Hair today Gone Tommorrow

Balding is not something anyone would look forward to. Even though we are unable to stop aging we can help ourselves when it comes to hair loss.

Our hair does get thinner as we age and more for some than others but with today's medications and creams etc we may be able to slow this down.

I have looked into many hair loss remedies and have found some that are better than others in how they say the can slow down hair loss and some even say they will help your existing hair grow more and stronger. I do not know about that but have heard of some of the good some of them do.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Always Look, First Of All, For Natural And Safe Ways To Go About Preventing Hair Loss

By John Farikani

Preventing hair loss in ways that avoid harsh chemicals or potentially harmful drugs can be very important to those who have begun to experience the loss of scalp hair. The first thing they need to understand, though, is that there are usually genetic or environmental factors that contribute to what medical professionals call alopecia. If not addressed, alopecia can eventually cause baldness.

For most men and women, the onset of alopecia can be traced back to several limited factors. In almost all cases, such factors have an androgenic component, which means that there are usually hormones in the body responsible for creating loss. Hair follicles on the scalp become abnormally sensitive to a certain hormone named dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which contributes to alopecia.

Androgenic alopecia is more commonly known as male pattern baldness, though women are just as likely to suffer from it as men. In some studies conducted by exercise physiologists, the overabundance or under abundance of testosterone or dihydrotestosterone after intense aerobic exercise has been linked to androgenic alopecia, though other studies seem to dispute this finding.

At any rate, many men and women are confronted with a gradual loss of the hair on top of their heads and quite often become alarmed by it. There are ways, though, to help prevent such loss these days. New products -- mostly natural in nature -- have come onto the market that show great promise in helping men and women to keep what they already have on their heads and maybe even add a little bit more to it.

Most of these new products are composed mainly of vitamins, herbs and minerals into supplements that are taken orally. Additionally, they are combined with the topical application of the FDA-approved medication called Minoxidil. This new medication has been shown to be efficacious in helping to stave off or even reverse the loss of scalp hair.

Those who suspect or fear that they will become victims of androgenic alopecia (and they might want to look at their close relatives to get an idea of whether or not they are susceptible to it) can begin taking certain of these vitamins and herbs along with Minoxidil as soon as they begin experiencing hair loss. No longer do people need to suffer through patchy or missing hair on the scalp.

Preventing hair loss in ways that avoid harsh chemicals or potentially harmful drugs should, therefore, be high on the list of items to consider by those who have begun to experience the effects of androgenic alopecia or, more commonly, male pattern baldness. Men and women suffer from it in equal numbers, though it no longer has to be thought of as being an irreversible condition.

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