General physical inactivity or, what is the same, leading a sedentary lifestyle, is a problem that can influence health at all levels and even promote hair loss, as reported by the Hospital Capilar.
This is due, as they have explained, that the decrease in exercise favors the retention of toxins, which can increase hair loss and hair density. “The sedentary lifestyle It motivates various pathologies, such as obesity, which contribute to hair loss to a greater extent and, therefore, become a risk factor for alopecia. In this way, having a excessive body fat It can cause damage to the stem cells of the hair follicle, which are responsible for the hair growth cycle. In this way, the hair regeneration cycle is altered by blocking the follicles, becoming miniaturized until they disappear”, explains the doctor from the Hair Hospital, Alberto Sanchezinforma Ep.
In fact, various studies have verified the “innumerable benefits” that sport has for hair, as it has the function of oxygenating the scalp and cause a reduction in stress caused by increased serotonin production, making hair grow with better quality and look softer and shinier. That is why not practicing exercise, added to factors such as obesity, can accelerate alopecia in people with genetic predisposition to suffer from it, as well as to produce effluvium-type alopecia.
correct diet
In addition, following a diet high in sugar and fat and low in nutrients for hair health such as biotin or vitamins such as A, C, D and E, becomes another risk factor for the activation of mechanisms that promote inflammation of the cells of the hair folliclesas well as their vascularization, causing damage to the hair in the medium or long term.
“Although the need to eat a correct diet is independent of sedentary life or not, it is true that following a diet that is unbalanced and high in sugars and fats can affect people who have a sedentary behavior more, since Toxins and derivatives of an intake of unhealthy products cannot be eliminated as quickly as in those people who have a more active lifestyle. Therefore, it is a varied diet is necessary in which no essential component is missing such as macronutrients, vitamins and trace elements. Establishing a diet rich in natural products, mostly discarding processed and ultra-processed ones, will directly influence our health and our hair”, said the expert.
More and more people suffer the consequences of a sedentary lifestyle such as overweight, high blood pressure or diabetessince approximately, it is estimated that 60 percent of the world’s population does not perform the necessary physical activity to have good health in general.
To avoid, as far as possible, the consequences of this way of life on the hair, it is recommended:
Four practical tips
- Use of shampoos suitable for the needs of our hair that do not alter the pH of the skin.
- Use of moisturizers such as serums that keep our hair shaft protected.
- Do without bows or tight pigtails.
- Good nutritional control and contribute to our day to day the necessary movement so that, little by little, our body adapts to a more active life.
“It is essential to consult a professional if a person has a hair pathology or progressive or abrupt hair loss, in order to determine the diagnosis of what type of alopecia they have and to guide the most appropriate treatment for each patient, which in some cases may be hair grafting, the most effective to combat alopecia, as well as other treatments such as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) or hair mesotherapy, which can help stop hair loss”, Sánchez has settled. .