If I Lose Weight, Would My Hair Regrow?

Hi Doctor,

I was wondering if hair grows back if a person were to lose a significant amount of weight? Many sources on the Internet (I know not very reliable source of information) shows that losing weight may help regrow hair.

Currently, I am a male (29) at 300lbs and was wondering if I were to hit about 230lbs… would any hair come back?

Do levels of hormones balance out or is the body under less stress without all the weight?

Please Help

Good nutrition and medically supervised weight loss is the best way for you to control your risk of losing hair. Crash dieting can cause hair loss.

I do not believe that your hair will regrow when you lose weight and the stress that goes with it. Most male hair loss isn’t caused by stress, but by genetics, though stress could cause your genetics to kickstart the hair loss earlier than you would’ve otherwise had it begin.