Better Hair Loss Solutions

Hair Loss - A Problem for Both Men and Women

What Are The Hair Loss Solutions?
What Side Effects Do Hair Loss Medications Have?
Are There Natural Remedies?
Why Does Hair Loss Occur?

These questions are on the minds of millions of men and woman as they experience hair loss. There are many reasons for hair loss. Pin pointing any one reason would be difficult. Some of the reasons for hair loss are due to disease and illness. Although most people don't even consider those things as part of the problem, they truly do have an effect on our overall health as we grow older.

Sometimes illnesses in our early childhood can effect our health and create multiple problems in our older years. Hair loss is a complex problem and sometimes down right frustrating due to the lack of solid information on how to fix it.

Heath Related Hair Loss

One thing not to be overlooked is that of health issues in hair loss. This is a good reason to seek a doctors guidance when experiencing hair loss for both men and woman.

One condition called alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease of unknown origin, in which inflammatory cells attach the bulbs of the follicles under the scalp. This leaves hairless patches on the head. In some of the more serious cases, the entire head of hair falls out, including the eyebrows and beard as well as all hair on the body. In many cases the hair will actually spontaneously return.

Hair loss can be related to childbirth problems, lack of proper nutrition or caused by malnutrition, thyroid issues, and diseases such as Lupus.

Dihydrotestosterone or more commonly known as DHT, causes hairs to become weak in their follicles according to studies conducted. DHT is derived from androgen, a male hormone. Androgen is converted as it is circulated through the bloodstream to DHT by the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. The greater enzyme activity in some will have more DHT binding to hair-follicle receptors. As the follicles are flooded by DHT, they produce thinner hairs until the hair follicle completely withers and dies away.

Old Wive's Tales or Myths in Hair Loss

Old wives tales such as brushing your hair 100 times each evening before going to bed won't improve the hair loss problem. Standing on your head to increase the blood flow won't cure or stop your hair from falling out, nor will gently toweling off your wet hair verses blow drying it help.

Drugs and Medicines for Hair Loss

Propecia, Rogaine, Minoxidil and Avacor are all drug related remedies for hair loss. However, it is important for people to consider the risks involved in adding any drug into the body. Drugs are very necessary for some deadly viruses and diseases and we can be very thankful that they are available for us to use at times when the natural remedies won't work fast enough.

If you want to explore both sides, read the articles on each of these drugs found within this website. I've included articles from the FDA.gov web site. One of the more confusing things to me about these drugs and the FDA is that they are approved and yet, if you read the information found at the FDA.gov web site you'll read letters written that describe some rather negative information as to whether these drugs really are safe.

Please be aware that there are risks when using any drug. Sometimes the risks outweigh the alternatives. Sometimes it's truly a matter of looking deeper into the natural remedies as possible solutions to hair loss.

Toxins and Hair Loss

Is it possible that toxins in our bodies can be responsible for hair loss? I could not find any studies regarding this answer. However, I do know that toxic waste is the cause of disease. Cancer and other deadly diseases grow and flourish in a body that is acidic and full of heavy metal toxins.

I have no idea whether ridding your body of toxins will help your hair loss or prevent it. However, it is a fact that ridding your body of toxins will increase your immune system and boost your over all health.

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