Hair loss myths debunked
Our stone age ancestors probably sat around in their cave dwellings and discussed ways to deal with baldness. Like us, they probably came up to some crazy theories as to what caused or prevented their matted hair from thinning out. they most likely even had some crazy cures that the local witch doctor had come up with that was meant to prevent hair loss. Who knows, perhaps some of these cures worked and are just now being rediscovered by modern science today. Perhaps a drool of the sabertooth really did prevent premature balding back in the days when the white rain fell.
It is not like we have gotten any better in this modern age of ours. Sure, our science and knowledge has allowed us to learn many things about the causes of hair loss, but many wold rumors still persist. These hair loss myths pervade our culture and have even taken up a new life upon the Internet, building up an aura of plausibility. Here are a few of my favorite hair loss myths that I have come across…
Hats make you go bald
Recently, my brother confided in me that he quit wearing baseball caps because his wife told him that it was making him lose his hair faster. Hats, however, do not really cause baldness. Hair loss actually is probably more responsible for frequent hat wearing than vice versa. I have a feeling that my sister in law probably told my brother that so that he would quiteing wearing that dirty cap of his everywhere.
You only get it from your mothers side
This is a myth that I believed for years till a smart aleck cousin of mine who knows a thing or two about genetics and balding finally debunked for me. Mister smarty pants researcher informed me that while you can inherit the gene from your mother’s father, you can also get the gene from daddy too. He pointed to his own thinning hair that his dad had passed down to him as proof.
Too much shampoo
washing your hair all the time will not make your hair fall out, unless you accidently grab you girlfiends bottle of nair thinking that it says “hair”. That hair left on the bottom of the tub is caused from reuglar shedding not related to any hair care products.
There is no cure for hair loss
Well there is apparently one true cure for men that will immediately stop hair loss. This, hovere involves a knife and a beloved body part.
Aside from castration, there are now several other options for hair loss. Minoxidil treatments have been scientifically proven to work proven many men and women. Finasteride is also said to work and hair transplants have been getting better and better. However, if you want to go “old school”, who am i to stop you.
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