Can EMF radiation really cause hair loss? Spoiler alert – at this point, in terms of the our mission here, seems the answer at this time is no.
I have had a receding hairline probably since my late twenties. I shave it bald and have been styling my hair (or head) like this for quite some time. I never really cared about my hairline, never put any goop in my hair to try to grow it back, never went to those hair club for men offices to see about hair plugs or restoration, never considered wearing a toupee or anything like that. I was going to be bald or have some sort of male pattern baldness, I came to this realization fairly early on, as my father and both my grandparents were bald. I came to the realization that male pattern baldness was just something I was going to have to deal with, and thanks to people like Michael Jordan coming along and making the shaved head appear nice and normal, I was fine.
I do, however, understand concern and the desire to keep a healthy head of hair. Woman especially. I do have friends who had to participate in chemotherapy and subsequently loss their hair during the process. I am sure it was dramatic for them, more so the chemotherapy process than the loss of hair, but dramatic nevertheless.
So Based on our Topic Here (EMF), Can EMF Radiation also Cause Hair Loss?
Short answer – the jury is still out – but signs point to no. While I did come across a couple of articles that spoke on the potential of hair loss and the use of cell phones, nothing convinced me one way or the other. Was the bald area due to the EMF radiation or caused by male pattern baldness, or was it more likely to be caused by the heat emitted from excessive cell phone use? According to the Belgravia Centre who specialize in hair loss treatment there is nothing for the jury to even deliberate. (Read article here). Hair loss has been around well before electronics graced us with their presence.
Even if some do firmly believe that EMF radiation causes hair loss (and I did find a number of these articles out there as well) I believe other issues will come into fruition well before hair loss, such as headaches, fatigue, dizziness and muscle aches.
In Conclusion
While ionizing radiation, such as x-rays and gamma rays, can cause hair loss. Regarding our topic here, non-ionizing EMF or radio-frequency radiation, most say no, hair loss will not be an issue. I tend to agree with them. No, I am not a scientist entrusted with a government grant to research the topic, but I do believe that we would have seen more evidence to say it does if it did.
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