I've quit smoking because of hair loss.

[clandestine]

I've quit smoking because of hair loss.

I was smoking everyday, for around a year or so. Usually one cigarette, towards the summer, two or three a day.

Decided to start derma rolling; smoking ******* with collagen, etc. Not good re: microneedling, so I stopped.

It wasn't even terribly hard, either. When I have a motive, like hair loss, it's just something that needed to be done. And so it's done; I'm 6 weeks out having quit smoking.

****** I would look so good with hair.

I would look so normal.

[PatientlyWaiting]

Good for you to stop that, for your over health.

[Notcoolanymore]

Smoking is a nasty habit. Good for you. When I was younger I second hand smoked a pack a day, it was gross.

[PatientlyWaiting]

I meant overall* health.

I guess hair loss is a bit of a "blessing in disguise" for you? Who would have ever thought hair loss would be beneficial in any way.

[35YrsAfter]

I meant overall* health.

I guess hair loss is a bit of a "blessing in disguise" for you? Who would have ever thought hair loss would be beneficial in any way.

Studies indicate that cigarette smoking raises testosterone levels. Dr. Keene, a hair restoration physician in Arizona believes that raised testosterone provide more "fuel" for DHT production. If that isn't bad enough, cigarettes contain radioactive polonium which many researchers believe significantly increase the chances of lung cancer. So, yeah, if you smoke, it's a good idea to quit.

[Jcm800]

I quit 18 months ago, hair still going to shit, but quitting was the right thing to do.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

Some of these posts touch on what I can't stand with regards to today's hair loss treatments, specifically that a majority of them require significantly lowering a chief male hormone. I mean, most men actually want their testosterone levels to be high for reasons like muscular growth, athletic performance, and sexual potency. Yet I hear plenty of people talking about reducing testosterone levels for fear that it increases the level of testosterone that could possibly be converted to DHT and thereby cause hair loss. I've been a weight-lifter and an athlete my entire life and I'm getting sick and tired of worrying about my testosterone and DHT levels, hormones that actually help build muscles and boost athletic performance.

[yeahyeahyeah]

Smoking is a nasty habit. Good for you. When I was younger I second hand smoked a pack a day, it was gross.

I only smoke on social occasions, never regularly.

[35YrsAfter]

Some of these posts touch on what I can't stand with regards to today's hair loss treatments, specifically that a majority of them require significantly lowering a chief male hormone. I mean, most men actually want their testosterone levels to be high for reasons like muscular growth, athletic performance, and sexual potency. Yet I hear plenty of people talking about reducing testosterone levels for fear that it increases the level of testosterone that could possibly be converted to DHT and thereby cause hair loss. I've been a weight-lifter and an athlete my entire life and I'm getting sick and tired of worrying about my testosterone and DHT levels, hormones that actually help build muscles and boost athletic performance.

I'm in total agreement. I would rather be bald than lower my testosterone levels.

35YrsAfter also posts as CITNews and works at Dr. Cole's office
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[brianb619]

Good to see these posts, I Recently stopped smoking as well. Go team!

B

[angelina22]

Yes from smoking also hair loss causes, so you had taken an right decision of not smoking.

[walrus]

Does anyone actually have any proof that smoking contributes to male pattern baldness, or is this the typical conjecture?

[Armandein]

With Koreaan People; "drinking and smoking were associated with the severity of AGA in male patients". Make sense but dont explain the special pattern of hairloss....

Clin Exp Dermatol. 2014 Jan;39(1):25-9. doi: 10.1111/ced.12229.
An epidemiological study of androgenic alopecia in 3114 Korean patients.
Yeo IK1, Jang WS, Min PK, Cho HR, Cho SW, Hong NS, Kang JS, Ki DH, Kim HJ, Kim YC, Kim YS, Lee IJ, Lee SW, Lim ES, Moon DC, Nam KH, Oho CK, Park SW, Shin KS, Yoo HC, Hong CK.
Author information
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Androgenetic alopecia (AGA) is the most common type of hair loss, and is characterized by the transformation of terminal scalp hair into vellus hair. The epidemiology of AGA is not fully understood. A strong genetic basis has long been identified, although little is known of its nongenetic causes.
AIM:
To evaluate the association of AGA with a number of environmental factors, including smoking, drinking and sleeping habit.
METHODS:
In total, 3114 Korean individuals with AGA who attended any one of 17 dermatology clinics in 6 cities in South Korea between March 2011 and February 2012 were enrolled in the study. Epidemiologic a data were collected using a standard questionnaire.
RESULTS:
No association was seen between eating or sleeping habits and severity of hair loss. However, drinking and smoking were associated with the severity of AGA in male patients. We also found that patients of both genders with a family history had more advanced types of hair loss, and the age of onset of AGA in male patients with a family history was earlier than that in male patients without a family history.
CONCLUSIONS:
Although the evidence for an environmental influence on AGA remains very weak, we did find an association between hair loss severity and certain environmental factors, such as smoking and drinking. Family history with more severe hair loss and an earlier age of onset.
© 2013 British Association of Dermatologists.

[mariechin1234]

Clandestine, Good job. Continue not to smoke cigarette. It causes health problems and can lead to cancer, hair loss and hypertension.

[RanDave]

You are on the right way! Smoking has no direct impact on hair follicles, but it affects your health in general. For example smoking can have a negative effect on your endocrine system, and as we know thyroid problems are one of the hair loss causes.