Although most doctors will tell you there is no such thing as a hair loss cure, there are many products on the market proposing that they can cure your hairloss problem. One of these is Rogaine, a topical treatment that you have to apply to the scalp twice a day. However, this treatment is not a hair loss cure because once you stop using it, you start to lose your hair again. If you look at the list of ingredients in this hair loss product, you will see that the main one is alcohol. This is one of the top ingredients that has been used for years in hairloss cures.People have always searched for a cure for baldness.
Way back in the early part of the 20th century, seven sisters claimed they had a hair loss cure. They used the proof of pictures of their father as a bald man and then with a full head of hair to show that their hairloss cure worked. The ingredients they used were alcohol, borox and quinine ? toxic ingredients that one would never think of equating with a hair loss cure. Even back then, people were searching for a way to regain their hair because these sisters made a fascinating profit selling the product.The product they developed is the basis on which modern day hair loss cures are based. With this product you wet a piece of white flannel cloth, the precise size of your head, with the solution.
Keep it on your head overnight and if you need to, wear a cap to keep it in place. According to the reports written about this cure for baldness, the solution helps to loosen the matter that is caked on the hair follicles causing them to stop growing. The solution penetrates into the roots and helps to rejuvenate them. This is the same principle that hair loss cures are based on today. The problem with a hair loss cure is that if it works, why are there so many different products on the market.
If an actual cure for baldness were found, it would be in the headlines of all the major newspapers and magazines. While these so-called hairloss cures may work and spur hair growth, the process takes a long time and anyone using the products has to have a lot of patience. They don't work overnight and in a small percentage of cases they don't work at all. Hair loss cures certainly have an interesting history!.
For a website totally devoted to hair loss and hair replacement visit Peter's Website The Hair Replacement Guide at http://www.the-hair-replacement-guide.com/ and find out about Male Hair Loss, Female Hair Loss and more, including Hair Loss Treatments and Hair Transplant Surgery and more at http://www.the-hair-replacement-guide.com/female-hair-loss.html.A Guide to Hair Loss Products
Hair loss is a genetic/hormonal process that can affect both men and women.
Hormones that bind to hair follicles can cause an imbalance in the biological processes that cause hair growth.
Eventually, excess hormones on the follicle cause hair to stop growing and the follicle dies.
Shampoo, wigs, creams, pills, powders, and just about anything else you can imagine has been marketed as a hair loss product.
Hair loss products, if they are at all serious, work by either promoting hair growth, reducing the amount of hormones in the body, reducing inflammation at the follicle, or handling the autoimmune response that occurs as a result of too many hormones at the follicle site.
Hundreds of thousands of hair loss products are on the market today and only some are regulated and proven to actually be effective in helping prevent hair loss.
It is important that you consult a dermatologist for a complete diagnosis and treatment options...
Can Stress Play a Role In Hair Loss?
Copyright 2006 Brendan Conroy
Stress is a fact of life in this modern world we live in.
Our daily lives are filled to the brim with work, children, and activities like never before.
It seems the more we try to balance our lives, the more complicated they become.
It is common knowledge that long term stress can cause a variety of health concerns so it shouldn't come as any surprise to find that stress can play a role in hair loss too.
In many ways, our emotional health is written on our faces (and our heads).
Have you ever noticed you can usually pick out people passing you by that are having a stressful day?
Their faces say it all.
The same is true with your hair.
Can stress play a role in hair loss?
You bet it can!
There's even a name for it, Telogen Effluvium.
This is defined as hair loss caused by the sudden onset of stress.
The odd thing about this condition...
Find Out The Causes Of Sudden Hair Loss
Two of the leading causes of sudden hair loss are genes and stress. Hairloss may be inherited, but this is usually not sudden, but happens over time. What is sudden about it is that you notice large clumps of hair staying on the brush or comb when you do your hair each morning. Although this is common in males, it does happen to females as well. Severe stress has also been identified as a cause of sudden hair loss because it interferes with the inner workings of the body's hormones.
This can be psychological stress or trauma to the body following an accident or major surgery. People that experience sudden hair loss contact their doctor immediately to try to find the causes of sudden hair loss. If there is no underlying stress or side effects from medication, sudden hair loss could be a warning sign of the early onset of a disease such as diabetes or lupus or even an infection of the scalp. Some people who experience sudden hair loss realize that the problem is caused by DHT. This...
Find Out The Causes Of Sudden Hair Loss
Find Out The Causes Of Sudden Hair Loss
Two of the leading causes of sudden hair loss are genes and stress. Hairloss may be inherited, but this is usually not sudden, but happens over time. What is sudden about it is that you notice large clumps of hair staying on the brush or comb when you do your hair each morning. Although this is common in males, it does happen to females as well. Severe stress has also been identified as a cause of sudden hair loss because it interferes with the inner workings of the body's hormones.
This can be psychological stress or trauma to the body following an accident or major surgery. People that experience sudden hair loss contact their doctor immediately to try to find the causes of sudden hair loss. If there is no underlying stress or side effects from medication, sudden hair loss could be a warning sign of the early onset of a disease such as diabetes or lupus or even an infection of the scalp. Some people who experience sudden hair loss realize that the problem is caused by DHT. This...
Find Out The Causes Of Sudden Hair Loss
Alert: 30 Million Americans Suffering Hair Loss!
According to the American Academy of Dermatology, approximately 30 million women in the United States are affected by hair loss at some stage - and the numbers are increasing. Depending on which authoritative source you consult, between 25 and 33.3 percent of all American women will suffer varying degrees of hair loss at some point in their lives.
Avoiding Hair Loss
1. Exercise.
Just 20 minutes a day can produce enough endorphins to reduce stress levels.
2. Write in a journal.
Writing your thoughts and feeling down in a journal can help in expressing the frustrations you are keeping inside.
3. Get a massage.
Massage therapy can relax muscles, easy muscle spasm, increase blood flow to skin and muscles and relieve mental and emotional stress.
4. Realistic expectations.
A lot of stress is caused by disappointment...
Ayurveda Can Help Stop Hair Loss
Most hair loss sufferers seek solutions from Western medicine or turn to remedies derived from local traditions. Some experts however argue that the ayurvedic system of medicine has much to offer in dealing with hair loss conditions.Ayurveda is the traditional system of medicine practiced in India and Sri Lanka. It is a complete approach to health care designed to promote a way of life rather than an occasional treatment. As a holistic system of medicine ayurveda focuses on our uniqueness and takes into account our mental attitude, lifestyle and spirit which should not be treated in isolation from each other.According to ayurveda, the following principles are beneficial to healthy and plentiful hair: