Is My Female Hair Loss Due to Flat Iron Use?

I am 23 female. I was using flat iron to straight my hair for about one and half year. Now it’s been almost six months I have totally stop using it because I was loosing hairs. I have been noticing that my hair is getting thinner. When I split my hair into sections. Is it because of flat iron? Will they grow back? What am I suppose to do? Does flat iron make us go bald? I am very much worry. No one in my family has been through any hair problem and/or baldness. I don’t even have any diseases and/or not taking any medications. Please help! Thank you!

If flat iron use damaged the hair above the scalp, then the hair that grows from below the scalp will eventually replace it with healthier hair. It just takes time. Flat irons do not make people go bald — damaging your hair will result in loss, though. There are safer ways to iron your hair, as described in my book. Sorry, I can’t re-write the book here.