Baldness doesn’t boost Vitamin D levels in men

A new study at University of Auckland, Australia, says that there’s no sunny side to baldness: when it comes to absorbing vitamin D from the sun, a bald head is of no advantage

In a bid to explain why older men commonly have higher levels of vitamin D than older women, the researchers recruited 296 middle-aged or older men in the study and rated them according to their hair.

Researchers concluded that baldness does not appear to have an effect on vitamin D status. Other hypotheses are required to determine why older men go bald and whether baldness serves any physiological purpose.

Also, the researchers claimed that it was possible vitamin D was not produced in the scalp, and that older women had lower vitamin D levels because they had less sun exposure in general and they were more likely to use sunblock.

The study was published in the Medical Journal of Australia.