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 Dr. Alan J. Bauman is the Founder, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon of the Bauman Medical Group, P.A. located in Wharfside at Boca Pointe in Boca Raton, Florida. His practice is dedicated exclusively to treating male and female pattern hair loss. Dr. Bauman uses state-of-the-art medical and surgical techniques to help his patients maintain and/or restore their scalp hair.
Ariane Marder
2005-07-20
article about hair loss
Hi Dr. Bauman,
I am a writer for Men\'s fitness and we have a question from one our readers regarding whether or not wearing baseball hats causes hairloss. I was wondering if you could give me a good quote to include in the answer. Please email me or call me at 212.545.4854
Thank you very much]
Ariane Marder
(A note from Morphollica.com Admin: Please also provide your answer here as well. Thank you)
Ariane,
The "number one" myth regarding male pattern hair loss is that it is caused by wearing hats. Male pattern hair loss is inherited. It is triggered by a hormone in the body which causes gradual miniaturization of the hair follicles on the top of the scalp. Hats are completely unrelated to the hair growth or hair loss process. However, it seems that men who have hair loss tend to prefer to "cover it up" with a hat. Also, if you tend to wear a hat often, sometimes you might 'forget' to get a haircut on a timely basis, AND (not to mention) your hair will typically look like a mess when you take the hat off. So, hats dont cause hair loss, but they can certainly make your hair loss LOOK alot worse. Obviously, if your readers are concerned about hair loss, they need to consider the combination approach of medication (to stop the progression of hair loss: PROPECIA) and a procedure (hair transplantation) to restore hair to the thinning and balding areas.
Let me know what other questions your readers have.
Sincerely,
Dr. B.
doctorb@baumanmedical.com
561-394-0024
www.baumanmedical.com
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