Can a scalp sunburn cause hair loss or hair thinning?

A deep enough sun burn can lead to hair loss at times especially and can sometimes lead to telogen effluvium due to the inflammation. Telogen effluvium, often caused by stress, can sometimes cause hair loss in patches. If you’d like to read more about telogen effluvium and what you can do to prevent further hair loss, visit my website. You may want to consider meeting with an experienced hair transplant surgeon who specializes in the medical management of hair loss to discuss your options. The best way to avoid hair loss is to prevent it. This means acting at the first sign of hair loss.

This requires an in-person evaluation. I suggest seeing a hair loss expert now to evaluate and go over your condition and provide you information about your best treatment options. There are great non-invasive options like prp/progesterone and/or hair transplantation. See an expert. Best, Dr. Emer

A severe sunburn can be detrimental to hair growth and damaging to the scalp. It causes inflammation, which is known to cause hair loss. Depending on the degree of burn (depth of scarring) most of the hair is likely to grow back over time.