Man’s preoccupation with the skin and hair has sprouted so many myths and pseudo-facts that it’s sometimes difficult to sift through fact and pure myth. Some myths have some grain of truth integrated; but half-truths in the field of hair and skin are still fallacies. It’s time to kick these myths into the dustbin to languish.

Myth # 1: Blame Your Mother For Your Baldness

There’s a common misconception that pins the blame for androgenetic alopecia to poor mothers. There simply is no truth in this misconception. If we base our belief on the rigorous studies in the field of medicine, we would see that the genetic switch for androgenetic alopecia is found in autosomal chromosomes.

That means chromosomes are non-sex related. This does not mean that you absolutely cannot inherit androgenetic alopecia from your mother.

This simply means that you can get it from either your father side or your mother side. So if you suddenly find yourself balding, don’t blame your mother just yet. Look at your father’s relatives; if one person is bald, that means your father just gave you a very special ‘gift’ that would progress for a few decades until you’re left with a special wreath of hair.

Myth # 2: Hats Can Cause You To Go Bald

Here’s another funny yet interesting myth regarding alopecia; that you can lose hair just by wearing hats everyday. The basis for this belief is the preconception that hats, because of their close nature, tend to cut off the vital air circulation to the scalp.

This somehow causes the hair follicles to die prematurely, leading to sudden, diffuse balding. The preconception probably stems from the fact that bald people often wear hats. These folks didn’t get their baldness from hats! Instead, they use the head implements to hide their baldness from view.

It should be aptly remembered that the vital oxygen that is required for the survival of the hair follicles is not absorbed from the atmosphere (the external environment) but from the human bloodstream. Therefore, there’s no way you can ‘choke’ your hair follicles to the point that they can no longer survive.

Myth # 3: Less blood Circulation To The Scalp Causes Baldness

Here’s another common myth that many cosmeceutical companies use to draw in the gullible and the unsuspecting. The rationale behind the myth is simple: the scalp and hair follicles require lots of oxygen to survive. With poor blood circulation, the hair falls off. While this myth may sound too believable and commonsensical in the beginning, let us debunk it for you. The truth is actually the inverse.

The reality is this: when the scalp begins balding and hair is diffusely falling off, it’s the time that the body decides that blood flow to the scalp should be reduced. With less live hair follicles to support; the blood flow is lessened to meet the actual demand of the scalp.

The cause and effect relationship of the myth is skewed. This means that standing on your head to ‘increase blood flow’ to your head is pointless. It would not only work but you can injure yourself by standing on your head.

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