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Is it true that you can go bald if you constantly wear a hat: a dermatologist's opinion
23.12.2024 05:20
Winters have long ceased to frighten us with severe frosts, which undoubtedly pleases those who do not like to wear a hat even in cold weather.
Such people have an argument prepared as an excuse that wearing a hat is harmful. Allegedly, this item of clothing can cause hair loss.
The chief dermatologist and trichologist Alena Romanova told Doctor Peter how things really are.
Can you go bald because of a hat?
1. Supporters of this concept refer to the fact that headwear allegedly puts pressure on blood vessels.
This disrupts blood flow, causing the scalp to suffer and the hair follicles to suffer from a lack of nutrients.
As a result, existing hair falls out and new hair does not grow.
But from a medical point of view, this is more of an isolated case and all this is only realistic if the hat is very tight.
2. The next scenario is related to the lack of oxygen, which causes hair to suffer terribly and fall out.
But this is also a myth, since hair receives oxygen from the blood, and not from the environment.
Moreover, hair does not really need this element, since it consists of dead cells.
How it really is
Not wearing a hat in winter worsens blood flow, as blood vessels narrow in the cold, which in turn disrupts the nutrition of hair follicles.
Furthermore, in the cold, water, which is also part of the hair, crystallizes, causing the hair to become brittle and split.
Conclusion
As for baldness, it is rarely associated with hats, styling or coloring.
More often, the cause lies in genetic predisposition and less often in hormonal background.
It is also important to remember that hair health depends on a lack of vitamins, stress, pregnancy and childbirth, infections, taking hormonal medications, antibiotics, and antidepressants.
It is important to maintain hygiene.
But as for wearing a hat in winter, the expert advises putting it on as soon as the thermometer drops below 5 degrees below zero.
