Hair Loss Treatment

How To Treat Hair Loss Naturally?

When you search online for  "hair loss treatments", you will find a long list of tonics, creams, and supplements appears. But are these effective and do they work ?  Most of these products are not cheap and may have little to no long-term effect. So what are the natural ways to reduce or treat your hair loss?

Here are a few suggestions to manage your hair thinning in a natural way: 

Nutrition

Sally Kravich, CNHP, a nutritionist and author, finds in her practice that "vanity is a good way to inspire people (to eat better) -- we all want shiny eyes and radiant hair and skin."  Try to get enough nutrients and minerals from your daily diet. 

Protein is important to strengthen hair and promote growth. The recommended daily amount is about two to three 3-ounce servings of meat or a combination of four to five servings of dairy and beans. Patients dealing with hair loss are recommended to include nuts and seeds, eggs, and fish in their diets. All are important sources of omega-3 fatty acids, which help lower inflammation and create a healthier scalp. It's best to avoid a rut; eat a variety of foods every day. The healthy recommendation is to consume 6 to 10 servings of various vegetables daily, two to four fruits, and an assortment of grains and legumes and lean meat products.

Here are some nutrients that are helpful for our hair growth: 

• Iron: Anemia can cause hair loss. But iron supplements are only recommended if you've tested positive for iron-deficiency anemia. 

• Zinc and biotin: These supplements are assumed to help with hair growth because people with metabolic disorders lacking them can have thin or brittle hair and nails.

Hair Styling Recommendation 

Straightening hair irons, curling wands, hair dyes and hair perms can be harsh to you hair. If your hair is thinning, you don't want it to break as well. Be gentle with your hair -- don't overdo brushing or washing as well. According to the American Academy of Dermatology the recommendation is to use hair conditioner after every shampoo, letting your hair air dry, and limiting the amount of time curling irons or straightening irons come in contact with you hair. If you really need to use heat-driven products, do it no more than once a week. 

• Use scalp coloring products to minimize the contrast between your hair and scalp if it's beginning to show through.
• Try hair extensions to boost volume.
• Keep your hair cut short so it doesn't hang and appear thinner.
• Try parting your hair on the side. That takes the focus off the crown, where hair often thins.
• Use body-boosting hair products, which can make hair look thicker.

Manage Stress

Losing your hair can be stressful. And stress (physical and emotional) can sometimes increase hair loss. Before you start to worry about it, go to a doctor or a hair specialist to see if you should worry about it. 

Hair Loss Causes

What Is Hair Thinning or Hair Loss Caused By? 

Men are more likely to having hair loss and hair thinning condition than women. However hair thinning is also common among women. Regardless whether is male or female, hair loss is discouraging and emotional thing for a lot of people.

There are various reasons for hair loss, from simple and temporary such as lack of vitamin, to the more complex reason such as health condition.

In most cases, there are treatments for most hair loss. But before we dive into permanent hair loss replacement treatments such as hair transplant restoration, let’s go through some of the common and not-so-common causes of hair loss.

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is one example of the type of physical stress that can cause hair loss (that and hormones). Pregnancy-related hair loss is seen more commonly after your baby has been delivered rather than actually during pregnancy. 

Insufficient Protein & Vitamin B 

Low Low levels of vitamin B are another possible cause of your hair loss.Your body will also ration protein by shutting down hair growth if your body has insufficient protein intake from your daily diet. 

Anemia

Anemia due to an iron deficiency is another common cause of hair loss. Almost 1 in 10 women aged between 20 to 40 suffers from iron deficiency anemia - the most common type of anemia. To check if you suffer from this type of anemia, you can do a blood test to ascertain.

Dramatic Weight Loss

Sudden weight loss is a form of physical trauma that can result in thinning hair. This could happen even if the weight loss is ultimately good for you. It’s possible that the weight loss itself is stressing your body or that not eating right can result in vitamin or mineral deficiencies. 

Physical stress

Any kind of physical trauma—surgery, a car accident, or a severe illness can trigger hair loss. Hair has a 3-phase life cycle: a growth phase, rest phase and shedding phase. “When you have a really stressful event, it can shock the hair cycle, (pushing) more hair into the shedding phase,” explains Marc Glashofer, MD, a dermatologist in New York City. Hair loss often becomes noticeable three-to-six months after the trauma. 

Emotional Stress

Emotional stress is less likely to cause hair loss than physical stress, but it can happen, for instance, in the case of caring for an aging parent, or after a divorce, or after the death of a loved one. 

Overstyling

Vigorous hair styling and hair treatments over the years can also cause your hair to fall out. Examples of extreme styling include hair weaves and hair braids, chemical relaxers to straighten your hair, hot-oil treatments or any kind of harsh chemical or high heat. These extreme styling can affect your hair root and result in your fallen off hair not growing back. 

Aging And Male Pattern Baldness

It is common to see hair loss or hair thinning in women as they enter their 50s and 60s. Among men, about 2 out of 3 of them experience hair loss by age 60, and most of the time it's due to male pattern baldness. This type of hair loss, caused by a combo of genes and male sex hormones, usually follows a classic pattern in which the hair recedes at the temples, leaving an M-shaped hairline.

Heredity

Female-pattern hair loss, called androgenetic alopecia, is basically the female version of male pattern baldness. Unlike men, women don't tend to have a receding hairline, instead their part may widen and they may have noticeable thinning of hair. 

Chemotherapy And Other Medications

Some of the drugs used to beat back cancer unfortunately can also cause your hair to fall out. Chemotherapy destroys rapidly dividing cells. That means cancer cells, but also rapidly dividing cells like hair.  There are also other drugs that might cause hair loss such as certain blood thinners and the blood-pressure drugs, methotrexate , lithium, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) including ibuprofen, and possibly antidepressants.