Nowadays, many of the post-90s are experiencing crises that only come with middle age, and one of the most common is the problem of hair loss. When people reach middle age, it is accompanied by not only getting older, but also hair loss. Smoking is a key cause of hair shedding. A study found a positive correlation between smoking and androgenic baldness. To stop further deterioration of hair thinning, it is imperative to quit smoking. But how exactly does smoking cause hair loss? Now I'm going to tell you some professional things that will make you more aware of the relation between smoking and baldness.

Destruction of hair follicles.

According to scientific measurements, tobacco contains hundreds of complex chemical components, most of which are harmful to humans, especially tar, nicotine, phenols, acids, aldehydes and 40 other components, which are toxic and carcinogenic substances. What’s more, these ingredients nicotine and caffeine have the greatest impact on hair. In a study in Taiwan, the conclusion found that when people smoke, nicotine can destroy hair follicle tissue, affect the circulation of blood and hormones in the scalp, and also increase the secretion of androgens, which can lead to hair loss.

Poor blood supply to the scalp.

The nicotine in tobacco has a significant impact on the arteries and the body of humans. It has the effect of constricting blood vessels. Once you smoke regularly, the nicotine in tobacco will trigger blood circulation disorders, making the capillaries on the scalp slowly constrict, which will gradually affect the growth of hair, and will cause the cholesterol in the body to rise and the blood to thicken. These are also the causes of insufficient blood supply to the scalp. Inadequate blood supply to the scalp can affect the growth of hair follicles and lead to hair loss. Medical evidence that smoking is harmful to health is evident in the way that cigarettes can damage hair follicle tissue and cause blood to circulate in the scalp in a disturbed manner.

High oil secretion in the scalp.

Cigarettes contain ingredients such as tar, and these ingredients cause your scalp to secrete more oil. Once you smoke for a long time, then your hair follicles will definitely be blocked hard and unable to breathe air. This affects the normal metabolism of the scalp and destroys the healthy environment for hair growth, thus causing hair loss. The effect is certainly greater if you are a seborrheic alopecia sufferer. This is the reason why many seborrheic alopecia patients go to the hospital when their doctors strongly urge them to quit smoking.

So it seems that even if you don't smoke, you’d better stay away from those who do. Because when you stay with them, your healthy scalp will also be exposed to those harmful substances that can cause you to lose your hair. Therefore, you need to advise your friends around you to smoke less and quit smoking. Of course, if you are a smoker, don't smoke in front of anyone for the health of others.

Damaged scalp environment.

Smoking produces a lot of smoke, soot and other harmful substances, and most of them are alkaline and contain a lot of harmful substances. Smoke becomes alkaline, while the scalp becomes weakly acidic. Smoking for a long time, the dust cover will destroy the scalp pH. And large molecules of particulate matter, organic matter, settling epidermis, but also easy to lead to bacterial reproduction, pore blockage and other problems, affecting hair growth. Because the top of the head is at the top of the body, it is easiest to descend dust. The scalp is also easily exposed to harmful substances, so it is one of the reasons why hair loss in the top area of the head is more common.

Psychogenic hair loss.

The nicotine in tobacco stimulates the body's dopamine system to secrete dopamine at an accelerated rate. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that promotes the secretion of adrenaline in the body and causes euphoria. When the secretion of adrenaline increases, it will cause an increase in the secretion of oil from the sebaceous glands of the scalp, reducing the quality of the living environment of the hair follicles, making them clogged and not absorbing nutrients, eventually leading to psychogenic hair loss.

Now, do you have a better understanding of the relationship between smoking and hair loss? We always say that smoking is bad for your health, and it seems that there is really a lot of truth in this statement. The above five reasons about smoking causing hair loss will hopefully make you feel that smoking is really harmful. We can't and can't afford to do so, there’s on doubt that we need to quit smoking immediately to protect the little hair we have left, especially you have More vulnerable hair follicles.