Hair Loss Blog
Welcome to the myhair blog — your source for everything you want to know about hair. If you're trying to find out more about a new hair loss treatment, interested in learning more about certain hair care products, or just want some hairstyle advice, you've come to the right place. All of our content is created, fact-checked, and reviewed by our expert editorial team and qualified medical professionals.
Can you experience hair loss from not showering?
It isn’t possible to directly experience hair loss from not showering. However, not showering does allow for an increase in the number and type of harmful bacteria and fungi living on your scalp. This, in turn, can increase your risk of dandruff, scalp infections, and hair loss.
Vitamin D and hair loss
Vitamin D is an essential, fat-soluble nutrient that’s naturally found in seafood, dairy, eggs, and some meat products. This vitamin is directly involved in the hair growth cycle. Deficiencies in it have been linked to multiple types of alopecia, including pattern hair loss, alopecia areata, stress-related hair loss, and scarring alopecias.
Does diabetes cause hair loss?
Diabetes doesn’t cause hair loss directly. However, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes have been associated with multiple types of hair loss, including androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, telogen effluvium, and medication-related hair loss. Some of these forms of alopecia can go away on their own, while others require long-term treatment.
Diffuse thinning (Why it happens and how to treat it)
Losing a little bit of hair each day is normal. But when more hair is lost, it can be a sign of hair thinning. Diffuse thinning, which occurs when lost hair is shed evenly across the scalp, can be due to several types of hair loss, including androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, and telogen effluvium.
The Norwood scale (What it is and how it’s used)
The Norwood scale (best known as the Norwood-Hamilton scale) is a classification system for male pattern hair loss. It’s based off of the 8-stage Hamilton scale, which Norwood expanded in 1975. Today, the Norwood-Hamilton scale features 12 possible stages of pattern hair loss.
Understanding hair types
Andre Walker first developed a system to categorize hair types in the 1990s. Since then, it’s been expanded to include 12 hair subtypes. These subtypes are broken down into four main categories: type 1 (straight), type 2 (wavy), type 3 (curly), and type 4 (coily).
Understanding different alopecia types
Androgenic alopecia is the main reason people go bald — but there are many other conditions that cause people to lose hair. These include autoimmune conditions like alopecia areata, stress-related hair loss (formally known as telogen effluvium), traction alopecia, and other forms of hair loss.
Does a baldness gene cause hair loss?
There’s no individual gene responsible for androgenic alopecia. Instead, a number of different factors are responsible for the progression of this type of hair loss, including epigenetics, your diet, hormonal changes, and hundreds of genetic loci. The multifactorial aspect of this condition is part of what makes it so hard to treat!
Does wearing a hat cause hair loss?
Wearing a hat is unlikely to be the cause behind your hair loss. In fact, unless you’re wearing a very tight-fitting hat all the time, there’s little chance your head covering has impacted your hair health at all. Most people with hair loss have a partially hereditary condition known as pattern baldness.