Does making your hair stand up in any way (purposefully+stylistically) cause it harm to the point it could harm hair?
Does making your hair stand up in any way (purposefully+stylistically) cause it harm to the point it could harm hair?
I was a punk in the late 70s and regularly wore a mohawk. Now I’m bald. There may or may not be a causal relationship between these events.
I had a big tall mohawk in high school and have thick curly hair now.
As my mom always said, "It's just hair, if you damage it you can shave your head and it will grow back" .
Backcombing, teasing hair like that is damaging yes, but hair is dead, it's like the white part of fingernails. Unless you damage the actual root (like a bad burn to the scalp) it will always grow back.
Are you especially bald in a strip along the center?
No, a round spot behind centre. I don’t think it’s related.
I went bald at 18 and never did anything crazy with my hair.
Hair products have nothing to do with it. It's all genetics.
When did you start noticing the fallout from that? Have you trier finasteride+minoxidil to remedy it?
Maybe fifteen years ago? I looked at them but don’t like the side effects. It’s not that important.
Purely anecdotally, from seeing what happens to other women's hair, scraping it hard back from the face into a bun or ponytail (aka "Croydon facelift") does lead to a receding hairline. Making your hair stand up doesn't pressure the hair follicle like that though, so I think you're good. I still have all my hair after decades of stand-up styling.
In ballet class we're required to wear a tight bun 😭
Ya i would never do that stuff
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Not an expert, but I don't think so. Hair is delicate and if exposed to constant strain and stress may break and be less voluminous and healthy, but it's also sturdy enough that you should be able to style regularly with gels and sprays and stuff without irreparably damaging it in the process. It comes down to the individual's hair, of course, so your mileage may vary.
Sure it can. But you can always cut it off and start over.
Don't do it by sticking your finger in an electric socket.
Only when its in mohican form and you walk through a door. Tips can get bent