Natural Remedies For Hair Loss There are many different types of hair loss affecting both men and women. Most of us do not want to witness our hairlines receding. Americans spend millions of dollars every year buying a multitude of products that purport to stop or slow hair loss, most of which do not work or pose significant health risks to us. People are becoming more health conscience and are in greater numbers turning to healthy life choices for the food that they eat and the products that they use in the hair and on their bodies.
People are also using the same approach to treating hair loss. Many are choosing to forego the many medications and chemical concoctions that are available off the shelf for hair loss, and are choosing instead to ask themselves the question; are there natural remedies for hair loss?
The answer to that question is yes. There are many healthy alternatives to conventional approaches to treating hair loss. They don’t all work for everybody because all of our bodies are different. We have different hormone levels from one person to another for example, and my body may not be as efficient as yours at processing this or that vitamin or mineral. That means that we all of the different bodily needs that must be met. The root cause of your thinning hairline will also be a determining factor in how successful any of these natural remedies work for you. You may need to try out several before you figure out what works to slow down or stop your hair loss.
In most cases, it is best to stop or slow hair loss before it really becomes a problem. Eating the healthiest food choices is the best way to do that. Deficiencies in vitamin B, calcium, zinc, and iron have all been shown to contribute to hair loss. Take into account what medications you are using too. Birth control pills, for example, are known to deplete vitamin B.
You can also try massaging onion juice or jojoba oil into your hair and scalp. Onion juice has been shown by a study published in the Journal of Dermatology to start to re-grow hair in two weeks when massaged into the hair for two months, twice daily. Jojoba oil is believed to stimulate the hair follicles to promote new growth and moistens the hair you already have making it softer and less likely to snap. Coconut, Kayla, emu, and almond oils are some great alternatives to jojoba oil.
Reducing your DHT levels will also produce great results many times. Propecia, the over the counter drug for hair loss, is designed to inhibit the enzyme that converts testosterone into DHT, which is known to cause male pattern balding. Unfortunately, Propecia is also known for potentially severe side effects such as persistent erectile dysfunction. We can reduce the levels of DHT by the use of natural means, however. Saw palmetto is the best known natural DHT blocker. Green tea, stinging nettle, pygeum extract, pumpkin seed oil, and emu oil also work very well.
These are only a few of the natural remedies that you can take for hair loss. A quick search on the internet will produce hundreds of options more. Consider your overall health to lower the number of choices to make, and start from there. It is possible to slow, stop, and sometimes to reverse hair loss when the right combination of natural remedies is used.
