Baldness Cure:’Grow Again’ Home Treatments to Keep Baldness Away - Prevent baldness, enhance hair growth with healthy diet and combat baldness with simple home remedies

33 Pages·2014·1.04 MB·English

by  Mercy Joycelyn

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Baldness, an introduction and its causes
Chapter 2: Healthy Food Enhances Hair Growth
Chapter 3: Best Home Remedies to combat baldness
Conclusion
Chapter 1: Baldness, an introduction and its causes
Baldness / Alopecia, is a problem of ‘hair loss’ especially in the head, that is
quite common in men as they grow old, which normally takes place in late
thirties or early forties. Some men get baldness even at a young age. As per
records, two-third of men is affected with the problem of baldness or excess hair
loss around the age of 35. While the causes could be mainly genetic,
environmental factors are also responsible for baldness. Women and children too
are affected with baldness, though not in percentage equivalent to men. Baldness
can be classified as male pattern baldness and female pattern baldness as
shown in figures below:
Some types of baldness can be caused due to an autoimmune disorder, ‘Alopecia
Areata’ (AA). This causes hair loss in some areas or in the whole body. It also
causes baldness as small spots as shown in the figures below:
Severe forms of alopecia areata are: Alopecia Totalis, which causes complete
hair loss in head and, Alopecia Universalis causes complete hair loss in head as
well as body. These could affect men, women and children too.
Alopecia’s effects are: dandruff, skin lesions, scarring and hair loss in circular
patterns. Alopecia Areata is the mild / medium level baldness that manifests with
abnormal hair loss in the eyebrows, at the back part of the head, on the sides –
above the ears, while in male pattern baldness, hair loss occurs in the temples as
well as in the top part of the head and in the case of female pattern baldness, it
happens at the frontal and parietal areas.
Hair growth takes place in cycles of diverse phases namely, the Anagen,
Catagen, Telogen and Exogen phases. The Anagen is the actual growth phase
that lasts for 2-5 years and it is the phase during which the length of the hair
growth is determined. The Catagen phase, which begins after the close of the
Anagen phase, lasts for 1 to 2 weeks during which hair growth is stopped and the
hair follicle is caused to shrink and even a part of the follicles get destroyed. The
Telogen phase follows after the Catagen phase, which is actually a resting phase
that lasts for about 5 months. There will be no hair growth during this phase and
when this phase comes to an end, the hairs get shed and the hair follicles begin
to grow new hairs. During the Telogen phase, there will be excessive hair loss.
While about 90% of the hairs will be in the Anagen phase, that is, in the growing
phase, about 1 to 2% of the will be in Catagen phase and about 10 to 12% of
hairs will always be in the Telogen phase. The Exogen phase is a shedding phase
during which several hairs arise out of one follicle. However, the length of the
hair growth cycle is not the same on all parts of the body. For example, while it
takes about four months to complete the cycle in the eyebrows, it takes about 3
to 4 years to complete in the scalp.
Enough sleep, enough intake of water and consumption of protein-rich foods
will be highly beneficial in controlling hair loss.
Causes
While the main causes for baldness, apart from heredity, are hormonal
imbalance and autoimmune diseases, including fungal infection, traumatic
damage (which is mostly compulsive pulling), effect of radiotherapy /
chemotherapy for cancer treatment and nutritional deficiencies – like iron
deficiency or so, there are various other common factors that causes baldness,
which are as follows:
• Eating disorders – lack of essential nutrition leads to baldness. Junk
foods should be replaced with healthy, nutritional diet.
• Dandruff should be treated and cured in order not to let it to grow as
psoriasis. Dandruff also causes hair loss and controls hair growth.
• Diseases that cause hair loss like, (i) Hypothyroidism, (ii) Diabetes –
which affects the blood circulation to the scalp as well as feet, which
results in hair loss and prevention of hair growth, (iii) Psoriasis and (iv)
PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome) – caused due to hormonal
imbalance.
• Stress is one of the natural causes that cause shedding of excess hair,
which may be physical or mental stress. The energy required for hair
growth by the hair follicles, especially the Coenzyme Q10, which is found
in fish, meat as well as whole grains, enables the scalp to produce the
required energy. Stress causes harm to this Q10, thus causing hair fall.
Meditation keeps stress away and promotes hormonal balance.
DOs and DONOTs
• When there is excess hair loss or a sudden baldness at an early age, check
out the reason first – get it confirmed whether it is due to any disease or
otherwise.
• Stay cool to avoid stress as stress contributes to hair loss.
• Avoid using a hair dryer as much as possible, as it leads to shedding of
hair. Straightening / curling of hair are also not advisable to maintain the
hair healthy.
• Avoid washing the hair in chlorinated water and also, coloring of hair
using artificial dyes.
• Quit smoking - While the carbon monoxide inhaled through smoking
stops the hair follicles from getting enough oxygen and nutrients from the
blood, the Nicotine contained in cigarettes narrows the blood vessels thus
preventing growth of new hairs.
• Quit alcohol consumption - Alcohol sucks the iron content from the body,
hindering assimilation of zinc. It also causes the body to get dehydrated
and stops absorption of essential nutrients.
Chapter 2: Healthy Food Enhances Hair Growth
Food plays a vital role in controlling any kind of shortcoming in the body. A
well-balanced diet would contribute to maintain good health including
appearance together with healthy hair growth. As a balanced diet is required to
enhance and maintain the beauty of the skin, hair growth also requires
consumption of right diet (in required levels) to keep away or control baldness.
Eating disorders like Anorexia causes malnutrition that greatly affects the hair
follicles and stops hair growth. Moreover, losing body weight suddenly will also
have undesirable effect on hair growth.
Healthy hair growth needs nutrients that are rich in oil content, which is
required for hair growth and that which maintains the elasticity of hair without
breaking. Further, proper blood circulation – flow of blood is required for the
body cells that enable growth in the body. Nutrients are those that make the
blood healthy enough to carry the required oxygen to the scalp to enable proper
hair growth.
Iron, Vitamins A, C, D are the nutrients required for growth as well as
prevention of hair loss. Foods that are rich in Iron are: Whole grains, red meat,
egg, oysters, beans and dark leafy greens.
Vitamins A and C contributes towards production of sebum, in hair follicles,
which is a natural hair conditioner that prevents hair breaking. Foods that are
rich in Vitamins A and C are: Spinach, broccoli, pumpkin and sweet potatoes.
Diet that enhances hair growth is listed below:
(1) Water
Water plays a vital role in promoting healthy hair as well as good health.
Consuming enough water to have the body hydrated is a must for proper
functioning of all parts of the body including the hair follicles as dehydrated
condition of the scalp skin damages the hair follicles.