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We all lose hair. And worry about losing hair. And then worry that
worrying is making us lose hair. But the good news is that some of the
most commonly believed causes of baldness... aren't causing baldness.
Here are some myths about hair loss that you can scratch off your list.
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Myth: If you wash hair too often, you will
go bald soon
Fact: Frequent shampooing has no effect —
positive or negative — on hairloss. Hereditary hairloss, in fact, is not
because of hair falling out, but because of hair being replaced by
finer, thinner hair.
Myth: Cutting or shaving makes your hair
grow faster or thicker
Fact: Untrue. Because hair is thicker at
its base compared to the tip, so hair will appear thicker for few days
after a cut. It has no effect on the number of hair sprouting from your
follicles.
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Myth: Losing 40-100 hair strands a day is
normal
Fact: There's no gold rule to the number of
hair strands lost daily. It's normal only if you are suffering from male
pattern baldness.
Myth: Blow drying causes hairloss
Fact: Yes, blow drying can damage your hair
and it can fall out eventually, but it also grows back. It does not
cause hairfall.
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Myth: If I colour my hair, it'll fall out
faster
Fact: Hair treatments such as colouring or
bleaching are hard on your hair. But they won't result in hairloss. If
the chemical is strong, hair can break out from the scalp but that's
all.
Myth: Hairloss stops as you get older
Fact: Once hairloss begins, it progresses
over a person's lifetime and never really stops. The rate at which your
hair will begin to shed depends from person to person. |