The day has finally come. The day that you didn’t really think about except for when Homer Simpson mentioned it or you read about it at your local barber shop. It’s the day that you became faced with hair loss. You then remember reading or listening to a podcast one time about how being bald may actually be curable and better yet there may be natural cures for all this.

What Causes Hair Loss?

Before we talk about how to cure hair loss, what causes it in the first place? The answer to that question really depends on who we are talking about. Why? Because the root causes of hair loss differ with men and women. Let’s start with women’s hair loss. There may be several culprits behind women’s hair loss. Some women maybe more genetically prone to lose hair and their hair loss maybe caused by an autoimmune disease or issues with their thyroid gland.

Additionally if a woman has female relatives that do suffer from hair loss they are more likely to inherit this condition. This is often referred to as female pattern baldness.

A variety of different medical conditions make women more likely to lose hair including thyroid disorders, anemia as well as autoimmune diseases which could include poly-cystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Skin conditions that include psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis. Other possible causes of hair loss in women may also include surgeries, intense illness, dramatic weight loss over a short span of time, and taking too much vitamin A. The scary part is that hair loss can occur due to any of these circumstances anywhere from a few weeks to six months after someone experiences them.

Men lose their hair for a variety of different reasons as well. Like women, one of the main ways which men are likely to lose their hair is male pattern baldness. However, unlike women who tend to experience hair thinning when they first lose their hair due to female pattern baldness, men tend to exhibit a receding hairline and bald spots.
Some other reasons why men and women may lose their hair include: scalp infections, irritation of the hair and scalp, radiation therapy to your head, specific hairstyles, or hair treatments. A variety of skin disorders, as well as trichotillomania which is a disorder where you have an irresistible urge to pull out your hair from any part of your body including both your scalp and eyebrows.

Improving Your Diet to Stop Hair Loss

So now that we’ve focused on how hair loss occurs in the first place let’s talk about how we can prevent it. One of the ways which we can do this, as crazy as it might sound, is by maintaining a well-balanced diet. According to experts there are key types of foods you should be eating. This includes a mix of different proteins, iron, and other nutrients which have the ability to improve the overall health, look, and feel of your hair.

Research shows that a strand of your hair is mainly made up of protein. If you don’t get enough protein into your diet, a disproportionate amount of hairs may fall out. Not only that but at any given time 90% of your hair is growing. Every hair you have on your head takes anywhere from 2-3 years to grow. Following this period of time your hair enters a resting period of 3 months before the hairs fall out and are replaced with new ones.

Best Vitamins for Hair Loss (Vitamin C, Niacin, Iron, Zinc)

As part of maintaining a great diet of protein and iron it is also important that your hair is exposed to a lot of vitamins to help you maintain great healthy hair. Some of the best vitamins available to date to help reduce hair loss include Vitamin C, Niacin, Iron, and Zinc.
Research has shown that those who have a low intake of vitamin C are more likely to have dry hair or split ends, which also contributes to hair loss.

There are many types of foods rich in vitamin C that can help you have the great hair you want. Besides for vitamin C though there are additional vitamins which can help prevent you from losing your full head of hair.
Niacin or vitamin B-3, is a water soluble vitamin. Research suggests niacin isn’t only capable of stimulating hair growth but minimizing the accumulation of cholesterol in your hair. This is significant because when cholesterol builds up on the scalp it is converted into enzyme 5 alpha reductase which has shown to be correlated with hair loss in both men and women. Therefore, in order to prevent the cholesterol from building up on your scalp and causing hair loss it is important to eat foods rich in niacin. Some of these foods include fish, beans, almonds, carrots, and celery.

Iron also does a great job at preventing you from going bald. If your body is lacking iron this maybe a main reason why you may lose your hair in the first place. An iron deficiency is even more likely to cause you to lose your hair when it extends into full blown iron deficiency anemia a root cause of hair loss. The reason for this is because full out iron deficiency anemia has the potential to make your body go into survival mode. This then causes your body to channel oxygen to support its vital functions instead of ones like keeping your hair on your head.

Another main vitamin, that does a great job at countering hair loss, is zinc. Zinc is a trace element located in your body that is crucial in allowing your body to maintain a bunch of different biochemical processes.
A lack of zinc within your body could lead to the deterioration of the protein structure that makes up hair follicles. The weakening of these follicles could then lead to both hair shedding and hair loss. Therefore, it is important to have a good balance of zinc as part of your diet. Foods like nuts, chickpeas, eggs, and sweet potatoes are great sources of zinc that will help keep that hair of yours on your head.

Biotin for Hair Loss

Biotin is a vitamin B complex that your body needs to prevent hair loss. If you are one of these people with a biotin deficiency have no fear! You can use biotin supplements which have been proven to help fight hair loss at a faster rate and work a lot better than most topical products.
Don’t want to take supplements? Or is your body maintaining appropriate levels of biotin and you just want to make sure it doesn’t decrease so you don’t have to ever worry about hair loss? There are a lot of biotin rich foods that you can add to your diet to help maintain a healthy balance of biotin within your body.

Best Oils for Hair Loss (Castor, Sesame, Argan, Jojoba, Coconut)

Besides for vitamins there are also some natural oils that do a great job at helping you treat hair loss too! These oils consist of castor, sesame, argan, jojoba and coconut oil. Castor oil can be applied to your scalp to prevent and treat hair loss. It has antibacterial and anti-fungal properties which make it great for fighting against folliculitis, dandruff, or scalp infections. Castor contains ricinoleic acid which works to increase circulation to your scalp and improve overall hair growth. The rinoleic acid is also able to balance scalp PH levels which are able to replenish your scalps natural oils and undo damage caused by harsh chemical hair products. The antioxidants in castor oil are able to support the keratin found in your hair to help make it stronger, smoother and less frizzy. Another superb oil to use to help you deal with hair loss is sesame oil. Like the other oils and vitamins, it is important that you use this oil properly to ensure best results. There are several ways in which sesame seed oil can be used to treat hair loss. Here are some of them:

Massaging your scalp with sesame oil for 5-10 minutes followed by leaving it in your head all night and rewashing it in the morning with water and herbal shampoo. If this practice is repeated twice a week it can do a great job at helping prevent you from losing hair.

Sesame oil can increase your scalp circulation via its high penetration ability which it is also able to use to promote hair growth. More than that even if your hair may have been seriously damaged by chemicals, sesame oil is able to help strengthen your hair due to its high penetration abilities.

Can provide nutrition to damaged hair follicles- Sesame oil contains an array of essential fatty acids which help boost the health of your hair follicles.

Argan oil is also highly beneficial at preventing hair loss. While it does not cure or prevent baldness argan oil does a great job at helping you maintain the hair that you still have left. Last but not least both jojoba and coconut oil are able to do a great job at helping you combat hair loss. First let’s talk about jojoba oil. Jojoba oil is able to stop balding by moisturizing hair follicles which results in strengthening your hair strands and making them stronger and healthier.

Coconut oil also has the power to help you deal with hair loss. It is crucial for your scalp to be well oiled with properly nourished follicles to impede continued hair loss. Coconut oil is able to give your hair follicles this nourishment by penetrating your hair shaft and protecting it from excess heat and environmental impurities. That’s not all! Coconut oil also contains nutrients which include vitamin E, K, and iron as well as an array of antioxidants which do a great job at boosting hair growth.

Unsafe Hair Loss Treatments to Avoid

Until this point we’ve talked about all the superb forms of treatment for hair loss. However, it is important to be cautious of the array of unsafe hair loss treatments out there that you should stay far away from.
It is an unfortunate reality that in the United States and across the globe there are doctors who perform hazardous hair restoration techniques. Therefore, it is important to have at least a basic understanding of some of these techniques. Here are two of them:
Flap- This treatment involves the movement of a flap of hair with some skin being moved from the side of the scalp to the front hairline. This hair is moved by cutting the hair on 3 sides while not separating it from its blood supply or completely separating it from the scalp. Each flap is around an inch wide and needs to be twisted for the hair bearing side of the flap to face outward from the head once it is shifted over and stitched into a surgically removed balding area. An unsightly knot tends to form where the flap was twisted. Such a procedure is harmful for several reasons. First of all it can result in infection, extreme hair loss caused by trauma from the procedure, and a whole line up of other serious issues. Hair will always grow in the opposite direction of a normal hairline. Therefore, hair in the hairline tends to grow forward. Since the direction of the hair growth is reversed, this could make the hair difficult to style naturally.
Linear or line graphs- This procedure involves 3-4 mm of hair being removed from the side or back of your head. However, this strip of hair is not divided into follicular unit grafts. This results in the strip of hair being transplanted and not having a natural look at all.

There is a whole range of other hair loss treatments which you should stay far away from that are to vast to include in this article. Therefore, it is highly recommended that you do your research to make sure that both any hair loss treatments you decide to pursue are well accepted and that the doctor performing the surgery is highly qualified to do so.

Homemade DIY Hair Loss Treatments

There are a whole range of DIY (do it yourself) treatments that you can make on your own to help you combat hair loss here are two great ones: Indian Goosebury– This treatment can help you have natural and fast hair growth. It is rich in vitamin c which, as we mentioned before, if your body lacks can cause hair loss. Indian goosebury is also rich in antioxidants, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory properties which can help in the promotion of hair growth. More than that it can be made by just following 3 simple steps:

• Mix 1 tbsp of Indian goosebury.
• Thoroughly massage your scalp with the mixture and then cover your hair with a shower cap.
• Leave the shower cap on overnight and shampoo your hair the next morning.

Fenugreek– Highly effective at treating hair loss! Its seeds contain hormone antecedents which are both able to enhance your hair growth and help you rebuild your hair follicles. Once again you can make it by just following a few simple steps:

• Overnight leave one cup fenugreek seeds soaked in water.
• The following morning grind the seeds together to make a paste
  Put the paste on your hair.
• Cover your hair with a shower cap, wait 40 minutes and then rinse your hair off.
• Repeat this procedure every morning for the next month.

Conclusion

We’ve talked about all of the different types of hair loss treatments the ones that we recommend as well as the ones to stay far away from. However, as we stressed earlier on in the article, some of the best ways for you to combat hair loss is by maintaining a diet which includes all of the vitamins and minerals which are needed to have a full head of hair.

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