Is Excessive Exercise Ruining Your Hair?

Introduction

Exercising is an essential activity that increases vitality and energy. Today, both aerobic and anaerobic exercise plays a key role in building a complete healthy lifestyle. It keeps your body weight under control, helps to get a good restful sleep at night, and positively affects your mood throughout the day. With all those perks, does excessive exercise ruins your health?

The answer is YES! Believe it or not! You can go into too much exercise routine. Over-exercising can strain your body and stress your health. Some of the individuals who perform excessive exercise also face concerns about how they look.

It is important to exercise. But what’s more important is maintaining a healthy balance between exercise and rest. In this post, there are root causes of hair loss, tips on how to get back on track, FUE Treatments and non-Surgical Treatments etc.

Let’s check out each one at a time…

Root Causes Of Hair Loss

It’s a myth! Not all hair loss turns out to be permanent. In other words, some are temporary cause by one reason or another. Typically, hair loss occurs due to genetic. One of the reasons for temporary hair fall could be excessive exercise. Many athletes face hair loss because of rigorous exercise routines. So, if you are hitting the gym today, ensure to take care of hair as well.

Nutrition

Lack of nutrition causes weight loss and hair fall. Although cutting down on calories is good, but not without proper vitamins and protein supplements. When you exercise too much, you end up using up all your reserve causing a deficiency.

Stress

One of the most common factors particularly in the working environment is ‘the stress’. When you work in a chronic stress environment and perform the excessive exercise, chances are that you could start losing hair. Stress and over-exercise also negatively impact your health. So, limit your time to exercise, and take out at least one hour in a day to recharge.

Hair Care

Taking care of muscles is a good idea. Showering after a workout can help you to save yourself from unnecessary hair loss. Sweat during exercise gets build up on your scalp which leads to hair loss. It is recommended to get rid of sweat (or wash) your hair just after training. It is necessary if you wear a cap while exercising.

Tip: Do not put your hair in a ponytail or tight braids while performing workouts.

Hair care is also necessary for swimmers. Swimming a great workout, but most of the pools are often loaded with chlorine. The chemical can dry out your hairs and make your follicle very brittle.

Getting Back On Track

Wait! Before you cancel out your gym membership, you can still get back on track by taking proper nutrition. Buy more vegetables and get vitamins. Try to limit your workout time, and allow yourself to cool down. With the right balance between exercise and eating, you can easily save your hair quality.

Is It Possible To Get Your Hair Back?

There are three principal methods of getting your hair back. The first two are surgical method whereas the third one is the non-surgical one.

Three methods of getting back your hairs: –

1. FUT ( Follicular Unit Transplant )
2. FUE ( Follicular Unit Excision )
3. Non – Surgical Methods

Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE Treatment)

It is a type of hair transplant process which is done by taking individual hair follicles from your skin. Next, the hair follicles are then moved to another part of your head where hairs are thinner or absent. Nowadays, FUE process is on a roll. In other words, it is becoming popular than other methods.

1. 1. FUE is considered one of the safe treatments.
   2. It is done in multiple 2-4 sessions.
   3. It is an outpatient procedure which means you can go home after a session.
   4. FUE doesn’t interrupt your daily routine.
   5. It’s available around the world.

Effective and Convenient

– In FUE treatment the hair begins growing back in about 2-4 months.

– The treatment recovers 50-80% of the hairs

What is the difference between FUE & FUT methods?

Both FUE and FUT methods have their pros and cons. On one hand, FUE (Follicular Unit Excision) is often considered as an advanced technique. That being said, both FUE and FUT provide amazing results.

Advantage of FUE 

– The first benefit of FUE method is that there is no linear scar. Since this method takes individual follicular units, there are only a few tiny barely noticeable dot scars. If you want to make a quick return to work, go with this method.

– Since their virtually no scar, it is best suited to people who like to keep their hair short.

– It is suitable for younger patients as well

Advantage of FUT

This method is for patients requiring a large number of grafts. Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) method provides a high yield of hair when compared to FUE. So, if you have goals for maximum fullness, chances are this hair treatment won’t’ disappoint you.

– You don’t need to shave your whole head

– The FUT process takes only 4-10 hours (depending on the number of grafts)

– It is less expensive from FUE procedures

Are there any non-surgical methods as well?

Aside from the aforementioned two restoration methods, let’s check out a non-surgical process too! Yes, non-surgical methods also aim to solve the issue at the source. The non-surgical method is a long term solution. There are two non-surgical methods: –

Minoxidil

Minoxidil: Also known as Rogaine, it was first created for ulcers. Later it was further developed as a medication for treating an enlarged prostate. One of its uses was discovered in treating hair loss. Rogaine dilates the blood vessels. In male-baldness, hair thinning is trigged by DHT sensitivity. The hormone is also responsible for hair miniaturization.

So, when blood vessel dilates, they deliver more oxygen and vitamins to the follicles. This works in favor of hairs, and they grow better, faster and stronger.

Finasteride

Finasteride: Also known by the name of Propecia, it is an FDA approved medication. Firstly, it was used to treat Androgenetic Alopecia and now in hair recovery treatments.

Other

Some of the other ways to recover from hair loss include: –

1. 1. Health and Balance diet
   2. Micro-needling
   3. Scalp tension reduction devices

The Bottom Line

Excessive exercise can also negatively impact your heart and other internal organs. Which method is best to get back your hairline? The reality is that one method might work for one, and not on the second person. That’s why some sufferers choose surgical procedures while others go with non-surgical processes. To choose a method, first, understand what causes your hair loss. It is seasonal, caused by exercise, or due to genetics?