- Traction alopecia, which is the name given to hair loss that occurs because we pull too much on it, is an alopecia.
- Think about pigtails, braids and updos and you will be right, but also about extensions placed without enough experience.
- These hairstyles and accessories put more stress on the hair than the hair can withstand, which is a lot, and it ends up pulling it out by the roots.
According to the doctor, technically traction alopecia, which is the name given to hair loss that occurs because we pull it too much, or because of certain hairstyles, is an alopecia. But the truth is that yes androgenic or frontal fibrosing alopecia or areata they are due to causes beyond our control, in the traction we do have a large part of the fault.
Why? Because just as we know that blow-drying every day doesn’t do our hair any good, we also know that there are some pull-inducing hairstyles that can rip our hair out.
As we said, traction alopecia is hair loss caused by hairstyles that leave the hair too tight. The most popular hairstyles of this type according to the doctor are pigtails, braids and collected. But also in extensions placed without sufficient experience.
These hairstyles and accessories, according to the medical expert, generate a tension in the hair that is greater than what the hair can withstand, which is a lot, and ends up pulling it out by the root.
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A problem that goes unnoticed
The problem with hairstyles that put our hair in check, according to the doctor, is that very few people think that a very tight ponytail will cause hair loss. Traction alopecia is temporary, although there are cases where it can become a more serious problem. This happens when the space left by the plucked hair follicle becomes infected or a scab comes out that prevents a hair follicle from re-developing and restarting the hair development process.
It’s normal for hair to grow back, but think about the saying “The pitcher goes to the fountain so much that in the end it breaks”.
The more hair you pull out, the more likely it is to get infected and lose that hair forever. That can be a single hair, of course, but if you are used to wearing a ponytail every day, the chances of it happening with more hair increase. Also, if a clean pull occurs – yes, it reads as bad as it sounds, but it is the right word – it takes time for the hair to return to its original length.
What hairstyles can make you lose hair?
- The ponytail is the most common tight hairstyle. The basis for making the ponytail is the pull and there is not much difference between the high ponytail and the low ponytail if we talk about the danger of pulling out the hair. The recommendation of hair trichologists is that the hair does not remain tight.
- But the braid is even more dangerous than the ponytail because the damage goes unnoticed. In a ponytail it is easier to notice that the hair is being pulled too much, but in the braid the sensation is distributed and it does not seem so.
- Dreadlocks is another type of hairstyle that often causes traction alopecia. Like braids, dreadlocks don’t usually hurt, even though they carry a lot of weight at very specific points on the scalp. The key to the danger of dreadlocks is that they are hairstyles that are worn for a long time, and whose consequences are not discovered until it is too late. It is recommended that those people who have worn dreadlocks for a while, once they are removed, have their scalp checked by a specialist in hair trichology.
Does this mean that you have to give up a high hairstyle? No, but you do choose well where you do it and that it is not something habitual, as well as your daughters.
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