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As we age, hair thinning and loss are a part of life for most people. One of the earliest moments this becomes visible is when our hairline matures from childhood to adulthood. As men get older, they are likely to experience male-pattern baldness. This often appears as a receding hairline, a growing bald spot at the crown, and overall thinning across the scalp. Women also experience this in the form of hair thinning on the scalp.
While male and female pattern baldness are the most prevalent causes of hair loss, many other factors can contribute to this, often associated with unhealthy behavior such as lack of sleep, stress, and poor diet. We also know that smoking can contribute to hair loss.
How Does Smoking Affect Hair?
Smoking has an overall negative effect on our bodies that can do damage beyond just hair retention. Studies have shown that smoking can increase facial wrinkles as well as prematurely create gray hairs. There are some ways to counteract those effects, including moisturizing and more advanced hair coloring techniques. However, one effect that cannot be properly countered is how smoking can expedite hair loss.
The act of breathing the smoke into your lungs and the chemicals associated with it cause your blood vessels to constrict. You may not feel the effects of that constriction too quickly across your whole body, which is how many smokers don’t realize the damage they have done until they’ve been smoking for a long time. And while larger blood vessels may still be able to function well enough for a time, our capillaries are so small that this kind of contraction can lead to a lack of oxygen and other important nutrients reaching areas like the scalp, which depend on healthy blood flow. This results in potential hair thinning and loss.
Does Vaping Cause Hair Loss?
Many people assume that vaping is better for you than smoking and might conclude that there is less of a risk of hair loss associated with that. However, the risk of hair loss comes more so from the chemicals entering your system, which means if you are vaping those chemicals, your chances are more or less the same.
Additionally, because people who vape might think it’s a safer option than traditional smoking, they may end up vaping more frequently than they smoked. That was especially true when flavored vape solutions were all the rage. The increased usage further increases the risk.
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It may be possible to reverse some of the damage done to your hair if you stop smoking, and it’s never too late to start implementing a healthier lifestyle. However, the associated loss may be permanent by the time you make that change, or age-related baldness may already have taken effect.
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