Ukmedix News Myth Busters

We came to the conclusion that again it is a load of rubbish

At Ukmedix News one of our talents is myth busting! With the subject of male pattern baldness there are so many myths and old wives tales that have no real veracity to them and we like to inform our readers of what is true and what is not.

Probably the most commonly repeated male pattern baldness myth is the one about you inheriting your hair loss from your mother’s father. This is just the load of rubbish as you are just as likely to inherit male pattern baldness from your father’s side of the family. Despite research confirming this all around the world people still believe that if their grandfather on their mother side has a full head of hair they are completely safe.

Another hair loss tale which is often repeated is that people who swim on a regular basis in swimming pools or who have showers with water with a high content of chlorine are more likely to lose their hair. The Ukmedix News Team decided to have a look into this and we came to the conclusion that again it is a load of rubbish.

Several different sets of researchers have examined men who are regularly exposed to chlorine in swimming pools and have found no evidence that they are more likely to shed hair than men who do not expose themselves to chlorine.

One particular study looked at a group of almost 70 professional swimmers and another group of non swimmers to compare them with. There was absolutely no difference in the incidence of male pattern baldness or in fact of any type of baldness in both groups. The only thing that the researchers did notice was that men who were regularly swimming had slight signs of hair discoloration but this would not affect their hair loss.

If you swim on a regular basis you should use a special shampoo to remove the chlorine from your hair.