Alopecia (Hair loss) has multiple potential causes, including diet, medications, mineral deficiency, severe stress or illness, pollution, and your genetics. One third of the population suffer from hair loss, thinning hairs, graying of hairs and of that third, thousands are women. There is no guarantees that you can prevent hair loss that is genetically programmed, or hair loss caused by factors not within your control; however, you can do the best by your hair to give it the greatest chance of staying in top condition and not leaving your head sooner than it needs to.

Avoiding Damaging your Hair

Limit your use of hair dryers – Heat weakens hair proteins. Regular use of heating and drying can lead to brittleness and fragility that can cause hair loss that would not have occurred otherwise. Natural drying is best for you hair, hence aim to dry it naturally more often than drying it with heat.

Avoid perms – Perming refers to either chemical straightening or chemical curling, both of them can lead to damaged hair.

Cut down on dyes and chemicals – Frequent use of hair colors and chemicals increases the chances of serious damage to your hair.

Don’t bleach your hair – Bleaching your hair removes your natural pigment when the cuticles are penetrated by chemicals.

 

Caring Actively for your Hair

Choose a suitable shampoo for your hair type – Good shampoo will really help you to have a healthy hair, so take time to find the best match for your hair type.

Use a good hairbrush – Go for a soft brush made from natural fibres, and don’t brush from the top down, but from the underside out.
It’s best to avoid brushing your hair when it’s wet, use a comb instead.

Try a scalp massage – Scalp massage with a nourishing oil (such as coconut, olive oil, rosemary, lavender, or almond oil) will increase the blood flow to the surface of the skin on your head and your hair follicles. Rubbing and kneading your scalp warms the skin and boosts circulation so the cells in the follicles get plenty of nutrients which in turn maximize hair growth potential.

Have a healthy balanced diet – Nutritional responses to preventing hair loss are simple common sense approaches to keeping you, your hair, and your scalp healthy.
It is possible that hair loss can be slowed by a healthy diet filled with vegetables and fruits.

Consume plenty of iron – Iron is an essential mineral that is known as heme iron in animal food sources and non-heme iron in plant sources. Include Red meat, chicken and fish Or green vegetables such as broccoli, spinach and kale in your food.

Eat enough protein – Protein is essential for strong hair. A deficiency in protein can lead to dry and weak hair, and ultimately, hair loss. Include eating seafood, poultry, milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, beans, pork tenderloin, soy, lean beef, and protein bars, tofu, whole wheat bread, peanut butter, brown rice, lentils, quinoa, nuts, seitan, beans, and broccoli in your daily intake.

Ensure you get enough Omega-3 fatty acids – Include plenty of deep sea fish that contain Omega 3 in your diet, such as tuna, salmon, and mackerel OR seeds and nuts, particularly flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, and walnuts.

Seeking Medical Help for Hair Loss

Know when to visit the doctor. It’s important to know when your hair loss could be a symptom of a more serious medical complaint, in which case you should see a doctor as soon as possible. Contact our homeopathic doctor for hair loss problem in Gurgaon if you are losing hair in an unusual pattern, or rapidly at an early age, such as in your teen or twenties. Other symptoms to look out for are:

– Pain and itching with hair loss, or a red, scaly scalp.
– You have bald spots on your beard or eyebrows.
– If you are a woman and you are experiencing male pattern baldness, abnormal hair growth on your face and body, or an irregular menstrual cycle. There may be an underlying hormonal disorder responsible for your hair loss.
– You have been gaining weight, suffering fatigue, muscle weakness, or intolerance to cold temperatures.