January 3 2006, 4:12 pm PT | Posted in: Hair Loss Causes
Im 20 years old and I am noticing my hair thinning on both the front left and front right sides of my head. Receding hair does exist in my family, however, for a while I had been excessively masturbating. This may have also been a cause, so Ive heard. What do you think? Is it possible for my hair to grow back thicker? And what would be the best thing for me to do?
Thinning hair does come from family genetics and I gather from your question that you have the genetics in your family history, which may point to the most probable cause of your hair loss. Genetic hair loss is caused by the interaction between your genes, your testosterone (and DHT levels), time, and stress. The young man has a great deal of circulating testosterone (which creates DHT, which causes hair loss and thinning on the negative side and hair growth in beard, chest hair, and hair almost everywhere else on the body, except the scalp). Because testosterone levels are high, the sex drive in young men is also very high. Frequent erections (in some teenage boys as many as 20 times per hour in some situations) produce a desire to masturbate (when the opportunity is right) to relieve the sexual drive. High testosterone levels and the desire to masturbate are a perfectly normal response to both your erections and the hormone levels driving them. As a culture, we hide our masturbating with some shame but the process is a normal process.
Your frequency of masturbation will not impact your hair loss; only things like genetics, hormones and hormone blocking agents like Propecia will impact your hair loss/thinning. You should have your scalp evaluated for miniaturization and balding patterns. If you do have genetic hair loss, you should get on the appropriate treatment (like Propecia), for if you do not treat it, the family pattern may prevail. It is said that men who are bald, are more sexually active than hairy men. I do not know if this is correct or not or if that means that bald men try harder. There are better statistics for hair loss than the masturbating habits of young, balding men. I would suggest that you masturbate all you want, just focus upon getting your hair diagnosis and treatment going in the right direction by taking action, rather than ignoring the proper approach to your problem. Keep hair loss and your penis agenda separate and give both, the attention they need. If you are able to come to Los Angeles, visit me and I would be happy to evaluate your hair loss and recommend the appropriate treatment for you.
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Hi!
At first i never have this huge among of hair loss a day. After, i’ve been masturbating for couple of months and i seem to have a hair loss. I lose about 50-100 hair a day. I do not know why. Please, tell me because of masturbating? Thanks!
hi. i am iranian. in my cuntry say masturbation is very dangerous and very harmful and if harm ful does harm of masturbation come back?and is masturbation is harmful?
I think masturbation itself increaes the sex drive as your body adapts to the routine and therefore more and more testosterone is made to keep up with the demand and this will evnetually turn into dht which will make the hair loss case worse.Try something like spearmint tea to lower your sex drive and you might end up lowering your frequency of masturbation which will reduce the production of dht ad your hair may have a chance of rejuvenating itself.
according to this actual study, masturbation can indeed increase levels of DHT which causes hair loss.
joe.endocrinology-journals.org/cgi/content/abstract/70/3/439
hello, i masterbate daily. i want to know that, if i do it regularly, so i will have some disadvantage of it. i have heard that masterbating can decrease your beauty or your shining of face, please suggest me
And masterbating dosent mess with your hormones at all? Gimme a break doc. You’re so full of it. Too much of anything is bad for you. Any type of addiction will have consequences. Get real.
hey, i’m 16 and im already losing hair. i dont know if im actually losing it or not but i find around 10 hairs on the table when i stroke my hair with my hands.
i masturbate around 2 times a day and i dont know if thats the problem or not.
my uncles from my moms side are all bald and my moms family in general have weak hair.
can you please tell me what to do?!
and by the why, do hair dryers cause hair loss?
i use it nearly daily.
please give me an answer quick!
Hi i am 20 years old and i believe im losing my hair. my moms father has been bald before she was even born, but my father has a full head of thick hair and is 49 years old. my mother tells me i had way more hair than my grandfather did at his age. Is masterbation causing my hairloss?IF so, if i quit now will it grow back? Or do i have a bad gene from my grandfather?
Hi.Masturbation will not couse hair loss.It’s old wives tale.Why everybody talks about masturbation?Having sex would make you bald too if that was true.Anyway…Every single day you lose 50-150 hair.It’s normal.
I never have’nt hair loss before masturbate. After, i’ve been masturbating with a gap one or two days for couple of months and i seem to have a hair loss. I lose about 60-130 hair a day. I don’t know why. Please, tell me because of masturbating? if so than tell me the way how to cure it.
Harry-
Hair loss is not caused by masturbating. There is no cure for hair loss, just as there is no cure for blue eyes or big ears. It is genetic. Losing 100 hairs a day is normal.
Does hair loss due to stress ever grow back?
