hormones resume the normal cycle of growth and loss, causing excess hair retained during pregnancy to fall out.
Verdict: True.
4. Losing 100 hairs a day means you’re going bald.
On the contrary, it just means you are a normal human being. An average person loses between 100 - 150 hairs a day. It’s perfectly normal! Hair treatments not needed!
Verdict: False.
5. Stress will make you lose hair.
Hairlosshelp.com reports that stress can cause hair loss in some people! Typically it takes 3 months after the stressful event for the person to start losing hair and 3 months for them to resume hair growth.
In most cases it is temporary, but if a person has Androgenic Alopecia (common hair loss condition in both men and women), his/her condition may worsen.
I can relate to this because running a household and a business can be very stressful. My remedy for this is to use my trusty hair products on a daily basis.
Verdict: True.
Sources:
http://www.healthology.com/hair-loss/video2200.htm?pg=3
http://ezinearticles.com/?Top-10-Myths-About-Hair-Loss&id=118654
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/men/general/081.html
http://hairlosshelp.com/html/hairloss1.cfm
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