July 11, 2024 • 14 mins
Welcome back to another episode of "The Truth About Hair" podcast! In this episode, host Krystal interviews Adam Hungerford, founder and CEO of Regrow Hair Clinics, as they delve into the myths and truths about hair loss and hair growth.
Adam shares his extensive experience in the hair industry, debunking common misconceptions such as the possibility of curing baldness, the effects of cold water on hair shine, and whether frequent haircuts can accelerate hair growth. He also provides insights on the importance of scalp health, the impact of hair dye, and the validity of natural remedies like rice water and rosemary oil.
Tune in to learn practical advice for maintaining healthy hair and scalp, and get ready to have some of your burning hair questions answered!
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(00:00):
Welcome to the Truth About Hair podcast. I'm Crystal and I'll be asking all
your burning hair loss and hair growth questions to Adam Hungerford,
founder and CEO of Regrow Hair Clinics.
There isn't much Adam doesn't know about hair after more than 20 years in the
medical and natural hair loss industry before launching Australia's first natural,
DHT-blocking hair care brand.
We'll tell you all about DHT in future episodes.
(00:21):
Just to be clear, these podcasts are not selling our products.
Each week we will be breaking down the science behind hair loss and hair growth
and practical advice so you can have your healthiest hair and scalp.
We'll also be myth-busting the claims you see online about every new hair growth product.
Okay, so we're back again for another episode of The Truth About Hair.
This episode, we're tackling hair myths, and we have a lot to go through.
(00:42):
But before we get started, can you just refresh everyone about your background
in the hair loss industry, please, Adam?
So, I've been in the hair industry and hair care for 20-plus years now,
and seen over 35,000-plus people in hair and scalp issues.
Today, our products obviously are global and I train pharmacists,
doctors and aesthetic clinics about hair care and hair health and obviously at our products as well.
(01:06):
Probably something important to mention about our products is that you have
worked with, I suppose, like experts in products to actually create the formulas.
We've gone through like a lot of testing, a lot of like clinical studies to
find the right ingredients.
So they're not just like a white label experience. They are sort of developed
with your expertise. Is that right? Correct.
So being an air expert, it made it a little bit easier when developing things.
(01:28):
You know, I knew exactly what ingredients naturally I wanted to use that had
some great results, but it comes down to purity as well.
You can put some products in something, white label it and say,
it's going to work. But guess what? You're going to get caught out pretty quickly.
The consumers are very smart.
And if the efficacy of the product's not there, then it's not going to work.
Then they're not going to keep repeating and rebuying.
We put our best foot forward. When we put ingredients together,
(01:48):
we can take a year before we bring out another product.
We just don't to bring out products for the sake of it. We have a purpose with every product we use.
All right. Are you ready to tackle some more hair loss myth busting?
I am. All right. Let's start with a big one. Is there a cure for baldness?
Well, the easy answer is no.
There's no cure for baldness because if there was, no one would have hair loss.
(02:09):
And I'd be quite rich, a lot more richer than I am now.
And so, no, you can't cure baldness. You can definitely prevent hair loss.
You can treat hair loss. You can regrow hair, but cure would be something that
you never get it in the first place.
And no one's found that yet. Can hair be helped to grow faster?
What is the average monthly sort of hair growth speed, but can you speed it up?
(02:32):
Because I know everyone's seen those claims online that you can double your hair growth in a month.
Well, it's easy to get those stats, isn't it? So if your hair's miniaturizing and thinning out,
and then all of a sudden you start using great products and it starts growing
faster and it's going back to a healthy hair cycle where every three months
it's falling out, growing back stronger and healthier, it looks like it's growing a lot faster.
(02:52):
So people can bring stats out, up. But the truth is your hair is going to grow
at a cycle that's meant to grow.
If you've got thinning or hair loss
issue, then obviously it's going to miniaturize and slow up a lot more.
So yeah, that's the easiest way to say it. So it's not really making your hair
grow faster. It's more just correcting it back to its original hair growth speed. Correct. Yeah.
I know there's a lot of claims out there by other brands, but yeah, it's interesting.
(03:17):
Can you make your hair grow and grow and grow? So like if you've only ever grown
hair to your shoulder, are there products likes that will help your hair grow down to like your feet?
