Does Exercise Cause Hair Loss?

I am 55 years old and started working out for the first time in my life a couple of years ago. I want to be healthier and found that my testosterone levels were in the low normal range. I had a full head of hair before I started to think healthy. I take supplements for working out to stay healthy, but I have been losing my hair for the past couple of years. If I am healthier, why would I be losing my hair?

We lose hair for a series of reasons. If you were mal-nourished or rapidly losing weight, you might precipitate your genetic balding pattern which could have been silent before you started working out. Good nutrition is important, but if your supplements contain any synthetic steroids (I do not know if they do), that would induce acceleration of your genetic hair loss pattern. Hair loss in men is fundamentally genetic and although some men do not ‘express’ their balding pattern (express is a genetic term), taking any form of steroids could be enough to bring on your genetic balding pattern.

I would like to clearly state that exercising does not cause hair loss. Natural over the counter supplements should not cause hair loss. The steroid factor from taking natural supplement is hypothetical. You could be just expressing your genetic pattern for your age (a bit late for a 55 year old).