| Not surprisingly, hair loss myths are more well known | | | | Hair loss myth #3: Poor blood flow to the scalp area |
| than hair loss facts. Since hair loss is such a common | | | | causes hair loss. This is a misconception that has been |
| and unwelcome condition, the public has been flooded | | | | perpetuated by companies selling hair loss products for |
| with hair loss myths to promote sales of hair loss | | | | years. Ask any dermatologist and they will tell you, bald |
| prevention products. Many companies have jumped on | | | | scalps have just as much blood flow as scalps full of |
| the hair loss bandwagon because of our own | | | | hair. It is because of this blood flow to the bald scalp |
| enormous desires to eliminate hair loss from our lives, | | | | that hair transplants work so well. |
| not to mention the unlimited amount of money that we | | | | Hair loss myth #4: If you haven't lost your hair by 40, |
| (the public) are willing to spend on this quest. This | | | | you aren't going to. Again, not true. Age has nothing to |
| makes the hair loss market ripe for perpetuating myths | | | | do with it. If you are genetically predisposed to loose |
| that will increase sales. But, for the most part, they are | | | | your hair, you are going to. Just be grateful you made |
| just that, myths. | | | | it to 40 with your hair still intact. |
| Some of the more common hair loss myths are as | | | | Hair loss myth #5: Stress makes your hair fall out. |
| follows: Male Pattern Baldness comes from the | | | | Okay, in some part, this is true, but it takes a very |
| mother's side of the family and skips a generation. Not | | | | traumatic event to cause enough stress that your hair |
| true. There is no one single gene that causes baldness. | | | | falls out. The common stress we experience on a |
| Most researches believe that MPB is a result of | | | | daily basis will not make our hair fall out. In fact, some |
| several different genes, inherited from both parents, | | | | stress can actually increase the production of hair. |
| interacting with each other to cause hair loss. | | | | Okay, I could go on and on about hair loss myths and |
| Hair loss myth #2: Pattern baldness affects only men. | | | | not run out of things to talk about. My point is this. Most |
| Just ask any women suffering from pattern baldness, | | | | of the facts we think we know about hair loss are |
| it's not true. In fact, hair loss is just as common in | | | | actually hair loss myths. If you are suffering from hair |
| women as it is in men, it just usually occurs in a less | | | | loss, consult your doctor. Your physician will be able to |
| virulent form and is easier to hide. Also, women's hair | | | | give you a factual reason for your hair loss and advise |
| tends to thin out over the entire scalp area, whereas | | | | you on what types of treatments would work in your |
| men's hair thins in patches and at the forehead. | | | | specific case. |