This is off-topic but there's a fair amount of interest in audio with RISC OS still and a lot of experience so I hope you forgive the posting. I use cordless headphones a lot for sometimes extended periods. Has anybody found this causes hair loss around the earpieces? What is this, presumably skin irritation? Don't suppose there's a remedy? Andrew

This is off-topic but there's a fair amount of interest in audio with RISC OS still and a lot of experience so I hope you forgive the posting. I use cordless headphones a lot for sometimes extended periods. Has anybody found this causes hair loss around the earpieces? What is this, presumably skin irritation? Don't suppose there's a remedy?         The obvious remedy is to use plug-_style_ headphones, which (depending on what you choose) might even help preserve your hearing, as isolating earplugs would allow you to reduce the volume. Earoplugs have their own set of disadvantages, of course.         I suppose the hair loss could be caused by a reaction to the materials used in the pads; if so, other headphones might work better.         A couple years back, I noticed that I had got a sort of groove in my skull, caused by the hooks on my glasses. Slightly worrying, and maybe I should worry about possible retrophrenological effects

This is off-topic but there's a fair amount of interest in audio with RISC OS still and a lot of experience so I hope you forgive the posting. I use cordless headphones a lot for sometimes extended periods. Has anybody found this causes hair loss around the earpieces? What is this, presumably skin irritation? Don't suppose there's a remedy? I've been wearing headphones for hours at a time for the last 40 years and I still have the same amount of hair as I had then. So I guess it's either the material yours are made from or the radio waves that are causing the loss. Alan

This is off-topic but there's a fair amount of interest in audio with RISC OS still and a lot of experience so I hope you forgive the posting. I use cordless headphones a lot for sometimes extended periods. Has anybody found this causes hair loss around the earpieces? What is this, presumably skin irritation? Don't suppose there's a remedy? Andrew A good place to get answer with this would be a medical newsgroup or forum, where their is a good chance of plenty of experts in that particular field hanging out.

This is off-topic but there's a fair amount of interest in audio with RISC OS still and a lot of experience so I hope you forgive the posting. I use cordless headphones a lot for sometimes extended periods. Has anybody found this causes hair loss around the earpieces? What is this, presumably skin irritation? Don't suppose there's a remedy? I wear headphones for long periods of time in connection with my work as a sound recordist. Pretty heavily clamped on ones too to exclude background noise. And despite my advanced age still have a full head of hair. I do use disposable cotton covers over the pads, though. Nor have I heard it ever being a cause of hair loss - and I'm sure I would have it it was.