I haven't seen that. I haven't seen someone's hair go to Rapunzel,
like, you know, but I'm not saying there's not like, I mean, I'm, I'm an expert.
I've been around the globe. I train people. I do all the things I've done and I'm still learning.
(03:38):
So there might be that magic product out there that's, um, having these claims
and saying that, but I personally, in my experience, hasn't seen that.
Like whatever your hair is meant to do, it will do if it's healthy, you know?
So if it's meant to only go to shoulder order length because you've got an antigen stage
so you might be one year your antigen stage might go three
four five years so the longer it is the
(03:58):
longer your hair can be but if you're not ever had that antigen stage
i don't add that longer than one to three years and you saw you know i don't
see how it could actually happen so just to simplify that the antigen stage
is the growth stage that's correct right so is your growth stage genetically
disposition so like if you have a one year antigen phase that's your genetic
in my in my yeah in my experience that would be the case yet.
(04:20):
Okay, right. And so there's no products that you know of that can make your
anagen phase go from like say two years of growth to seven years of growth. I haven't seen that.
Does rinsing your hair with cold water make it shinier? I haven't heard this one.
The theory behind it is the cold water closes the pores of the hair,
I suppose, so that it becomes less porous and it becomes shinier, so it's less drying.
(04:43):
I have to be totally honest. I have to sit on the sidelines here.
I wouldn't know the answer to that one.
I've been stumped. There you go. I haven't heard that one before.
Is that out on social media? Yeah. The theory is the temperature of your hair
can change whether your hair is dry or not. So if you're using really scalding
hot water, it can actually dry your hair out.
(05:03):
Yeah, that makes sense. But about the cold water, I haven't heard that,
you know, obviously if her hair is going to be shiny and healthier.
But I mean, in winter, if you really want to have a cold shower,
do it with my hair. I don't know how that goes.
So, but yeah, no, I don't know.
What is the connection between scalp health and hair health? Is there a connection?
Yeah, absolutely. So if your scalp's healthy, your hair's going to be healthy.
(05:24):
You know, when you've got a poor scalp, your hair itself can be miniaturized
from damage. It's suffocating the follicles.
Like just one example is cerebral dermatitis.
So if you've got dermatitis or cerebral dermatitis, it's obviously,
you know, your scalp's really unhealthy there.
And it's inflamed. And it's also going to have damage.
The hair is going to become quite brittle and dry.
(05:44):
So definitely having scalp health is important.
Is it true that washing your hair every day causes hair loss? No.
No. No. Now, and look, when you've got healthy hair, you don't have to wash every day, but what,
As you know, and I've explained before, if you've got genetic hair loss,
DHT, it lies in the sebaceous glands, the oil glands.
So the worst thing you can do is leave your hair and not wash it because it's
(06:07):
passing it up into other hair where it's on the scalp.
Basically, washing your hair daily is important if you've got some hair loss,
but you're using products that work.
So you've got to make sure that you're using the right product that you can
wash daily and it's not going to have harsh chemicals in it.
Is it true that women don't experience genetic hair loss?
No, women get genetic hair loss as well. Can you stop postpartum hair loss by taking supplement?
(06:31):
Potentially. I mean, there's a lot of great supplements out there and,
you know, hair, skin and nail and gut health powders are really good.
If you're going to get something like postpartum hair loss, it's also treatable.
It's once you get it, you know, act on it early, it's going to reverse pretty quickly.
You can prevent that definitely coming on if you're healthy and you're taking natural supplements.
That obviously could happen, yeah. Which natural remedies have validity?
(06:55):
So like rice water, rosemary oil, castor oil, hair massage or scalp massage, I should say.
Well, they've all got different attributes. I think rice water is showing some
signs of it has some growth happening in it.
Rosemary, I know, is really good for inflamed scalp.
How much it's helping with hair loss and regrowing the hair loss,
(07:16):
I'm not quite sure of that one.
But if you're massaging, you're helping circulation. stimulation so
you know potentially you can notice some new improvement and
new regrowth and the castor oil again people do
say that when they've used it that they've noticed and
i always say to everyone whatever you're using if
it's working stick with it right so you know there's not a 101 for every single
(07:36):
person everyone has different stages of health different types of hair loss
and so whatever product they're using if it's working continue using it definitely
add it look for other things you could add in to get better results if you're
looking for that if If castor oil is working for you, great.
