When it comes to male and female hair loss there are many myths. Knowing whether there is any truth to these myths can help you find ways of preventing hair loss or treating the loss that has already occurred. Consider some of the more common myths.
Hair Loss Myths
Perhaps the biggest myth is that there is no cure for hair loss. While there is no one treatment for everyone suffering from a loss of hair, each person is different and there are some treatment options. Some individuals can stop their hair loss while others may be able to grow new hair. When you talk with your doctor they will discuss your treatment options include Propecia, Rogaine or hair transplants.
Stimulating the circulation through frequent brushing can help prevent hair loss is a piece of advise you have likely heard. The truth is that frequent or heavy brushing of your hair can actually cause even more damage to your hair and make the problem worse. So you shouldn’t do this if you don’t want to lose more hair.
Similar to this is the myth that hair loss is caused by blow drying. While your hair can be damaged by the extreme heat from blow dryers which leads to hairs breaking off at the roots, this typically only affects the hair and not the follicle itself. To prevent this damage to your hair you simply need to use your blow dryer on the coolest setting rather than the hottest.
Another styling myth is that hair loss results from frequent shampooing. The exact opposite is really the truth. Shampooing benefits your hair by cleaning the hair and scalp of any buildup of dirt. Although to remove harmful detergents you should make sure you thoroughly wash out any shampoo in your hair. It is important to use a moisturizing conditioner after shampooing your hair so that you can replenish any lost moisture.
Some say that wearing hats can lead to hair loss. This isn’t true, the follicle is the live part, not your hair. The nutrients from you body flow to your scalp. The oxygen or blood flow to the follicles of your hair isn’t affected by wearing hats, just the hair which doesn’t need to breath oxygen.
You have likely heard the myth that highlights, hair coloring, treatments, hairspray and other special treatments lead to hair loss. This too is false like a lot of styling myths. The hair is affected by these products, but not the follicles themselves. While the hair may be damaged by these chemicals, the damage cannot extend to the follicles.
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How Hair Loss Can Affect Us All
It is a little known fact that every single one of use loses around 100 strands of hair per day. Hearing this may sound alarming but do not despair - it is perfectly normal! A normal head of hair contains around 100,000 follicles each of which can grow around 20 individual hairs in a lifetime. The lost strands of hair are therefore replaced naturally by hairs that grow out of the follicles. Permanent hair loss occurs when the follicle is damaged or lost. Baldness occurs when the follicles die and are unable to produce replacement strands of hair.
The most common form of baldness is called androgenic alopecia or pattern baldness. This is considered a progressive hair thinning condition which varies in severity between suffers. The nature in which the hair is lost also varies greatly from case to case.
Some of the common types of hair loss are; male and female pattern alopecia, alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis. Pattern alopecia is the most common of all the types of baldness and is said to affect men more than women. Alopecia totalis refers to loss of hair from the whole of the head. Alopecia universalis refers to the loss of all the hair from all parts of the sufferer's body. There are a wide variety of causes of baldness these causes include:
Traction alopecia
Traction alopecia is a type of hair loss that typically occurs with people with long hair. These people often have ponytails, cornrows or dreadlocks. The loss of hair occurs when they pull on their hair too vigorously. The excessive force will cause the loss of hair. Typically this type of hair loss is not permanent as the lost hair is replenished with natural growth.
Telogen effluvium
Telogen effluvium is a type of hair loss that occurs rapidly often as a result of a trauma. The hair follicles enter a stage of rest at the same time. This can result in some really dramatic experiences of hair loss. Examples of the types of stress that bring telogen effluvium are severe stress, puberty, childbirth and chemotherapy. The condition can affect people of all ages. In most cases this type of hair loss corrects itself and the hair grows back normally. However there is a chronic version of this type of baldness that repeatedly causes hair to fall out.
Iron deficiency
A lack of Iron in the diet causes loss of hair. It is a common reason for mild hair loss. Usually this only results in hair thinning as opposed to complete baldness. Unlike other types of baldness it does occur in any specific areas of the head or in any pattern. It results in a regular hair loss but can be reduced by increasing the intake of iron in a person's diet.
