im sure this has been answered before sorry.

but does wearing a cap or hat or safety helmet effect natural hair growth?

i wear a flat cap alot and my family and friends say it will make my hair worse is this true? also i work with horses so i need to wear a safety helmet alot does this make my hair fall out more than a person who does not wear hats etc?

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Wearing hats won't cause hair-loss in terms of MPB, however, excessive wearing of caps/hats could cause some loss/thinning due to friction.

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My family owns horses and I work in the construction sector.


Becareful not to confuse the kid, Maxxy.

Men who wore felt hats (fedoras, panamas etc.) back in the 40's and 50's are not worse than us, all things being equal.

Neither construction workers who wear hard hats.

However. extremely tight tourniquets worn for extended periods of time, and restrict blood flow can be detrimental any tissue.

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thank you very much for your help.

at the end of the day i guess if its going its going, hat or not.........

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Lol mmhce, if you only quote part of what I said maybe it could be confusing but I doubt there can much confusion in:

The above statement is also the correct answer ;-)

As mentioned, hats don't have any effect. But the turbins that are common in the Muslim world can cause traction alopecia. In fact, there was a hair transplant case on here that was caused by that.

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Severn, In order to wear a turban, all hairs are normally tied together, that stress is the main reason for traction alopecia. Not only muslims, sikhs wear a turban as well. Wearing hats does not cause hair loss

I would personally suggest that excessive wearing of any hat could have a detrimental effect on hair growth as I mentioned there is the friction; wearing and adjusting a hat all day, everyday can only harm your hair. I'm not saying it's a 100% certainty... but it could cause some thinning/loss.

Wearing a hat too tightly could also cause circulation issues.

I've also read wearing hats in warm conditions can increase sebum/oil levels which brings problems with it.

Again, I'm not suggesting wearing hats a lot has any effect on MPB/androgenic alopecia, however, I wouldn't feel comfortable telling someone that it had absolutely no effect on hair loss/growth.

If anyone thinks I'm wrong I'd recommend you speak to a dermatologist and/or transplant surgeon and ask his/her views on the points I raised. I'm willing to bet they will agree.

It will only cause hair loss due to oil level or circulation issue if you even shower and sleep with a hat

I really don't know how you can disagree with any of the points I raised.

Wearing a hat too tight could of course lead to circulation issues and I believe most hat wearers will tell you during hot/warm times, if they wear a hat all day their hair will become more greasy.

Now... taking the above into account do you not believe this could have an effect on the hair?