Category: Hair Loss Causes

I am 18 years old. when i was younger i had red hair. now it turned to a more blond, lighter color. i dont go swimming or do any outdoor activities… why is this happening? i also have long hair and it goes down to about a little passed my soldiers, and im starting to see a receding hair line…can this be cause of my long hair? should i cut my hair?

Hair does change color as we age. I have seen redheads turn blonde on occasion. If you are losing hair, you should be examined by an expert. Cutting your hair will have no effect on any hair loss you are experiencing. Long hair does not cause hair loss.

Dear Sir,
I am 23, high sex drive male & been working out for past 2 years. No hair loss what so ever, acne, pimples or anything. But for past 6 months I’ve been away from gym due to frequent traveling and now I’ve high acne, excessive hair shedding to an extent that you can see my hair all over the house and family really wants me to stay away from their stuff because it will get “polluted” with my hair. My temple regions are totally bald now but what concerns me more is bald area on left side is roughly double in size to right.

Please devise you opinion on my condition. I have a feeling that sudden acquittal of weight training has cause my hair loss since all that free test. Wasn’t being consumed for muscle building. Also my scalp itches a lot sometimes.

Best Regards

I don’t think stopping weight training can cause hair loss. Many bodybuilders experience hair loss after they use anabolic steroids. It is likely that your hair loss has a genetic source, but there are other factors that can accelerate the speed of losing hair. When people lose hair from genetic causes, it is not unusual for the loss on one side to be further advanced over the other side. Coincidence of increased acne and rapid hair loss makes me suspicious of the possibility of increased androgen in your body. Androgen can have an external or internal source. If you use anabolic androgenic steroids, you need to stop them. If you have not used any of those steroids recently you need to see your doctor for further evaluations.

Dear Dr. Rassman:

I am a 49 year old attorney who runs 3 miles plus daily. Prior to law school, (27 years ago), I was a competitive powerlifter, (ranked in top 20 nationally). I stopped lifting during law school and for several years after but continued to run. I have returned to powerlifting several times in the last 15 years but each time, immediately upon my start of lifting, I experience significant, very noticeable hair loss. As I want to start competing again in the senior category I recently started lifting again and, again, my hair loss is very significant and is discouraging me from lifting.

In short, every time I start heavy lifting, I have very noticeable hairloss (male pattern type) but no hairloss when I do not lift. Virtually all hair loss I have experienced occurred when I was lifting. I am not taking any supplements or steroids although I did use steroids approximately 27 years ago.

I am aware that similar questions have been asked by people who say “it seems” hair loss may be occuring, but in my case, there is no question that there is very noticeable hair loss associated with heavy weightlifting and no hair loss otherwise.

I don’t know if this matters, but I do have rosaceae and dermatitus which is treated very effectively with Prascion.

It is certainly conceivable that weightlifting can cause a slight increase in your testosterone production and thus result in more dihydrotestosterone (DHT), but I would consider hair loss due to weightlifting improbable. I have been asked this question before and I will trust your observation and correlation. If your hypothesis is true, you would probably benefit from Propecia (finasteride). You should see a doctor for your concern and have them do a miniaturization study and track the hair loss progress over a period of time in which you are weightlifting.

The Prascion should not cause any hair loss.