Hair Loss Myth: Daily Shampooing Causes Hair Loss

Will washing your hair daily cause [tag]hair loss[/tag]?

Though people do have a tendency to over-treat their hair, washing of hair daily will not cause hair loss.   This is indeed a  myth.

Here is a logical argument against this [tag]hair loss myth[/tag]…

I wash my hair daily.   Of course…one could argue that washing my hair daily caused my hair to fall to fall out and become a level 6 according to the norwood scale.   Let’s take a deeper look at this.

If daily washing caused hair loss then why aren’t  all people (men and women) who wash their hair daily  [tag]bald[/tag]?  Incidentally, more women should be bald/[tag]balding[/tag] than men since women are famous for daily shampooing and conditioning.

What about the hair on the sides and back of the head? What accounts for the various [tag]hair loss pattern[/tag]s that we see? Why do some hairs hold up to washing daily while others do not?

Additionally why does [tag]hair transplantation[/tag] work?   Wouldn’t daily washing and conditioning of the [tag]transplanted hair[/tag] cause fallout?

[tag]Hair  loss medication[/tag] such as  [tag]Propecia[/tag] ([tag]finasteride[/tag]) which is a [tag]DHT[/tag] inhibitor technically shouldn’t do anything to combat hair loss if DHT wasn’t the hormone responsible for  hair loss.

The cause of [tag]hereditary hair loss[/tag] ([tag]Androgenetic Alopecia[/tag]) is genetics.   To learn more about this, click here.

Bill
Associate Publisher of the Hair Transplant Network and the Hair Loss Learning Center
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