Okay. Does dyeing your hair cause permanent damage or hair loss?
A good question. Does dyeing the hair? No.
(07:57):
Dyeing the hair is fine. Okay. If you're dyeing your hair blonde,
you can be stripping your hair. Like bleaching it. You're bleaching, yeah.
But when you're coloring hair, it's generally putting a coating on it.
Constantly doing it, you can chemically damage your scalp.
You can burn your hair and burn the follicle definitely by doing some of the
dyes if they're done incorrectly. I would say if someone's thinning out,
(08:18):
though, the worst thing you can do is...
Do dyeing of the hair. I know a lot of people say, but that's what we can touch
on later while we're bringing out our blonde range.
So people that dye their hair blonde, they can keep regrowing their hair.
But a lot of things like dyes and trying to grow your hair long on thinning
areas, it's the worst thing you can do when you're trying to treat it.
When it's healthy again, you can go back to doing some of those things.
(08:40):
What about wearing tight ponytails or really tight braids? Can that lead to hair loss?
Yeah. I mean, one of the hair loss is traction alopecia. So it's like tight
braiding of the hair, pony's type ponytails, pulling up the hair.
If it's done really tightly, absolutely, you can start thinning on areas.
How does that cause, like how does the traction alopecia, how does it actually damage the follicle?
Because it's pulling at the follicle and so it's constantly pulling and it's
(09:03):
really tightly and it's reducing the circulation to that follicle.
You know, having loose hair is better or just alternating, not having the same
tight braid every day or tight ponytail.
If you're starting noticing thinning, you should discontinue doing that style.
Okay. What about hair growth vitamins and supplements?
Do they really work? I think they're a great addition to when you're doing anything, right?
(09:27):
I'm a big advocate of hair, skin and nails and gut health. I think that one
together works well, bringing nutrients into the body.
And some people might be lacking iron and other things in their bodies that
can help them with circulation as well and blood flow.
What about this? Does shaving your head make your hair grow back thicker?
That's a bit of a wise tell, that one. Because you've got your follicle is your
(09:48):
follicle, right? So, you're shaving your head.
And a lot of people say the opposite, like shaving your hair can cause hair
loss. And that's not the case as well. So, no.
Has no effect. Not that I know of. What causes gray hair and can you reverse it?
Well, if I could do that, I wouldn't be sitting here with gray hair.
So, you've got genetic disposition to having gray hair, right?
(10:11):
So, there are dyes out there, There's shampoos out there that have dyes in it
that can color the hair back again.
And I've heard some people say you can totally reverse it. I haven't seen that.
Like, I think it's something that you do and it might go to a more of a darker
color. But once you stop it, it will go back to its normal color.
Is having premature gray, is it a sign of unhealthy hair or is it just a genetic expression?
(10:32):
I've got beautiful hair, Crystal. The gray really suits you, actually.
I don't think it's a sign. But there are some experts out there that say gray
hairs because the cortex and the coloration area is getting affected.
There might be a bit of truth there. But, you know, I'm no different to what
my dad and his dad and all that sort of thing.
Yeah. So it's usually like a genetic expression. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
(10:55):
Unfortunately for my three boys who've got a beautiful dark hair right now.
Yeah, they've got their mum's dark hair. Yeah, exactly. How long for? They're lucky, right?
Do frequent haircuts make your hair grow faster?
If you're cutting your hair and your hair's looking, obviously,
it's healthier, it hasn't got split ends and all that, yeah, I mean, that's great.
It gives it a better look on top, but I don't think it's making it grow faster or anything like that.
(11:21):
Do split ends or damaged ends, does it affect the way your hair grows?
Does it affect your hair growth?
Not really. It's the end of your hair, right? So I don't see how that would
actually affect the hair, no. Yeah, because what's happening down the end doesn't.
No, it's underneath, right?
99. It's what's in the follicle, what's in the scalp. Yeah. Okay, right.
What about brushing your hair? There's a, you know, it's been around forever,
(11:41):
another old wives' tale.
Brushing your hair 100 strokes a night is good for your hair.
Is it good for your hair? Is it damaging?
