Will blow drying my hair a lot make me bald?

Lol no! Or at least I don’t think
so… I blow dry my hair everyday, it hasn’t done anything bad to it.
I loose hair because I have alot of it. Do you blow dry it just to dry it or so it won’t get spongy?

Just don’t let it get too hot and you’ll be ok.

Well I blow dry it and I’m only 15. I have noticed that I started to get those, sort of umm, small bald lines on each side of my hair (sorry don’t know what they’re called) and they aren’t too noticable but I know they weren’t there before. I’m worried I’m going to be bald at a young age but I look really bad leaving my hair as it is. Is it normal for my age? What other way can I blow dry but also keep it healthy?

If it worries you, let it dry halfway and then hit it with heat for just a little while. You can do this two ways, air then heat or heat then air. Less heat equals less damage.

I don’t think the blowdrying is what’s causing the bald spots. Hair loss in women is hereditary…. does your mom still have her hair? You may want to start now using thickening shampoos etc.

Edit: I blow dry to get a specific hair style.

@BBSDTfamily Im a guy..

@jambon_777 I’m not sure if blow drying your hair will make you bald, but I know a certain someone that blow dries his hair to get it a certain “style” too, and it makes no damage whatsoever, maybe your baldness runs in your family?

@Tink1113 I don’t think so since most of my family still have full heads of hair and my mom and dad who are around 50 years old still have lots of hair.

@jambon_777 It doesn’t have to run in the family. Being on the tall side runs in my family and I’m… not. You might have some hair loss that depends on a lot of things, not just heredity.

Too much styling will damage your hair and some of it will fall out. Do you dye your hair also? When I was 16 I dyed my hair quite a bit and I used the blow dryer constantly. One day my hair came out in clumps when I was drying it. I had very long hair and patches at least 5 inches long came out. My best friend had to cut it very short for me when this happened. I haven’t dyed my hair since.

Finally a chance to quote the ‘Wear Sunscreen’ song (by Baz Luhrmann):
Don’t mess around too much with your hair or by the time you’re 40 it will look 85.

When you consider baldness running in the family, you really have to look at your mother’s father. Male pattern baldness is somewhat linked to the X chromosome, so a male getting his mother’s X with a baldness gene won’t have anything to counter it from his dad’s Y. However, there are other genes involved that affect the timing and degree of baldness so it is actually labeled “autosomal dominant with mixed penetrance.”

There are many other reasons for baldness, including an autoimmune problem, a fungal infection, pulling on your hair too much (as in always wearing cornrows), trauma such as from hair dye or chemotherapy, and other causes. The primary mechanism of male pattern baldness is the sex hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). In other words, you are too manly for your own good.

Something to consider is that if you blow dry your hair excessively using the hottest setting you could be drying it too much, thus making it brittle and more easily broken. You might consider either letting your hair air dry or using a cooler setting.

OTOH, you might just remind yourself that bald is beautiful, and that it means you have more testosterone than the average guy.

BTW, my maternal grandfather was almost completely bald by the time he was a senior in high school. All he ever had after that was a fringe above his ears.

Male pattern baldness is, sadly, an inherited trait. Treat whatever hair (and working follicles you have left) with gentleness and tenderness. Forget the hair dryer completely.

We come from a family where the men have enough hair in middle and old age to lend hair plugs to friends. My son had hair that wouldn’t notice if a safe fell on his head from three stories up.

Pardon me for asking, but why do people blow-dry their hair in the first place?

I don’t know – I let mine drip dry, but then mine is straight as a board and I like it that way.

Oh god I laughed so hard at this question

You are damaging the follicles by blow-drying it. So, in a word, yes.

Blow drying (as with any other thing you do to your hair including brushing) can cause damage if done incorrectly.
Any heat styling should be coupled with a thermal protectant. This helps seal your hair cuticle down, preventing the heat from evaporating the moisture. This is how you avoid dry frizzy hair. I use Its a 10! leave-in. Good stuff.
Btw- dying your hair doesn’t make it fall out. Lightening your hair or color stripping can. If anything, adding color to your hair can help it look healthier. The color molecules attatched to the shaft, helping fill in voids and plumping the strand.

looking healthy and being healthy are two different things.

I’ve never heard of anyone dying from coloring their hair. Anyway a lot of people who have virgin hair have unhealthy hair. unless you live in a bubble, your hair is constantly exposed to the environment. I don’t know where you get your info from but I can assure you proper coloring (not box crap) will not harm your hair, especially if you only get a glaze or a demi.

ALL artificial heat is bad for your hair! sooner or later you’ll notice damage in your hair, i suggest you try a different method. Like for example: towel dry :)