I have heard that massaging your scalp where hair is falling out with your fingers a couple of times a day. I have also heard that gently combing, not brushing would help too.How can I reduce hair loss? I want as many suggestions as possible?
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The fact that you are so young and experiencing visible hair loss strongly indicates that left untreated, your hair loss will eventually become quite severe. That's the bad news. The good news is that there are scientifically valid treatment options available right now and the better news is that the future holds the potential for a true cure. So let's consider the options.
First option, do nothing, let nature take its course. Second option, drug-based therapy. Two primary choices here. Choice (a) consists of minoxidil-based therapy. Minoxidil, a topical drug therapy derived from a blood pressure medicine has been shown to work in a statistically-significant percentage of test subjects. Negative side effects are usually mild, but some individuals are susceptible to more serious issues. Choice (b) is finasteride/dutasteride. Both are oral drugs that are designed to inhibit the 5 alpha reductase (5AR) enzyme.
Think of 5AR as the match that lights the fuel that destroys your hair. The ';fuel' in this case is a form of testosterone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Stop 5AR and you reduce local and circulating levels of DHT. Both finasteride and dutasteride come with long and serious sounding cautionary statements advising of the potential for negative side-effect. Particularly in a young man of your age, this is not a drug to take without close medical supervision.
The next option consists of non-drug based therapy (nutraceuticals). Basically, these options derive benefit from combinations of herbal extracts usually ingested orally, with a few brands offering a concomitant oral/topical regimen. With few notable exceptions, non-drug based hair loss treatments rely on rather sketchy data to support their claims. Whether you are following the drug-based or non-drug based route it is advisable to limit your serious investigation to those products that can point to objective third party published research to support their claims.
Finally, the last option available in 2009 is surgical hair restoration. This can be an excellent option, but not for a 16 year old boy. Prior to focusing on basic science research I was closely involved in the surgical side of hair restoration for more than a decade I can assure you that no hair loss surgeon worth his/her salt will operate on a 16 year old patient. For many reasons, it just isn't a good idea.
Now as to the future choices, there are going to be two very interesting developments in the coming years. The first will be a variation of gene therapy where the body's ';software'; will be reprogrammed, so to speak, in order to recapitulate a full head of hair. The second development will be hair cloning. Here, one follicle will be induced to make many, perhaps thousands of identical hair producing structures. Either or both of these options will constitute a true ';cure'; for pattern hair loss.
So, given your situation where does that leave us today? Two choices really. Go the medical route (minoxidil and/or finasteride). Go the non-drug route. Either way, the first and the best thing you can do is to involve your primary care provider in helping you think things through. Your physician has your best interests at heart. He/she is going to be your best advocate. Get his/her advice. But unless you intend to wait for hair cloning or gene therapy, treat this seriously and do something sooner rather than later. The longer you wait, the less responsive your hair tends to be to conventional treatment. To cite a graphic analogy, a parachute works best before you hit the ground. Hope this information helps....
signed,
Geno Marcovici, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer
HairGenesis®
www.hairgenesis.com
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I would say not to use chemicals on your hair.Why don't you go for some home remedies. Egg whites, lemon juice, oil massages, reducing stress and diet changes can reduce hair fall and make it healthier. You can find more cheap, effective and natural home remedies for hair loss as well as for healthy hair at http://www.wellnesstalk.org/hairfall.htm…
Hi there is a herbal tablet u can take called Kelp. That helps prevent hair loss, helps hair grow and helps the condition of it,
Hope this helps x
Curing Hair Loss : Hair Like Samson (before he met Delilah)
A multi-millionaire will be made one day – the day a scientific researcher finds a simple, inexpensive, universally successful hair regrowth product. And that day will come.
The amount of money being funneled into hair loss research is phenomenal, and as long as our society puts such great stock in appearance and beautiful heads of hair, the research will continue until that simple cure is found.Until then, men and women must investigate and experiment with a variety of products which will have a variety of results, dependent upon the individual.
Each human body is unique, with unique levels of hormones, chemicals, and enzymes. For this reason, to date, there is not a universal cure.
Some people experience reduction in hair loss and solid regrowth, while others using the same product may not see the same results.
For those who experience less than desired results from the variety of topicals, pills, herbs and hair products available, there are currently surgical “cures,” if they have the financial wherewithal to pursue them.
These involve a variety of transplant techniques and can be tedious and a bit painful. Such cures are available for both men and women.
Transplants: In transplants, a hair strip is taken from a donor area of the scalp, usually the back, because pattern baldness in both men and women usually does not affect the back of the head. From these stips, individual follicles are extracted and then implanted into the bald area of the scalp. The “art” of this procedure is to get the follicle in so that the slant of the hair is correct for that part of the head. There are usually 1-5 hairs in each follicle, so you can imagine how many transplants have to occur if someone wants a full thick head of hair to replace a completely bald spot. The average cost of transplant, per follicle is $4 - $6. The average cost of pattern baldness transplants is about $10,000.00 – a hefty bill for most of us. For women who have overall balding events, the cost can be greater still.If you do not have $10,000 to spend at the moment and you must wait until regrowth products improve, you may have to be content with less preferable but effective methods like using Provillus.
There have been great advances in hair pieces for men, and wigs are as much a fashion accessory as jewelry for women. If you select this route, buy a good one and go to a professional who is widely experienced in developing unique hair pieces for individual needs.
Generally, you get what you pay for. Fit and ability to have confidence that wind and lots of movement will not move your hair piece are extremely important. While not the permanent cure you really want, the embarrassment of societal reaction to your baldness is eliminated.Keep abreast of research in the area of hair loss cures. Scientists are close, and the answer could come any day. In the meantime, do what makes you feel comfortable and confident, and use any product that helps you reduce the rate of your current hair loss. Stress and anxiety over this condition will only make it worse.
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You'll first need to decide if your hair loss is due to genetics or poor nutrition etc.
If your genetics are programmed such that you are going to go bald, you are going to go bald, end of story. Surprisingly a man picks up his predisposition for balding from his mothers side of the family so look at your grandad on mums side fo the family, not your dad. Even at 16 it is possible for genetic balding to kick in.
If your hair loss is generally sue to poor lifestyle and diet then there is plenty you can do. Stop eating junk food. Eat nutritious healthier foods and even consider a multi vitamin. Keep your hair clean without going OTT, you can have too much of a good thing.
# Castor oil is one remedy that does not require any special recipe since you can directly apply it to your scalp.
* Purchase a bottle of Castor oil from your local grocery store or pharmacy. Castor oil should be relatively easy to find as it is often used as an alternative to laxatives.
* Apply the Castor oil directly to your scalp and the roots of your hair. Don't rub the Castor oil through the rest of your hair, as it may be difficult to wash out due to its consistency. Smear the Castor oil around the top of your head so that it fully covers your scalp.
* Wrap your hair with a cloth or clean towel and loosely tie it in place. Make sure the Castor oil in your hair is completely covered by the cloth or towel. Allow the Castor oil to sit on your hair overnight and immediately wash it out when you awaken the next day.
* Repeat this Castor oil treatment about once a week. It will most likely take about 6 or 7 applications before you experience any noticeable results.
* Try mixing Castor oil with lighter oils, such as almond or grapeseed oil. Castor oil is a thick oil and it may be time consuming to remove it from your hair if used alone. Combine it with other oils to lighten its density. In addition, Castor oil is scentless, so you may want to mix it with other substances, such as almond or rosemary oil, to add a nice smelling scent to your hair.
I work in boots, and there is a variety of hair loss remedies as well as shampoos etc...just pop in and ask to speak to someone about them
Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss.
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