Child birth
During pregnancy the increased levels of circulating oestrogens result in a thicker set of hair. After birth the levels of oestrogen drop and the additional hair growth reverts to normal levels. This can mean that women experience hair loss that can be worrisome and traunmatic. Fortunately it does not result in complete baldness but rather a mild thinning. The fertility stimulating drug clomiphene can also cause thinning of the hair in women.
The most common form of baldness is called androgenic alopecia or pattern baldness. This is considered a progressive hair thinning condition which varies in severity between suffers. The nature in which the hair is lost also varies greatly from case to case.
Some of the common types of hair loss are; male and female pattern alopecia, alopecia totalis and alopecia universalis. Pattern alopecia is the most common of all the types of baldness and is said to affect men more than women. Alopecia totalis refers to loss of hair from the whole of the head. Alopecia universalis refers to the loss of all the hair from all parts of the sufferer's body. There are a wide variety of causes of baldness these causes include:
Traction alopecia
Traction alopecia is a type of hair loss that typically occurs with people with long hair. These people often have ponytails, cornrows or dreadlocks. The loss of hair occurs when they pull on their hair too vigorously. The excessive force will cause the loss of hair. Typically this type of hair loss is not permanent as the lost hair is replenished with natural growth.
Telogen effluvium
Telogen effluvium is a type of hair loss that occurs rapidly often as a result of a trauma. The hair follicles enter a stage of rest at the same time. This can result in some really dramatic experiences of hair loss. Examples of the types of stress that bring telogen effluvium are severe stress, puberty, childbirth and chemotherapy. The condition can affect people of all ages. In most cases this type of hair loss corrects itself and the hair grows back normally. However there is a chronic version of this type of baldness that repeatedly causes hair to fall out.
Iron deficiency
A lack of Iron in the diet causes loss of hair. It is a common reason for mild hair loss. Usually this only results in hair thinning as opposed to complete baldness. Unlike other types of baldness it does occur in any specific areas of the head or in any pattern. It results in a regular hair loss but can be reduced by increasing the intake of iron in a person's diet.
Child birth
During pregnancy the increased levels of circulating oestrogens result in a thicker set of hair. After birth the levels of oestrogen drop and the additional hair growth reverts to normal levels. This can mean that women experience hair loss that can be worrisome and traunmatic. Fortunately it does not result in complete baldness but rather a mild thinning. The fertility stimulating drug clomiphene can also cause thinning of the hair in women.
Hair Loss Remedies you Need to Know About
Almost everyone will experience hair loss, hair thinning, or balding. It's a mistake to think that heredity is the main cause of all this hair loss. There are many conditions and situations that can cause you to shed some of your hair.
The first thing you need to understand is that your hair loss is a reflection of your overall health. Your hair health is dependent on what in your blood and on your artery and capillary health; it all start with what you eat. The food that you eat makes up the composition of your blood. Eating saturated fats, Tran fatty acid, processed flour, package good, and foods in cans can overload the blood with toxins, fats, sugar, salt, and unknown substance.
All of the toxins and substances in the blood affect the artery walls leading to cardiovascular issues. They affect the liver and kidney by causing them to clogged and become inefficient. And, eventually poor blood circulation and insufficient blood nutrients fail to provide the scalp cells with the food and waste disposal it needs.
You have heard it before, eat right and exercise. If you want to keep the hair you have right now then eat right and exercise is a start. There are a lot of details that go into these lifestyle patterns. But there are other hair loss remedies that you should first know about.
When you want to stop hair lost or hair thinning the first thing you need to do is to get you internal body working the way that it should. Aside from eating right and exercising, you need to be aware of the liquid around your cells - lymph liquid. It is this liquid that will determine the level of health you have and the health of your hair.
You need to learn how to keep the lymph moving from around the cells into the lymph vessels, to the lymph nodes, and back into the blood. Lymph has the duty to collect all sorts of waste, bacteria, and toxins which may be excreted from your cells and neutralize in the lymph nodes. But there is one other nutrient that should not be in your lymph and this nutrient can suffocate and kill your body cells. Not many people are telling you about this, but you need to know about Blood Plasma Protein.
Blood Plasma Protein belongs in the blood, but can creep out of the capillaries when you eat unhealthy food or are under stress or are upset. There in the lymph, it attracts water and downs your cells causing the cell battery across the cell membranes to diminish. So what do this have to do with hair loss?
When there is too much lymph surrounding your cells, they their electronic charge across the cell membrane decreases reducing the waste that comes out and the nutrients that go in. You feel run down, tired, and without energy. Your hair does not get the nutrients it need because your body does not have the energy transport them up to your head.
Here some hair loss remedies that deal with excess blood plasma protein in the lymph. These hair loss remedies are designed to get your lymph moving so that the blood protein moves out through the lymph vessels and back into the blood where it belongs.
These hair loss remedies are massages and breathe. Tap your collar bone beneath your chin 20-30 time daily with your fist and move your fist across from one side to the other. This vibration helps to move lymph liquid and activates your thymus gland for better immunity.
Here's another hair loss remedy. With oil or soap massage your colon area with your fingers moving in one stroke on the right side up the ascending colon, across the colon, and down the descending colon. This helps to move lymph around to get rid of blood protein in the lymph.
Do these two hair loss remedies daily, in the shower or with oil, it only take a few minute and you will begin to see how much better you feel and your hair will appreciate it.
The first thing you need to understand is that your hair loss is a reflection of your overall health. Your hair health is dependent on what in your blood and on your artery and capillary health; it all start with what you eat. The food that you eat makes up the composition of your blood. Eating saturated fats, Tran fatty acid, processed flour, package good, and foods in cans can overload the blood with toxins, fats, sugar, salt, and unknown substance.
All of the toxins and substances in the blood affect the artery walls leading to cardiovascular issues. They affect the liver and kidney by causing them to clogged and become inefficient. And, eventually poor blood circulation and insufficient blood nutrients fail to provide the scalp cells with the food and waste disposal it needs.
You have heard it before, eat right and exercise. If you want to keep the hair you have right now then eat right and exercise is a start. There are a lot of details that go into these lifestyle patterns. But there are other hair loss remedies that you should first know about.
When you want to stop hair lost or hair thinning the first thing you need to do is to get you internal body working the way that it should. Aside from eating right and exercising, you need to be aware of the liquid around your cells - lymph liquid. It is this liquid that will determine the level of health you have and the health of your hair.
You need to learn how to keep the lymph moving from around the cells into the lymph vessels, to the lymph nodes, and back into the blood. Lymph has the duty to collect all sorts of waste, bacteria, and toxins which may be excreted from your cells and neutralize in the lymph nodes. But there is one other nutrient that should not be in your lymph and this nutrient can suffocate and kill your body cells. Not many people are telling you about this, but you need to know about Blood Plasma Protein.
Blood Plasma Protein belongs in the blood, but can creep out of the capillaries when you eat unhealthy food or are under stress or are upset. There in the lymph, it attracts water and downs your cells causing the cell battery across the cell membranes to diminish. So what do this have to do with hair loss?
When there is too much lymph surrounding your cells, they their electronic charge across the cell membrane decreases reducing the waste that comes out and the nutrients that go in. You feel run down, tired, and without energy. Your hair does not get the nutrients it need because your body does not have the energy transport them up to your head.
Here some hair loss remedies that deal with excess blood plasma protein in the lymph. These hair loss remedies are designed to get your lymph moving so that the blood protein moves out through the lymph vessels and back into the blood where it belongs.
These hair loss remedies are massages and breathe. Tap your collar bone beneath your chin 20-30 time daily with your fist and move your fist across from one side to the other. This vibration helps to move lymph liquid and activates your thymus gland for better immunity.
Here's another hair loss remedy. With oil or soap massage your colon area with your fingers moving in one stroke on the right side up the ascending colon, across the colon, and down the descending colon. This helps to move lymph around to get rid of blood protein in the lymph.
Do these two hair loss remedies daily, in the shower or with oil, it only take a few minute and you will begin to see how much better you feel and your hair will appreciate it.
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