SUMMER.
WE HAVE A WEBSITE, TOO, AND
YOU CAN E-MAIL JOHN A QUESTION
ON WCCO.COM/LINKS.
IT'S A COMPLIMENT THAT
MAKES ANY WOMAN SMILE WHEN WE
SAY YOUR HAIR LOOKS GREAT.
BUT IS YOUR HAIR STYLE
CAUSING HAIR LOSS?
DERMATOLOGISTS ARE SEEING AN
INCREASE IN WOMEN'S HAIR
FALLING OUT.
ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US HOW THE
EXTRAS MAY LEAVE YOU WITH LESS
HAIR.
Reporter: FOR MANY WOMEN
IT'S THEIR CROWNING GLORY ♪
WAIT, LET ME FIX MY HAIR ♪
Reporter: IF THERE'S A WAY
TO MAKE THE HAIR BIGGER,
BOLDER, THEY WILL GIVE IT A
TRY, BUT THE LATEST STYLES COME
WITH SOMETHING NOT SO PRETTY,
HAIR LOSS.
IT'S CALLED TRACTION ALAPECIA.
YOU WILL SEE IT IN YOUNG
ADULTS, PEOPLE IN THEIR 30s AND
40s PRIMARILY.
Reporter: DR. MARIA HODENSKE
FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MINNESOTA.
SHE TREATS PATIENTS WITH THIS
CONDITION.
IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT IT,
YOU HAVE SOMETHING CONSTANTLY
PULL ON A STRUCTURE LIKE FAIR
FIBERS, AND IT MAY EVENTUALLY
BREAK OR FRACTURE, OR YOU MAY
CAUSE SO MUCH INJURY, THE FAIR
FOLLICLE ITSELF IS DESTROYED.
Reporter: HAIR LOSS CAN BE
CAUSED BY PONYTAILS THAT ARE
TOO TIGHT FOR TOO LONG, AND
TIGHT HEAD BANDS WORN
EXCESSIVELY, AND CORN ROWS THAT
ARE TOO TIGHT OR EXTENSIONS
THAT ARE TOO HEAVY.
SHE SHOWED US PHOTOS FOR A
WEBSITE CALLED UP TO DATE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
EXIT TENSIONS PLACED, AND LOOK
AT THE FINE, FINE HAIR FIBERS
PRESENT HERE.
THAT'S NOT A LOT OF NORMAL HAIR
TO HANG SOMETHING ON THAT IS
THIS HEAVY.
SHE SAYS THE BEST REMEDY IS
STOP THE BEHAVIOR THAT IS
CAUSING THE DAMAGE.
CHANGE YOUR HAIR STYLE.
WHEN WOMEN LOSE HAIR, IT'S
TRAUMATIC:
Reporter: BATINA.
I HAVE BEEN DOING HAIR FOR
20 YEARS NOW, AND I'M SEEING IT
IN WOMEN AS YOUNG AS THEIR 20s,
AND YOU USED TO SEE IT IN WOMEN
WHO WERE 50 AND OLDER BECAUSE
OF HORMONES.
I HAVE SEEN THIS, AND I HAVE
DEFINITELY SEEN THIS.
I HAVE SEEN WHERE FROM
EXCESSIVE BRUSHING, JELLING,
AND TIGHT PONYTAILS,  THE
HAIRLINE IS COMPLETELY WIPED
OUT.
IF YOU HAVE HAIR THAT IS 1
INCH LONG AND EXTENSIONS THAT
ARE 12 INCHES LONG, IT'S
PROBABLY GOING TO BE EXCITING,
BUT IT'S PROBABLY REALLY
DAMAGING FOR YOUR HAIR.
Reporter: AN OPTION SHE
RECOMMENDS TO WOMEN WITH
THINNING HAIR, A WIG OR
EXTENSIONS THAT CLIP ON RATHER
THAN THE ONES THAT ARE SEWN IN
OR GLUED ON.
THE HAIR NEEDS A BREAK.
THE SERVICES ARE NOT TO BE
GUARANTEED FOR A LIFETIME.
STYLIST TOLD ANGELA SHE
RECOMMENDS TAKING HAIR
EXTENSIONS OUT AFTER 8-10
WEEKS, AND THERE'S PRODUCTS TO
SPRAY ON YOUR HAIR TO HELP WITH
THINNING AIRS.
THEY CAN PRESCRIBE CREAMS AND
