May 18 2006, 12:36 pm PT | Posted in: Hair Loss Causes
Hi Dr.Rassman,I’ve heard that caffiene is bad for the hair and may cause hair loss. So does that mean that Green Tea is also bad since it contains caffiene?
Also, does propecia lose it’s affect after five years?
Caffeine does not cause hair loss. If it did, I would be bald by now because I drink 5 cups of coffee a day! I have also heard sex is bad for hair, but I wouldn’t give that up either. With regard to green tea, see past blog entries here.
Propecia does not lose its effects after five years.
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Since September,
I started drinking caffeinated jasmine tea
& I stopped a short course (3 months) of tricyclen.
While I was taking tricyclen, I did not have a hair loss problem.
Since then, my hair has been falling out very easily, and now I can even see my scalp. I’d like to add that before the 3 months of tricyclen, I had the same rapid hair loss problem I have again now.
To me, it seems like the caffeine is causing my rapid hair loss, and the tricyclen was stopping the hair loss!