If you're brushing really aggressively, it probably wouldn't be good for the
hair. When you're brushing or doing anything or massaging, you help in circulation.
So I think brushing your hair, I don't know, about 100, that sounds excessive.
(12:03):
But definitely brushing hair, it's not going to cause any hair loss.
What about brushing wet hair? Does that damage hair?
It can pull at it, I guess. If you've got fine hair, it can pull at it a little bit.
But I think when we do things, we only do it once if we see it's not conducive for us.
What's better, letting your hair air dry or using like a heat tool, like a hairdryer?
(12:25):
Hairdry. I think if you're heating your hair, it can do some damage.
Oh, so letting it air dry is better. Yep. Right. Okay.
What about any other hair myths that you've heard? Is there any that you want to bring up?
Any that you get asked about regularly? Usually it's whenever someone sat in
front of me and, you know, we're having a consultation and it's like,
you know, I don't know why I've got hair loss.
(12:46):
Like my dad doesn't have hair loss. You know, it was always,
you know, they feel they follow anyone.
So they've heard only follow. Mum's father has a hair loss. So that's the only
way you can get hair loss. Right, right. Comes from the other side of the family
tree and can skip generations.
Can you have genetic hair loss if generations before you haven't had it?
Can it just sort of pop up in your genes? Yeah, it can skip generations, absolutely.
So there's people that I know that have got hair loss, but their parents and
(13:07):
their grandparents had beautiful heads hair.
So whether that's been contributed to different things that have happened to
them, diet, poor diet, I think we've touched on it in previous episodes,
but there's things that we can do that can contribute to hair loss as well.
All right, let's just finish the episode. Just one last question.
What is one hair habit you wish people would stop immediately?
(13:29):
Procrastinate with, if the hair loss is affecting them, then don't procrastinate.
If it's an issue, they need to
treat it and treat it early because they're going to get better results.
If they treat it later, they're not going to get good results.
Okay. So ignoring the hair loss is the one habit. Well, yeah.
I mean, if it doesn't bother you, there's some great sexy people out there that
got bald heads and I do not, right?
(13:52):
So, you know, if it affects you and it worries you,
then do something about it as quick as yeah quicker the better
okay great all right thanks for another awesome episode
adam and the next episode we're going through hair health and hair hygiene and
what a good hair care routine looks like excellent all right awesome thanks
for listening and be sure to follow the podcast on spotify or apple podcast
(14:13):
and email any hair questions you want
adam to tackle to hello at regrowhairclinics.com.au and don't forget to.
Welcome to the Truth About Hair podcast. I'm Crystal and I'll be asking all
your burning hair loss and hair growth questions to Adam Hungerford,
founder and CEO of Regrow Hair Clinics.
There isn't much Adam doesn't know about hair after more than 20 years in the
medical and natural hair loss industry before launching Australia's first natural,
DHT-blocking hair care brand.
We'll tell you all about DHT in future episodes.
(00:21):
Just to be clear, these podcasts are not selling our products.
Each week we will be breaking down the science behind hair loss and hair growth
and practical advice so you can have your healthiest hair and scalp.
We'll also be myth-busting the claims you see online about every new hair growth product.
Okay, so we're back again for another episode of The Truth About Hair.
This episode, we're tackling hair myths, and we have a lot to go through.
(00:42):
But before we get started, can you just refresh everyone about your background
in the hair loss industry, please, Adam?
So, I've been in the hair industry and hair care for 20-plus years now,
and seen over 35,000-plus people in hair and scalp issues.
Today, our products obviously are global and I train pharmacists,
doctors and aesthetic clinics about hair care and hair health and obviously at our products as well.
(01:06):
Probably something important to mention about our products is that you have
worked with, I suppose, like experts in products to actually create the formulas.
We've gone through like a lot of testing, a lot of like clinical studies to
find the right ingredients.
So they're not just like a white label experience. They are sort of developed
with your expertise. Is that right? Correct.
So being an air expert, it made it a little bit easier when developing things.
(01:28):
You know, I knew exactly what ingredients naturally I wanted to use that had
some great results, but it comes down to purity as well.
You can put some products in something, white label it and say,
it's going to work. But guess what? You're going to get caught out pretty quickly.
The consumers are very smart.
And if the efficacy of the product's not there, then it's not going to work.
