Stupid Bald Lies: The 12 Top Myths about hair loss

Lies, Myths, and Half-Truths about going bald

If you're going bald, you need to cut through the crap and hear the truth. So much bad information about hair loss has been perpetuated over the years. It's gotta stop.

I've compiled Stupid Bald Lies: The Top 12 Myths about Hair Loss to help you differentiate between bald fact and bald fiction.

Interspersed throughout this information are some of the outrageous hair growth snake oil remedies and fake hair growth contraptions that desperate bald men (and women) have forked over their money for, in hopes of a bald cure.

#1 Stupid Bald Lie: If you wear a hat, you'll go bald 

This bald-faced lie is as lame as a snake oil salesman

Guys wear a hat to hide their baldness, but there is absolutely no truth that wearing a hat will make you go bald.

Yeah, we know some people will blame wearing hats as a cause of their baldness. Their arguement is that the scalp "didn't breathe." Nice try. Look at the facts: a hair follicle will get oxygen from the blood stream, and not from the air.

Sure, a hat fitted too tight can cause hair breakage. And if you don't wash your hat once in a while, it can lead to a dirty scalp. So do yourself a favor and just wash your hat once in a while, and you're gonna be fine.

But it leads us to our next bald myth:

#2 Stupid Bald Lie: If you have a dirty scalp or dirty hair, you'll go bald 

I'm no rocket scientist but...

You want acne? Then don't wash your hair, and you'll break out. A dirty scalp means clogged pores, and clogged pores may give you acne.

However it has nothing to do with hair loss.

Seriously, just think about it. If your dirty scalp lost hair, all you'd have to do is wash it everyday, and you'd maintain a full head of hair. And that ain't the case.

So is the opposite true? Read on...

#3 Stupid Bald Lie: Excessive or frequent shampooing causes baldness 

Monkee see...monkee do

I always loved this one. Let's follow this scenario: A guy notices hair in the sink or shower drain. Thinking that shampooing is the cause, he begins to shampoo less often.

Now the hair builds up on the scalp, which would normally come out in the sink.

The next time he shampoos, more hair comes out. The lightbulb goes off. Now Einstien is convinced that shampoo is the cause of losing his hair.

With hereditary baldness, normal hair is replaced by thinner, finer hairs. The hair is not falling out. Shampoos don't cause baldness. Almost everyone uses shampoo, and has for 40 years. If normal, everyday shampooing caused hair loss, we'd all be chrome domed.

Similarly, there are no hair products or gels that promote male baldness.

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