Top Hair Loss Myths
1. Hair loss comes from your mother's side of the family.
False - You can inherit pattern hair loss from any side of your family. I've seen women receive it from their fathers and men get it from their grandmothers. If pattern hair loss runs in your family any ware, you may hair the potential for pattern hair loss.
2. Wearing a hat causes hair loss.
People believe that by hanging upside down more blood will rush to their head allowing more nutrients to get to the hair follicles. While hanging inverted does make more blood rush to the head due to gravity, this has no effect on hair loss. I've seen clients try it, I doesn't work.
3. Shaving your head will make your hair grow back thicker.
False - This is an old wife's tale. There is absolutely no clinical evidence to support this claim. While I think this may have happened to some women while trying to get rid of their facial hair, it doesn't work for balding men.
4. Hanging inverted will grow lost hair back
False - Some people believe that by hanging upside down more blood will rush to their scalp allowing the hair follicles to receive more nutrients. While hanging inverted does make blood rush to the head due to gravity, this has no effect on hair loss. I've seen clients try it, it doesn't work.
5. Eating more protein will make your hair get thicker.
False - Some people believe that since hair is made up of protein, by eating more of it, your hair will naturally grow thicker. There is no relationship between eating excessive protein and hair growth. In my experience the opposite can occur. A vegetarian diet has seemingly been linked to some of the more astounding results at Gaunitz HairGrowth Centers. I recommend strongly minimizing dietary animal protein if you are trying to regrow your hair.