Then they're not going to keep repeating and rebuying.
We put our best foot forward. When we put ingredients together,
(01:48):
we can take a year before we bring out another product.
We just don't to bring out products for the sake of it. We have a purpose with every product we use.
All right. Are you ready to tackle some more hair loss myth busting?
I am. All right. Let's start with a big one. Is there a cure for baldness?
Well, the easy answer is no.
There's no cure for baldness because if there was, no one would have hair loss.
(02:09):
And I'd be quite rich, a lot more richer than I am now.
And so, no, you can't cure baldness. You can definitely prevent hair loss.
You can treat hair loss. You can regrow hair, but cure would be something that
you never get it in the first place.
And no one's found that yet. Can hair be helped to grow faster?
What is the average monthly sort of hair growth speed, but can you speed it up?
(02:32):
Because I know everyone's seen those claims online that you can double your hair growth in a month.
Well, it's easy to get those stats, isn't it? So if your hair's miniaturizing and thinning out,
and then all of a sudden you start using great products and it starts growing
faster and it's going back to a healthy hair cycle where every three months
it's falling out, growing back stronger and healthier, it looks like it's growing a lot faster.
(02:52):
So people can bring stats out, up. But the truth is your hair is going to grow
at a cycle that's meant to grow.
If you've got thinning or hair loss
issue, then obviously it's going to miniaturize and slow up a lot more.
So yeah, that's the easiest way to say it. So it's not really making your hair
grow faster. It's more just correcting it back to its original hair growth speed. Correct. Yeah.
I know there's a lot of claims out there by other brands, but yeah, it's interesting.
(03:17):
Can you make your hair grow and grow and grow? So like if you've only ever grown
hair to your shoulder, are there products likes that will help your hair grow down to like your feet?
I haven't seen that. I haven't seen someone's hair go to Rapunzel,
like, you know, but I'm not saying there's not like, I mean, I'm, I'm an expert.
I've been around the globe. I train people. I do all the things I've done and I'm still learning.
(03:38):
So there might be that magic product out there that's, um, having these claims
and saying that, but I personally, in my experience, hasn't seen that.
Like whatever your hair is meant to do, it will do if it's healthy, you know?
So if it's meant to only go to shoulder order length because you've got an antigen stage
so you might be one year your antigen stage might go three
four five years so the longer it is the
(03:58):
longer your hair can be but if you're not ever had that antigen stage
i don't add that longer than one to three years and you saw you know i don't
see how it could actually happen so just to simplify that the antigen stage
is the growth stage that's correct right so is your growth stage genetically
disposition so like if you have a one year antigen phase that's your genetic
in my in my yeah in my experience that would be the case yet.
(04:20):
Okay, right. And so there's no products that you know of that can make your
anagen phase go from like say two years of growth to seven years of growth. I haven't seen that.
Does rinsing your hair with cold water make it shinier? I haven't heard this one.
The theory behind it is the cold water closes the pores of the hair,
I suppose, so that it becomes less porous and it becomes shinier, so it's less drying.
(04:43):
I have to be totally honest. I have to sit on the sidelines here.
I wouldn't know the answer to that one.
I've been stumped. There you go. I haven't heard that one before.
Is that out on social media? Yeah. The theory is the temperature of your hair
can change whether your hair is dry or not. So if you're using really scalding
hot water, it can actually dry your hair out.
(05:03):
Yeah, that makes sense. But about the cold water, I haven't heard that,
you know, obviously if her hair is going to be shiny and healthier.
But I mean, in winter, if you really want to have a cold shower,
do it with my hair. I don't know how that goes.
So, but yeah, no, I don't know.
What is the connection between scalp health and hair health? Is there a connection?
Yeah, absolutely. So if your scalp's healthy, your hair's going to be healthy.
(05:24):
You know, when you've got a poor scalp, your hair itself can be miniaturized
from damage. It's suffocating the follicles.
Like just one example is cerebral dermatitis.
So if you've got dermatitis or cerebral dermatitis, it's obviously,
you know, your scalp's really unhealthy there.
And it's inflamed. And it's also going to have damage.
The hair is going to become quite brittle and dry.
(05:44):
So definitely having scalp health is important.
Is it true that washing your hair every day causes hair loss? No.
