do you lose more hair in summer?

[Deleted member 1140]

for some reason i always seem to lose a lot more hair in summer than winter

i can pull on my hair on my head and always have 1-3 hair in my finger

 

[Deleted member 14693]

The older you get the more hair you will lose.

 

[Deleted member 1140]

The older you get the more hair you will lose.

which is normal yes, but my question was if you lose more hair in summer than other months due to heat

 

[Deleted member 14693]

which is normal yes, but my question was if you lose more hair in summer than other months due to heat

Apperently yes.

This was done on woman but I don't see a reason why it shouldn't apply on men:

Seasonality of hair shedding in healthy women complaining of hair loss - PubMed

These results confirm the findings of former authors who have indicated seasonal changes in human hair growth, though this is the first study performed systematically in a representative number of women.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

This one is with men:

Seasonal changes in human hair growth - PubMed

Various parameters of hair growth were determined every 28 days for 18 months in 14 healthy Caucasian men aged 18-39 with indoor occupations in Sheffield, U.K. (latitude 53.4 degrees N). In the scalp the proportion of follicles in anagen reached a single peak of over 90% in March, and fell...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov