Smoking and Hair loss!!! A Quick poll.

[cook'n'milkies]

Ran this a while ago. Asking again. Please quickly vote.

 

[Guest]

BTW, I don't know why, but all the people I know that smoke have the best hair, and full heads of hair.

I know some guys over 50 that have been smoking for the last 30 years, more than 15 cigs a day, and they have really great hair, totally full heads of hair.

 

[EasyEd]

I agree. My dad smoked for 20 years before my mom was pregnant with my older brother and he has a great full head of hair and he's 55 and my girlfriend's father is about 50 or so and he's been smoking for 30 years and he has a full head of hair too.

To answer the original question, I have never had a cigarette and am experiencing the very early stages of male pattern baldness.

 

[cook'n'milkies]

Yeah, I dont feel that smoking will CAUSE male pattern baldness, persay, but rather if one is predisposed genetically then it could possibly be triggered early or worsened by smoking which, as we know, kills circulation, harms blood vessels, causes mutations.

 

[Deaner]

Guys, honestly, give this stuff up. Non-scientific polls on an internet message board with very low response numbers are not gonna prove ridiculous ideas that smoking is gonna harm your hair. You either smoke or you don't, and if you do you should consider quitting for other health reasons, not your hair.

Smoking may or may not impact hairloss. But the fact of the matter is, if it's in your genes, you're going bald regardless. You can turn your bed towards the sun or whatever for maximum chi factor, drink green tea all day, exercise regularly, throw salt over your shoulder, whatever you gotta do, but you're still genetically predisposed to hairloss. Just take finasteride and use minoxidil if you have to and hope things work out for you.

 

[OCD]

Started losing hair before I started smoking though. I think that if there's any corellation between my smoking and hairloss its that I smoke more because I'm losing hair, not the other way around.

 

[cook'n'milkies]

Guys, honestly, give this stuff up. Non-scientific polls on an internet message board with very low response numbers are not gonna prove ridiculous ideas that smoking is gonna harm your hair. You either smoke or you don't, and if you do you should consider quitting for other health reasons, not your hair.

Smoking may or may not impact hairloss. But the fact of the matter is, if it's in your genes, you're going bald regardless. You can turn your bed towards the sun or whatever for maximum chi factor, drink green tea all day, exercise regularly, throw salt over your shoulder, whatever you gotta do, but you're still genetically predisposed to hairloss. Just take finasteride and use minoxidil if you have to and hope things work out for you.

Gosh, Deaner, you're totally right. Jeez what was I thinking?

Keep it to yourself, bro-dawg. I didnt claim anything to be scientific or not.

 

[Deaner]

Alright man, hope this poll helps put things into crystal clear perspective for you.

 

[silkeysmooth]

I quit smoking back in mid-december right after finals, and while I think my hair looks better, that could be due more to my more consistent use of the big-3.

For what it's worth, my dad smoked from when he was 11 till he was about 40 and didn't start losing hair till he was in his mid-late 50's.

 

[Deaner]

And my hair has improved since I started smoking a year ago.

 

[powersam]

there are various studies out there showing smoking affects skin health, and one that showed it caused alopecia areata in mice i think. either way its definately not going to help your hair. although apparently smoking can alleviate copper toxicity.

 

[chewbaca]

http://www.tobacco.org/news/164793.html

Smoking Keeps Blood Vessels Open After Surgery
Source: Reuters Health, 2004-05-25
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Categories
· Health/Science
· Cardio-vascular

Smoking Keeps Blood Vessels Open After Surgery
Source: Reuters Health, 2004-05-25

Intro:

Smoking cigarettes may reduce the risk of a blood vessel closing up after angioplasty and other minimally invasive procedures, new research shows. Still, this one potential benefit for smoking is easily outweighed by the numerous well-known risks associated with the habit.

In patients with diabetes and other risk factors, arteries in the legs can become blocked or narrowed over time. With angioplasty, a catheter with a tiny balloon is inserted and then inflated in the hopes re-opening the blocked vessel. However, this immediate re-opening is only half the battle: the real goal is to have the artery stay open for years to come. . . .

SOURCE: Radiology, June 2004.
Intro:

Smoking cigarettes may reduce the risk of a blood vessel closing up after angioplasty and other minimally invasive procedures, new research shows. Still, this one potential benefit for smoking is easily outweighed by the numerous well-known risks associated with the habit.

In patients with diabetes and other risk factors, arteries in the legs can become blocked or narrowed over time. With angioplasty, a catheter with a tiny balloon is inserted and then inflated in the hopes re-opening the blocked vessel. However, this immediate re-opening is only half the battle: the real goal is to have the artery stay open for years to come. . . .

SOURCE: Radiology, June 2004.

 

[Thinning]

I think smoking reduces test levels or something.