No. No. Now, and look, when you've got healthy hair, you don't have to wash every day, but what,
As you know, and I've explained before, if you've got genetic hair loss,
DHT, it lies in the sebaceous glands, the oil glands.
So the worst thing you can do is leave your hair and not wash it because it's
(06:07):
passing it up into other hair where it's on the scalp.
Basically, washing your hair daily is important if you've got some hair loss,
but you're using products that work.
So you've got to make sure that you're using the right product that you can
wash daily and it's not going to have harsh chemicals in it.
Is it true that women don't experience genetic hair loss?
No, women get genetic hair loss as well. Can you stop postpartum hair loss by taking supplement?
(06:31):
Potentially. I mean, there's a lot of great supplements out there and,
you know, hair, skin and nail and gut health powders are really good.
If you're going to get something like postpartum hair loss, it's also treatable.
It's once you get it, you know, act on it early, it's going to reverse pretty quickly.
You can prevent that definitely coming on if you're healthy and you're taking natural supplements.
That obviously could happen, yeah. Which natural remedies have validity?
(06:55):
So like rice water, rosemary oil, castor oil, hair massage or scalp massage, I should say.
Well, they've all got different attributes. I think rice water is showing some
signs of it has some growth happening in it.
Rosemary, I know, is really good for inflamed scalp.
How much it's helping with hair loss and regrowing the hair loss,
(07:16):
I'm not quite sure of that one.
But if you're massaging, you're helping circulation. stimulation so
you know potentially you can notice some new improvement and
new regrowth and the castor oil again people do
say that when they've used it that they've noticed and
i always say to everyone whatever you're using if
it's working stick with it right so you know there's not a 101 for every single
(07:36):
person everyone has different stages of health different types of hair loss
and so whatever product they're using if it's working continue using it definitely
add it look for other things you could add in to get better results if you're
looking for that if If castor oil is working for you, great.
Okay. Does dyeing your hair cause permanent damage or hair loss?
A good question. Does dyeing the hair? No.
(07:57):
Dyeing the hair is fine. Okay. If you're dyeing your hair blonde,
you can be stripping your hair. Like bleaching it. You're bleaching, yeah.
But when you're coloring hair, it's generally putting a coating on it.
Constantly doing it, you can chemically damage your scalp.
You can burn your hair and burn the follicle definitely by doing some of the
dyes if they're done incorrectly. I would say if someone's thinning out,
(08:18):
though, the worst thing you can do is...
Do dyeing of the hair. I know a lot of people say, but that's what we can touch
on later while we're bringing out our blonde range.
So people that dye their hair blonde, they can keep regrowing their hair.
But a lot of things like dyes and trying to grow your hair long on thinning
areas, it's the worst thing you can do when you're trying to treat it.
When it's healthy again, you can go back to doing some of those things.
(08:40):
What about wearing tight ponytails or really tight braids? Can that lead to hair loss?
Yeah. I mean, one of the hair loss is traction alopecia. So it's like tight
braiding of the hair, pony's type ponytails, pulling up the hair.
If it's done really tightly, absolutely, you can start thinning on areas.
How does that cause, like how does the traction alopecia, how does it actually damage the follicle?
Because it's pulling at the follicle and so it's constantly pulling and it's
(09:03):
really tightly and it's reducing the circulation to that follicle.
You know, having loose hair is better or just alternating, not having the same
tight braid every day or tight ponytail.
If you're starting noticing thinning, you should discontinue doing that style.
Okay. What about hair growth vitamins and supplements?
Do they really work? I think they're a great addition to when you're doing anything, right?
(09:27):
I'm a big advocate of hair, skin and nails and gut health. I think that one
together works well, bringing nutrients into the body.
And some people might be lacking iron and other things in their bodies that
can help them with circulation as well and blood flow.
What about this? Does shaving your head make your hair grow back thicker?
That's a bit of a wise tell, that one. Because you've got your follicle is your
(09:48):
follicle, right? So, you're shaving your head.
And a lot of people say the opposite, like shaving your hair can cause hair
loss. And that's not the case as well. So, no.
Has no effect. Not that I know of. What causes gray hair and can you reverse it?
Well, if I could do that, I wouldn't be sitting here with gray hair.
So, you've got genetic disposition to having gray hair, right?
