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Is wearing your favorite baseball cap causing you to lose hair? The short answer is no. But there are some risks to your hair when you wear a hat everyday. The main culprit of hair loss is genetics and the production of DHT on your scalp but clogged sweat glands and poor fitting headwear can lead to irritation and inflammation down the road.

DHT is a major culprit for hair loss in both men and women. Attacking the hair follicle and causing miniaturization, dihydrotestosterone can be the main cause of pattern baldness, alopecia, hair fall, thinning and shedding hair. Good news is that there are effective ways to reduce or combat DHT through DHT-Blocking shampoos, foods, vitamins (saw palmetto) and treatments like LLLT laser hair growth