Smoking, is it good for your hair?

Occasional exposure to smoke from a campfire or a BBQ will not cause hair loss. However, smoke can cause health problems including hair loss when it’s part of a larger amount of pollution. A number of studies have shown that pollution in the atmosphere can lead to poor hair health, which can further lead to early forms of hair loss in both men and women. Those who live in cities are more susceptible to hair loss due to the amount of atmospheric pollution caused by traffic emissions present. Traffic fumes can cause hair loss by interfering with the proteins responsible for hair formation, thus weakening and causing hair to fall out. Continue reading “Smoking, is it good for your hair?”

Will being a Vegi cause my hair loss?


Vegetarians don’t necessarily have less hair, but many people who make the transition to vegetarianism or veganism experience some hair loss because of the shortage of some nutrition or other factors. Diet does play a large part in hair health, and two most common deficiencies that you might be seeing in your diet that is causing this hair loss would be Zinc and B-12. Continue reading “Will being a Vegi cause my hair loss?”

Are my meds causing my hair to fall?

Many people experiencing hair loss may wonder if the medication they take is to blame. This can be very hard to determine, as there are thousands of medications that all have been linked to hair loss. Some of the most well known drugs or ingredients that have been linked to hair loss are aspirin, bismuth, boric acid, bromocriptine, carbon monoxide, clofibrate, danazol, doxorubicin, ibuprofen, iodine, morphine, nafoxidine, nicotinyl alcohol, estrogens, phenindione, propanolol, tamoxifen, and warfarin. Continue reading “Are my meds causing my hair to fall?”

Female hair loss is not the same as men’s.

Although hair loss may seem like a more prominent problem in men, women are nearly as likely to lose, or have thinning, hair. Most women notice it in their 50s or 60s, older than the age that majority of men start losing hair, but it can happen at any age and for a variety of reasons. Women also tend to experience different hair loss patterns than men. There are some cues to alert women when they are losing more hair than normal. When waking up in the morning, there may be an usually large amount of fallen hair on a woman’s pillow, for one. Another would be when a woman combs her hair (especially without tugging, which can pull the hair out) and more than normal will be left in the comb. There are also other visual cues that women can look for over time. Continue reading “Female hair loss is not the same as men’s.”