CNN asked Dr. Rawnsley, a hair transplant surgeon and clinical associate professor of facial and plastic surgery at UCLA, about hair loss from heavy workouts.
Snippet from the article:
So it is very unlikely that your weight lifting program is contributing to hair loss. More likely, your hair has been thinning over time and you are beginning to notice as a critical level has been reached, usually about 50 percent, according to Rawnsley.
Read the full blog at CNN.com — Can heavy weight exercise cause hair loss?
So while I’ve said the same thing before (that I doubt the two are linked), it’s always nice to have confirmation from another source to show those readers that tend to question my opinions about stuff like this.