Does gel make you bald?

[thebillionaire]

I was thinking of putting on gel, but my parents along with my friends say that you can go bald with gel. Is that true? Also are there any alternatives to styling you hair. I tried water.

[Cutter]

sounds like an urban legend to me

[Chris]

Your mother's male ancestors make you bald.

[James]

Indeed, baldness is mostly caused by genetics.

Using hair gel making you bald? That's rediculous. It doesn't even make sense.
Seriously consider this: how could it?

[moonshield]

Your mother's male ancestors make you bald.

lol, quite true.

[AndyH]

Your mother's male ancestors make you bald.
Indeed.

Which means i'm **** out of luck. Who knows, I might get lucky :(.

[moonshield]

eh, hopefully by that time it won't matter. Hair growing technology will probably improve over the next 30 years dont ya think?

[James]

Probably. But I'll probably start shaving my head when I get what's a recognizable "spot".

I may get lucky with my genes tho. I think I have non-bald as heterozygous in both my parents, or homozygous non-recessive from one and heterozygous in the other.
This is assuming it's the recessive gene.

[Generalissimo]

I think modern hair gel will be safe. Perhaps the old stuff had that chemical in that was used for hair removal.

[r2d2]

Brylcream all the way :)

Wax is quite good as well, but makes your hair a bit scummy.

[Mike]

It makes you go bald? lol :p

I've started to use wax instead of gel anyway now :)

[MarkB]

Oh you trendy oiks! :p

[thebillionaire]

I think modern hair gel will be safe. Perhaps the old stuff had that chemical in that was used for hair removal.

maybe the gel companies just dont want us to know

[r2d2]

Maybe shampoo makes you go bald as well?

[Mike]

Add water to that list, that may make us go bald as well...pft, I almost got worried after reading the thread title :d

[r2d2]

Im sure being male doesnt help either :rolleyes: ;)

[Doug]

I just use mousse whenever I do anything with my hair. Its quick and I doubt it can make you go bald. Though I doubt gel would either. Hats were one thing I always wondered about though.

[James]

Why would any of these things (besides the genetics stuff) make you go bald?
Think about it!

[ozgression]

I use gel and I am not bald. :)

[Blue Cat Buxton]

I dont use gel.

I am not bald.

Conclusive proof. (:))

[Doug]

Well, a hat can trap in all the dirt and oils and that can't be good for your hair, I dont know though. Any of the other things don't seem like they would have an effect. Oh, and my grandma's dad had a thick head of hair until he died and my dad is bald, so it can't just be your mother's father that you get the gene from. I wish it was because my grandpa on my mom's side isn't bald but my hair is thin like my dads and I think I'll be thinning out soon, thank god for rogane.

[chromate]

I have a full head of hair... But I keep finding the occasional grey (#eeeeee) hair! :eek: I'm Only 25.

[r2d2]

I have a full head of hair... But I keep finding the occasional grey (#eeeeee) hair! :eek: I'm Only 25.

Hehe, same here, and I'm 24! :o

[ivan doe]

i've been using gel for almost a decade now. fortunately, i still have a full head of hair too. :) it keeps me stylish and makes me look more good-looking. :D

[James]

I have a full head of hair... But I keep finding the occasional grey (#eeeeee) hair! :eek: I'm Only 25.
#eee. Get with the times! :eek:

[mini]

my friend Ben, he uses 5-7 bottles of hair gel every quarter, his hair stick up like echidna, but he's not bald. Your parents just don't want you to put chemicals in your hair. My mum's been telling me that dying your hair can cause cancer, im still waiting for that to happen, I've been dying my hair since i cannot remember

[James]

My mum's been telling me that dying your hair can cause cancer, im still waiting for that to happen, I've been dying my hair since i cannot remember
Tell her to stop dying her hair with acid.
The only way you'd get cancer from dying your hair, is if your hair dye consistently caused damage to your skin cells.

I love how people think they won't get skin cancer if they go to tanning salons instead of sun bathing... it's kinda funny.

[MarkB]

I find the number of grey hairs I have is directly related to my current workload :)

If you believed everything you read or hear, then EVERYTHING can cause cancer.

[ozgression]

If you believed everything you read or hear, then EVERYTHING can cause cancer.

Yeah, so true. :)

[James]

What about tomatoes--they're supposed to help fend it off... till a new study says...

[MarkB]

I hear they make your eyeballs rot from the inside out :p I read it on the internets*, so it hasta be true.



* not true

[James]

What's the internet? around here we call it the A I L (amarica on-the-web)