We get asked by lots of women whether hair dyes could be causing their hair loss. Unfortunately, like most hair loss related questions, there is no simple answer.

The short answer is: no, probably not and the long answer is: probably not, but maybe.

When you dye your hair, you’re essentially dying something that is dead. Once the hair has reached the skin’s surface, it no longer contains any living cells. Hair grows from the follicle at the root and is fed via the bloodstream. 

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Eight years ago, while on holiday overseas, my hair came out in clumps. I remember standing in the hotel bathroom pulling my hair away from my head.

I was absolutely gutted and worried sick. As I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror, I tried to imagine me without any hair.

Why was this happening? I thought it was only men who went bald.

I stretched my memory back to an incident about two years earlier when my then hairdresser laughed at me, and said I had a bald spot above my left ear.

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As we age our hair loses its color, its shine, its quality and very often it also becomes noticeably thinner.

There are lots of things we can do to improve the quality of our hair and here trained nurse, hair loss writer and founder of BOOSTNBLEND™ Bambi Staveley, offers these healthy hair tips for older women.

It makes sense that since your hair grows out of your scalp, having a healthy scalp is important for healthy hair, just like good soil for healthy plants. It can be difficult to detect an issue with your scalp health unless you’re experiencing discomfort, so ask your hairdresser about the condition of your scalp (they don’t mind!).

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