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 Dr. Lee is the founder and owner of Regrowth LLC, a company based in Los Angeles and dedicated to the treatment of hair loss. He has been developing innovative products and treating hair loss sufferers for the past 16 years. Dr. Lee is the creator of the Xandrox line of hair loss treatments.
Important Note: Due a busy schedule, Dr. Lee cannot answer any new questions at this time; however, he will be providing high quality answers to questions he receives from his own practice exclusively to Morphollica.com regularly
anonymous
2006-02-20
clogged pores and hair loss
Do clogged pores cause hair loss?
Wrong. The idea that plugged hair follicles cause hair loss is a long held myth perpetuated by the many companies exploiting hair loss myths in order to sell bogus hair products. This myth is an ancient one, dating back to the old Egyptian empire. They advocated burning incense to unblock the pores of the scalp and to encourage hair regrowth. The hair follicle is deep in the dermis of the scalp. Not even scrubbrushes and abrasive cleansers will 'clean out the hair follicles'. So, if any company is claiming that their product unplugs follicles, you can be assured that the claims for the product are fraudulent. It's more likely that they're implying that their product might clear the opening on to the skin through which the hair shaft grows. Which is fine. But what they don't tell you is that the follicles dont get obstructed and that plugged pores, whatever they define that to be, has nothing to do with MPB. In regards to the "dirty scalp theory" of MPB, there is no credible rationale to it at all. If this 'theory' had any credibility, you would expect a decreasing incidence of MPB in today's population as compared to past centuries, since it has become routine for many people to bathe/shampoo on a daily basis as compared to earlier times, when bathing would be a weekly or even a monthly event. But, there is no evidence to suggest that the incidence of MPB is declining despite the fact that we are unplugging our pores. As stated in the website of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (http://www.ishrs.org/hair-restoration-faq.htm), Causes of hair loss do not include wearing a hat, excessive shampooing, lack of blood flow, or clogged pores. Richard Lee, M.D.
Consulting Physician
Regrowth, LLC
www.minoxidil.com
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