What Happens To Your Body When You Wear A Hat Every Day

May 2024 · 1 minute read

Time was, there was a certain etiquette to headgear. A male wearing a hat (or cap) would tip it upon meeting a woman, and it would come off upon entering a residence, though not necessarily a place of business. Most churches would ask that men would remove their hats upon entering. Bartholomew Cubbins tried very hard to take his hat off upon meeting the king — 500 hats' worth, wrote Dr. Seuss. Bartholomew aside — what if you left your hat on all the time? Wouldn't it, like, kill the follicles and make your hair die (whether or not it was dyed) and make your scalp break out and cause your friends and family to reject you?

No.

It's a legend — wearing a hat excessively will cause damage to the hairline. Before you relax entirely, there is such a thing as traction alopecia — hair loss caused by excessive stress on the follicles, caused most often by pulling. Aman Samrao, a Harbor-UCLA Medical Center dermatologist, documented one case in which a ballerina was causing her hair to fall out because of the stress of frequently wearing her hair in a tight bun, says Live Science. But that's rare.

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