If you have excessively been masturbating then yes it does effect your hair loss. Trust me I have been testing this theory on myself and at the age of 21 I would notice that if I stopped masturbating for a period of time that in days I would experience less hair falling then on days that I did masturbate. And if you masturbate more then one time per day and continue ahah your hair line will be receding pretty fast. Plus on top of it it is a sex drive killer if you abuse it too much you will lose elasticy in the penis and it can can effect the growth of the penis as well. I’m currently a premed student so case studies and writing reports is my thing. I’ve also tried all the products and they work in a way but there is very little you can do about growing bald but slow down its progression. Until we actually stop the hormone known to cuase balding called DHT from effecting the hair follicle we stand very little chance of having a full set of hair.
“Has any man experineced hair loss due to excessive masterbation?”
Many people have made a personal connection between hair loss(& other symptoms) and excessive ejaculation. It probably doesn’t matter if you are masturbating or having intercourse too frequently. Your body has to replace the spent semen which can deplete you of:
Semen is primarily water, but contains trace amounts of almost every nutrient the human body uses.[citation needed] It has somewhat higher amounts of commonly deficient minerals, such as potassium, magnesium, and selenium.[36] One typical ejaculation contains 150 mg of protein, 11 mg of carbohydrates, 6 mg fat, 3 mg cholesterol, 7% US RDA potassium and 3% US RDA copper and zinc.[37] When metabolized, protein yields 4 kcal/g, carbohydrate also yields 4 kcal/g, and fat yields 9 kcal/g.[38] Hence the food energy in the typical ejaculation is 0.7 kcal (2.9 kJ).
Its not just the act of masturbation or intercourse in and of itself, its the constant ejaculation multiple times a day for long periods of times that can deplete a guy’s body of these components. This isn’t something that your doctor will even consider seriously discussing with you. And this topic brings out strong opinions on both sides. Lots of men don’t even want to consider the thought of this (ejaculation/symptoms) link, but I think its highly possible. Let me be clear, I am not anti-masturbation or anti-sex. I’ve been floggin the flesh flute and murderin my girl’s cooch for many moons, but too much of anything is bad for you. It would be wise to research the known symptoms of deficiencies of above noted components and decide for yourself. Maybe even think about giving the old gonads a break sometimes. Just my opinion…
Is this true you can go bald from masturbating ? I am starting to lose a lot of hair.
Hey Folks…
Masturbation is a self satisfaction of our emotions… it’s a temporary happiness.. and intercourse too…
This sexual acts can be done once in a day.. more than that can lead to different types of changes in your body.. If you are physically very strong you can participate in sex up to 2 or 3 times maximum, exceeding this limitation may leads to harm for our human body..
But Ayurvedam doesn’t recommend masturbation… because it shows many defects in future Physically & Mentally..
Temporary Happiness may leads to Long lasting problem..!!!
After all it’s up to you…
Its funny how these “doctors” are so strongly against the idea that over masturbation causes hair loss, or is linked to it. It is a Fact that the 2 are linked. In fact, masturbation is one of the Primary causes. I’m befuddled that doctors ignore this and say over masturbation doesn’t do anything to the chemicals in your body. Where did you get your degrees?
Ok I’m done ranting, tell you first hand, stop excessive masturbation and your hair problem will start to get better.
It’s funny how people claim things are “facts” when there is zero proof of such. I’m befuddled when people can believe myths and take them as fact. Do you also believe that masturbation causes hairy palms? Or that masturbation will make you go blind? Those are other ridiculous and common myths.
Perhaps it is related to some people feeling guilty about masturbating due to cultural or religious reasons. Regardless, there is no link between hair loss and masturbation, just as sex with a partner doesn’t cause hair loss.
I think there is a common misconception with the information people are trying to find out. “can masterbation cause baldness in men” is different from “can masterbation influence or increase the rate for people who are inevitable going to go bald”
Masturbation does cause balding. Time will tell, in the next couple of decades science will discover it, after doing studies. The doctors on here make me laugh, talking about bringing proof. We don’t need BS science proved evidence. Western science is BS anyway. They can’t even explain where matter came from. Daft idiots. They only just discovered that particles can travel faster than the speed of light. Muslims knew that 1400 years ago. Daft idiot scientists seriously! Notice how balding has increased in this day and age, now that we have easier access to porn and all. Learn about the porn industry. Doctors just want to make their money and they don’t know anything about this topic, that is why they never admit there is a connection between the two subjects.
Those saying that it is natural and the body needs it for reproduction and pleasure. Let me tell you this, your body was not to abused, it was to be kept in a state of equilibrium. So anything is excess will cause problems. For those curious, just give up the habit for 90 days atleast and see the effects for yourself. Baldness CAN be caused by BAD habits, do get rid of them guys!
I’m out, peace, and stay blessed.