When You Wear A Hat Every Day, This Is What Happens To Your Body

Some men have an affinity for wearing hats or caps. To them, they are a fashion statement, while others just feel comfortable wearing their favorite headgear. Other times, people use hats to protect their eyes and face against the sun's heat and the head from getting wet in the rain.

Several women are also into wearing hats, especially during the summer and fall seasons. For the warmer months, ladies adore wide-brimmed sun hats, especially when they hit the beach. The headgear has a double feature — it protects the wearer's face from the sunlight, and it's also an excellent fashion staple. The same goes for fedoras for the colder months. Sometimes, a hat can instantly complete your outfit. "I don't know when it started, but I actually feel more comfortable with a hat on than off. Without one, I feel quite weird," Australian TV presenter Yumi Stynes told ABC Everyday.

Even the women in the royal family wear hats at special events, and they attend such occasions often — prompting them to wear the fancy headgear that's so coveting. Be it for fashion or protection, hats help people in a lot of aspects. However, do you ever wonder what wearing a hat daily can do to your body?

Some people believe wearing caps and hats daily can cause hair loss. Of course, this belief is false. The cause of the baldness may be due to traction alopecia, a type of hair loss caused by stress from excessive pulling. Dermatologist Aman Samrao gets a deeper look at the condition and its causes. She discovered that it causes receding hairlines, especially for African-American women who had their locks styled in braids since childhood. The constant pressure caused by tying the hair and extensions can cause traction alopecia, not when someone wears soft headgear. "I don't see how a hat could cause that unless you're wearing it so tightly that it's pulling your hair," Samrao told Live Science.

Genetics plays a significant factor in hair loss, not wearing a hat. However, hats may cause some problems to the hair in the long run if they are too tight on the head, especially when a cap is digging into the skin so much that you feel your hair is hurting. "If the hat were too tight, I could see that causing irritation or inflammation in the hair follicle," Dr. Hayley Goldbach, a UCLA Health dermatologist, told Time.

Wearing hats every day doesn't pose significant problems on the body, especially the hair. In fact, caps can be beneficial to the wearer, as they can protect the face and give shade to the eyes on sunny days. Then again, one should wear a hat properly to avoid possible hair problems.