I think it is getting more and more common these days to see more men and women in their youth or some even as young as in secondary school with thinning hair and balding spots on their scalp every time we walk on the streets. This begs the question: why more and more young Singaporeans lose hair?
Yup, I am one of the thousands of hair loss victims in Singapore and I have experienced hair loss for close to 6 years already. In case you ask me whether I am bald now, no, I am not bald but my hair has thinned visibly though if you are a person who have not seen me before, you would not have known that I have been losing thousands and thousands on hair over these 6 years. I can be considered to look normal when standing against the thousands of Singaporean men who already have thinning or even balding scalp.
That is because, I really really am concerned about the state of my hair and through these years, I have been experimenting with many shampoos, many products to see what works what do not work for me. Yes, I have been spending thousands of hair loss shampoos, tonics, treatments and other products. But the main point of this blog post is not to share with readers my hair loss experience which you can easily read about slowly in this blog. Instead in this post, I am going to share with readers my opinions on why more and more Singaporeans are losing their hair, women and men. And I am going to focus on young women and men for it is only natural for old men and women to have lesser and thinner hair as they age.
So, without further ado, let me share my insight on why more and more Singaporeans are losing their hair at a young age, please note that all of the following reasons are just my guesses, there are no evidence to back up my guesses:
a) Climate Change
The first reason which I think may be the number 1 attributing factor to hair loss is Climate Change. Just look around, Singaporeans are not the only citizens who are losing their hair at a young age. If you go to Europe, Japan or other Asian countries, you will see many of their people with thinning hair and balding scalp too at a young age. Notable celebrities who have thinning hair or balding scalp include one of the band members of Taiwan’s 5566, Prince William, just to name a few. Hence I believe Hair Loss among young people is not only a problem prevalent in Singapore but it is also really an international problem. If my guess is correct, I think the ozone layer has really been damaged too much that more and more harmful sun rays which are hurting to the scalps of young men and women pass through. It just happens that Singapore is situated at the equator where we get the most intense sun rays which results in a high proportion of our young men and women now having thinning hair and balding scalp.
b) Food and water
I heard some people on the street telling to another that he suspects the introduction of Newater into our reservoirs in recent years leads to the increase in hair loss among young people here. According to this man whom I overheard talking to his friend in the coffeeshop, he thought that was also the reason why many of his foreign friends started to experience hair loss once they move over to Singapore for living or work. Initially when I heard their argument, I thought they have a possible reason for the increase in hair loss among young people since the number of young people with thinning hair or balding scalp seems to start increasing since the early years when Newater was introduced.
This got me to doing an experiment: drinking pure mineral and distilled water for a month. To my surprise, my hair loss still continued during this period. There was no corresponding reduction in hair loss throughout this trial period. Hence I do not think that Newater causes hair loss.
On the other hand, I think food might be a more probable reason for young people to suffer from hair loss. Nowadays, food is laden with MSG generously, and if you were to read the literature on hair loss, you would known there is definitely a link between food and hair loss
c) Computer
This is another reason which I thought of. With modern man now being surrounded by computers, I always thought that computer radiation including the radiation from i-phones may have some health impacts on our bodies including our hair.
d) Shampoos
Nowadays, there is a raft of shampoos out there in the market, which to me seem to ride on the increasing hair loss scene in Singapore. I have been a victim myself trying many many different shampoos most of which did not work at all. Let us face the fact, not every one’s scalp is suited to the ingredients used in the many shampoos. Choose a shampoo that suits your scalp Best
e) Shampooing
Have you heard of the maxim “Simple is Basic?” Well, I believe one of the top reasons why more and more young people these days are experiencing hair loss and hair thinning is due to the fact that our society is getting more and more time-crunched and there is a need for faster and instant gratification. Hence more and more young people may be quickly shampooing their hair not knowing that they are not shampooing their scalp and removing the grease and dirt on their scalp effectively.
And that brings me to the conclusion of this post. If you like this post and want to receive a FREE Hair Loss E-book which I have penned myself, please send your sharing of your hair loss experiences in 250 words or more to my email for publication on this blog for sharing with other hair loss sufferers too. Anonymity is guaranteed unless you want to publish your name as well along with your article.
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