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Have I caused possible hair loss for myself? Someone please help me!

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    Posted: October 04 2003 at 9:19pm
No, hairspray will not make your hair fall out.

What you are experiencing is when you spray any adhesive (hairspray) on the hair, it keeps it in place, right? Well, picture this.....everyday a normal healthy head of hair will lose 60 to 100 hairs a day and you never miss them gone. When you are accustomed to not wearing an adhesive on your hair, these 60-100 hairs fall freely. When using a spray on the hair it keeps these 60-100 hairs in place so that they do not fall freely. So when you shampoo or brush your hair after it has been sprayed they catch up and it "appears" that you are losing gobs of hair.

Another cynario could be, you mentioned you were letting your hair grow. If it is longer now, two hairs can appear to be a handfull, when you are used to the shorter hair and now it is long.

Other causes of hairloss can be antibiotics, birth control pills, recent surgery, thyroid problems or even eating disorders such as bulimia or anorexia.

I hope this helps "shed" some light on the subject.
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By the way hairspray can make your hair fall out. Everytime I have used hairspray my hair starts falling out so I quit using it. It also makes my scalp itch so I may be allergic to hairspray. I don't know. All I know is that it does cause my hair to fall out a lot more than usual.
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HEY BUDDY!
I'm so delighted to find someone who has EXACTLY the same problem as me.....I just wanted to know..how many years have you been doing this?and...did spray directly at the scalp?(thats what i always did)
Thanx Man..I appreciate it!
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Old post but thought someone else might have the same questions.

Oh the insanity. No, you won't go bald because you used a straightener, curling iron, hairspray or anything like that. The hair that you see is DEAD. The only living part of the hair is inside the scalp. You can't damage it with a curling iron or straightening iron. And don't worry about using hairspray. It isn't going to cause your hair to fall out.
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I'm 19 and when i was younger like 5-8 or 9 yrs ago i used alot of gel and hair spray on my hair everyday but washed it everyday then bout 7 or 8 mts ago i used a heat activaed hair straightner the kind u clamp on ur hiar and pull it striaght..im tryin to grow my hair long but hve a natural wave in it and everytime it gets to like ym eyes its flips up and waves forward so i used teh straighernr to get rid of that..i used it everyday for like 2 or 3 weeks..then i relized how stupid i was bein and quit usin it totally well my hair got pretty thin and its improved somewhat over the monthsand ive got enuff hair cuts where all the ahir i damaged shouldve got cut off by now and its imporvbed a lil over the months.
My question is i used to abuse my hair and really did with that damn thing will i lose my hair soon cuz of how bad i treated it all these yrs,? I quit washin it everyday i wash it like every otehr day now or go like 2 days wihtout washin it and i quit using spray on it cuz i relaized how bad i treated it and started to wise up..my grandma told me it'll take a yr at least to totally fix itself..is she right? Will my hair get back to the way it was b4 i did al this?
Im worried about this terribly do I have any reason to be? My hair doesnt look bad at all..but i do have alot of flyawatys and pieces that are shorted then the l,onger pieces im guessin its cuz of how bad i damamged it..whave i totally screwed myself? My babrber told me when i went in for a trim a few weeks ago my hair isnt thinnin at all on the top but ic ant ell a difference in it then what it was say a year ago at this time..Ive started to take B-Complex vitamins and ultra mega mutilvitmains each day..somrehting i never did b4 ..will this help? Do I have anyting 2 worry bout?
Shannon
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