Does Bad Hair Mean Bad Health? Can you tell something about your health from your hair?  Perhaps you can.  Some conditions and medications affect your body as well as your hair.  In other cases, you may just need to take better care of your hair or scalp.  See some interesting facts below (with thanks to Web MD) Dandruff is not a Health Risk and you can’t catch it! Dandruff isn’t contagious.  So how does it start?  Doctors really aren’t sure, but one theory is that it may be due to an overgrowth of a yeast like fungus.  Other possible triggers include skin that’s either too dry or too oily, shampooing either too often or not often enough, and having eczema… read more