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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Healthy people have it so dang lucky. Not only to their bodies look good due to all of their healthy habits, but their hair also tends to look great. Healthy good looking hair is just another side effect of good clean living.

A healthy hair follicle (singular) grows about one centimeter per month and continues to grow for two to six years. This is called the anagen or growth phase. Ninety percent of the hairs on your noggin are in this phrase at the moment. The other ten percent are in the catagen, or transition phase. These hairs hang around for a few weeks before the follicle shrinks and the hair is shred. The follicle then goes through a Telogen, or resting phrase before the cycle starts anew. Hopefully.

As we all know, for some people, their hairs tend to get stuck in this resting phrase for the rest of their adult life.  This loss of hair is known as alopecia, or baldness.

Here are some facts that you should know about hair loss:

  • It is perfectly normal to lose around 50 to 100 hairs from your head per day.
  • Too much washing will not lead to hair loss.
  • Hats do not make you “go bald”, neither do wigs for that matter.
  • If you want to spend an hour giving your hair 100 brush strokes daily, go ahead. It will not hurt you, and might even help improve blood circulation to your follicles.
  • There are no products out there that will really make your hair grow faster or thicker, no matter what the cosmetic company’s commercials say.

Here are some of the main causes of hair loss:

  • Genetics is one of the biggest causes of hair loss. Androgen alopecia, or male pattern baldness, affects 70 percent of all men sometime in their life.  Women also are known to suffer from pattern baldness, but in a much smaller percentage.
  • Hormonal imbalance is said to be the biggest factor in genetic hair loss. In men: the male hormone androgen binds with an enzyme in the hair follicle, creating DHT, which keeps the follicle from restarting the growth phase.
  • The female hormone, estrogen, can also cause hair loss and many women can suffer significant hair loss when using birth control pill.
  • Many women also suffer from hair loss after giving birth. This is caused by the caused by the hormonal changes occurring within the body of the new mother and is only temporary.
  • Stress can cause a lot of bodily problems, hair loss being one of them. While hair loss caused by stress is only temporary, it can be the trigger for the onset of permanent, genetically based hair loss.
  • An unhealthy diet can also cause hair loss, especially a diet that is high in saturated fat and lacking in hair friendly vitamins and minerals. A healthy hair follicle needs thins like iron, zinc, protein, and vitamin B6 in order to stay healthy.
  • Drinking too much coffee, tea or alcohol, or eating too many processed, fried, spicy, greasy or sour foods can reduce the amount of nutrients that a hair follicle is getting.
  • Certain drugs, medication, or treatments like chemotherapy can cause hair loss. These are usually temporary and your hair grows back once you stop taking the drugs or getting the treatment.
  • Some fungal infections like ringworm or the STD: Treponema pallidum can cause hair loss. Dandruff, however, does not.
  • Hair loss could be a symptom of an underlying disease such as diabetes, or lupus.
  • Getting old is another way to suffer from hair loss. Losing hair is a side effect of the ageing process.

Treating hair loss is dependent upon the cause. Simply switching medications, or ending treatments can treat a lot of hair loss cases. Diagnosing and treating the ailment can cure hair loss caused by infection or disease. Time and patience will usually take care of hair loss caused by stress or giving birth and switching birth control pills might help woman suffering hair loss caused by hormonal imbalance. Genetic hair loss however, is a little bit harder of a problem to tackle

Here are some possible treatments for genetically based hair loss:

  • Proper diet and exercise will help keep your hormones in check and stave off androgen alopecia.
  • Choosing a good barber or hair stylist might help you hide your thinning hair from your peers. Just stay away from Donald Trump’s hair dresser.
  • Hair transplants have come a long way as have wigs and weaving methods.
  • Minoxidil, the stuff found in Rogaine and Provillus, is the only substance approved by the FDA to regrow hair. The catch is that you need to continue using it if you want to keep your hair.

Tips for healthy hair:

  • A clean scalp is essential for healthy looking hair. Lemon juice, gently rubbed on and then left in for 15-20 minutes will give super clean, dandruff free hair.
  • Get you daily dose of calcium. Along with dairy, sesame seeds and figs are high in calcium.
  • A shampoo made from equal parts alma juice and lime juice as said to stimulate hair growth and prevent loss.  Alma is also said to help with graying hair as well as promote thick, luxurious black hair.
  • Avoid corrosive, chemically laden shampoos and harsh weather as much as possible.
  • Polysaturated (sunflower) oils and foods rich in vitamin B (brown rice, bananas) will help with dry hair.
  • Henna and Mehendi are excellent natural hair conditioners

Yulia Berry is an independent health researcher and author of the best selling e-books Aloe – Your Miracle Doctor and ‘Pharmacy in Vegetables’. She distributes a weekly newsletter regarding great home remedies and has written dozens of natural health articles published on hundreds of websites worldwide. Yulia Berry’s new ebook Unlocked Secrets of Curative Garlic to be released soon.

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