(10:11):
So, there are dyes out there, There's shampoos out there that have dyes in it
that can color the hair back again.
And I've heard some people say you can totally reverse it. I haven't seen that.
Like, I think it's something that you do and it might go to a more of a darker
color. But once you stop it, it will go back to its normal color.
Is having premature gray, is it a sign of unhealthy hair or is it just a genetic expression?
(10:32):
I've got beautiful hair, Crystal. The gray really suits you, actually.
I don't think it's a sign. But there are some experts out there that say gray
hairs because the cortex and the coloration area is getting affected.
There might be a bit of truth there. But, you know, I'm no different to what
my dad and his dad and all that sort of thing.
Yeah. So it's usually like a genetic expression. Yeah. Okay. Yeah.
(10:55):
Unfortunately for my three boys who've got a beautiful dark hair right now.
Yeah, they've got their mum's dark hair. Yeah, exactly. How long for? They're lucky, right?
Do frequent haircuts make your hair grow faster?
If you're cutting your hair and your hair's looking, obviously,
it's healthier, it hasn't got split ends and all that, yeah, I mean, that's great.
It gives it a better look on top, but I don't think it's making it grow faster or anything like that.
(11:21):
Do split ends or damaged ends, does it affect the way your hair grows?
Does it affect your hair growth?
Not really. It's the end of your hair, right? So I don't see how that would
actually affect the hair, no. Yeah, because what's happening down the end doesn't.
No, it's underneath, right?
99. It's what's in the follicle, what's in the scalp. Yeah. Okay, right.
What about brushing your hair? There's a, you know, it's been around forever,
(11:41):
another old wives' tale.
Brushing your hair 100 strokes a night is good for your hair.
Is it good for your hair? Is it damaging?
If you're brushing really aggressively, it probably wouldn't be good for the
hair. When you're brushing or doing anything or massaging, you help in circulation.
So I think brushing your hair, I don't know, about 100, that sounds excessive.
(12:03):
But definitely brushing hair, it's not going to cause any hair loss.
What about brushing wet hair? Does that damage hair?
It can pull at it, I guess. If you've got fine hair, it can pull at it a little bit.
But I think when we do things, we only do it once if we see it's not conducive for us.
What's better, letting your hair air dry or using like a heat tool, like a hairdryer?
(12:25):
Hairdry. I think if you're heating your hair, it can do some damage.
Oh, so letting it air dry is better. Yep. Right. Okay.
What about any other hair myths that you've heard? Is there any that you want to bring up?
Any that you get asked about regularly? Usually it's whenever someone sat in
front of me and, you know, we're having a consultation and it's like,
you know, I don't know why I've got hair loss.
(12:46):
Like my dad doesn't have hair loss. You know, it was always,
you know, they feel they follow anyone.
So they've heard only follow. Mum's father has a hair loss. So that's the only
way you can get hair loss. Right, right. Comes from the other side of the family
tree and can skip generations.
Can you have genetic hair loss if generations before you haven't had it?
Can it just sort of pop up in your genes? Yeah, it can skip generations, absolutely.
So there's people that I know that have got hair loss, but their parents and
(13:07):
their grandparents had beautiful heads hair.
So whether that's been contributed to different things that have happened to
them, diet, poor diet, I think we've touched on it in previous episodes,
but there's things that we can do that can contribute to hair loss as well.
All right, let's just finish the episode. Just one last question.
What is one hair habit you wish people would stop immediately?
(13:29):
Procrastinate with, if the hair loss is affecting them, then don't procrastinate.
If it's an issue, they need to
treat it and treat it early because they're going to get better results.
If they treat it later, they're not going to get good results.
Okay. So ignoring the hair loss is the one habit. Well, yeah.
I mean, if it doesn't bother you, there's some great sexy people out there that
got bald heads and I do not, right?
(13:52):
So, you know, if it affects you and it worries you,
then do something about it as quick as yeah quicker the better
okay great all right thanks for another awesome episode
adam and the next episode we're going through hair health and hair hygiene and
what a good hair care routine looks like excellent all right awesome thanks
for listening and be sure to follow the podcast on spotify or apple podcast
(14:13):
and email any hair questions you want
adam to tackle to hello at regrowhairclinics.com.au and don't forget to.
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