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Products That Cause Hair Loss

Many products sold in the United States can cause hair loss in both men and women. Often this occurs through overuse of products that contain harsh chemicals that the body cannot tolerate for very long. In other instances hair loss can occur as a side effect from certain medications and from excess minerals in the body.

  1. Hair Dye

    • Excessive use of hair dye will make your hair fall out, reports the website Hair Loss Expert. This is because hair dye is made from harsh chemicals that literally strip hair of nutrients needed to maintain health and vitality. Hair more than likely won't fall out the first time you dye it, but repeated dyes over a short period of time will dry hair follicles and contribute to periods of shedding that can range from light to heavy.

    Birth Control Pills

    • According to the website for the American Hair Loss Association, women may experience a thinning of the scalp while adjusting to birth control or when birth control is stopped suddenly after periods of extended use. This is most pronounced in women with a family history of baldness occurring in either sex. Hormones present in birth control can trigger a genetic response in women that have the gene for baldness resulting in potentially devastating hair loss.

    Cod Liver Oil and Health Supplements

    • Health supplements may actually be to blame for your hair loss. Exercise fans that have been hitting the vitamin supplements like cod liver oil too hard may have a surplus of vitamin A. This antioxidant isn't soluble in water so it settles in places throughout the body, which can block nutrients from getting to hair follicles. A person noticing his weight dropping along with his follicle count should take a look at what he's ingesting to lower his vitamin A intake.

    Medications

    • Some doctor-prescribed medications to treat an illness may also cause hair loss as a side effect. According to onlyhairloss.com, medications used in treating high blood pressure, gout, arthritis, and depression can cause varying degrees of hair loss depending on the patient's dosage. Drugs used in the treatment of cancer also cause hair loss, since the medication stops cells in the body from dividing.

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