Hair loss and marijuana

[Rocker]

I've seen nothing written in stone about this, but have read it over and over again in blogs relative to this question: Can excessive smoking of marijuana cause hairloss?? I've been an everyday, multiple times a day, high-end (no pun intended!) smoker for probably about 20 years. There is no history of hairloss in my family (in fact, quite the opposite, on both sides), and multiple rounds of bloodtests have shown nothing substantial. I just finished an entire round of steroid shots to the scalp with no improvement (except possibly for less shedding, but that always comes and goes, anyway). I have been slowly (noticeably) losing my hair for about 10 years now and have probably lost about 2/3 of what I used to have (luckily, it was very thick to begin with). I have yet to stop smoking for a while to see if this could be the cause (its my only vice), but I'm curious . . . in your realm of experience in this field, do you think this could this be a potential culprit, as smoking this particular plant does tend to negatively effect hormones?

P.S. By the way, I do plan on coming in for a consultation, as well!

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!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!
This is an update for anyone reading this thread since for some reason I can't post a new message: I ultimately found a doctor who specializes in orthomolecular medicine (at a HIGHLY reasonable cost, which is very hard to find), and after more extensive testing than I have ever had in my life (done through my regular doctor so insurance would cover most of it) - turns out I have extremely high levels of heavy metal toxicity, virtually NO Vitamin D whatsoever, almost no Protein or Potassium - all of my excitatory neurotransmitters are high, my natural body tranquilizers are low, very high testosterone (no one who knows me was surprised about that one) and lots of other stuff. Uh, yeah, I'm all sorts of "off" - several of these things can be contributing factors in hairloss. I've had terrible eating habits since gradeschool and other than the heavy metal stuff - it all comes down to nutrition. These are things that were never picked up by my regular doctors, despite multiple rounds of testing. Its not easy changing these habits (requires alot of determination and a strong focus on food, which I hate having to do having battled weight my whole life - I can go all day without eating anything and not think twice about it), but we've been slowly leveling things out nutritionally with the help of better diet, protein shakes, vitamins, herbs and some other natural supplements (i.e., for the heavy metal toxicity), and the hairloss seems to have pretty much stopped! My hair looks pretty awesome right now, actually - and its really long. THANK GOODNESS!!! I also had a tendency to have massive mood swings, from childhood - these have also appeared to even out (I melted a thermometer in my mouth when I was a kid trying to fake a fever when I stuck the thermometer in hot soup then right back in my mouth - this could have all started at that point).

For the record, I also finally decided to give my body a break and quit smoking for the next two months about two weeks ago. After the amount of time I've been a die-hard smoker - its been surprisingly easy. No real withdrawal symptoms other than a decrease in appetite, which makes focusing on food that much harder, but . . . that's about it. No strong cravings even if someone is smoking around me, and, truth be told, my singing voice has most definitely benefitted from the lack thereof. I pound my vocal cords harder than most (think Joplin, Heart, Tedeschi, etc.) - and after singing for 3 hours straight at rehearsal two nights in a row - I still had a crystal clear voice. But the hairloss stopped before that, so . . . ?? Regardless, it can only help. Just thought anyone interested might like to know this.

P.S. Dave Solazzo - in a rocking blues band (definitely the harder rockin' side of the blues - somewhat obscure but INCREDIBLE material) and we're about to fire our keyboard player - wanna come audition?? Can you rock a Hammond??