Diet & Proper Care To Prevent Hair Loss 

Hair loss
Prevention Of Hair loss

Alopecia is the medical term for hair loss. Another name is patchy baldness. This baldness may be developing in the body, everywhere in the scalp, beard area, eyebrows, eyelashes, armpits, inside the nose, or ears. Alopecia totalis means the person loses every hair on the scalp, so the scalp is completely bald. There are many ideas to stop or slow hair loss.

Some situations, such as hair loss after pregnancy (telogen effluvium), will regrowth on their own. And remember that every person sheds hair daily, which is perfectly normal.

When there is more hair loss, then it is important that you want to see the doctor. The healthcare provider may be able to diagnose if the hair loss is developed by disease like thyroid issues, stress, scalp infections, androgenic alopecia, or simply aging.

Tips for preventing hair loss:

Diet

  • Mediterranean diet

A diet including raw vegetables and fresh herbs, like the Mediterranean diet, will decrease the risk of androgenic alopecia (female pattern baldness or male pattern baldness) or slow its onset. Better results were seen when people consumed more amounts of these foods such as parsley, basil, and salad greens more than 2 days a week.

  • Protein

Hair follicles are made by a protein called keratin. The loss of hair is identified in several nutritional deficiencies in people, including amino acids that serve as the building blocks of protein. Eating a diet rich in protein will help to prevent alopecia. Healthy diets include foods like eggs, nuts, beans and peas, fish, low-fat dairy products, chicken, and turkey.

  • Vitamin A

Vitamin A is made by part of retinoids, which will help to increase the level of hair growth. This vitamin will help with sebum production, keeping the scalp healthier and able to grow more hairs. Take a plate full of foods rich in vitamin A, such as sweet potatoes, sweet peppers, and spinach.

Supplements

  • Multivitamin

The vitamins A, B, C, D, iron, selenium, and zinc are important for hair growth and retention processes, specifically with cell turnover. You can get daily multivitamins at many grocery stores.

  • Vitamin D

The vitamin D is linked with no scarring alopecia. Treating deficiencies will help in regrowth of hair. 

  • Biotin

Biotin is also known as vitamin H or B7 which is involved in fatty acid produced in the body. This process is important to the hair life cycle and may have noted alopecia if have a deficiency.

  • Saw palmetto

Saw palmetto herb will help the men to maintain the levels of testosterone. The 60 percent of people taking saw palmetto experienced improved hair growth. The dosage is 200 milligrams daily.

  • Ginseng

Ginseng has certain phytochemicals that may increase the hair growth on the scalp but needed to recommend specific dosages. In the meantime, speak with the healthcare provider about taking ginseng supplements or controlling topical solutions that contain this ingredient.

Hair care

  • Regular washing

Washing hair daily will help against the hair loss by keeping the scalp healthy and clean. The main thing is to use a light shampoo. Stronger formulas make the hair dry and develop it to break, causing hair loss.

  • Coconut oil

The coconut oil will protect and prevent the hair damage from grooming and ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. Lauric acid found in coconut oil will help to build protein in hair, helping it from breakage at the root and strand. Massaging coconut oil on the scalp will help best blood flow and help with regrowth hair.

  • Olive oil

Olive oil can protect the deep condition hair; it will help to get it back from dryness and linked with breakage in hair. Olive oil is also a main ingredient to the Mediterranean diet, which may help to protect from genetic hair loss. Applying two tablespoons of olive oil directly to hair or scape and wash it after 30 mins.

  • Gentle styling

Avoid tight braids or ponytails that will pull on hair at the root and potentially lead to more hair loss. Need to wait for hair to get dry, let the hair air dry to avoid irritating the scalp. Heat styles, like curling or straightening irons, will also damage or break the hair root.

  • Hair processing

Chemical treatments, like perms or hair color, will also cause problems in hair and scalp. Ask the stylist about other methods, like organic hair dyes and others that don’t contain ammonia, peroxide, or para-phenylenediamine (PPD).

Hair loss
Prevention Of Hair loss

Medical treatments for hair loss

  • Laser therapy

Low-level lasers will help to develop hair density for people with genetic hair loss and loss due to chemotherapy. This therapy is also called red light therapy, and it may help to stimulate epidermal stem cells.

  • Platelet-rich plasma

Injecting platelet-rich plasma (PRP) into the scalp promotes and stimulates growth in areas already where there is bald area. Blood is a centrifuge to separate the platelets and that will be injected into the scalp.

Other methods

  • Essential oils

Essential oils will help decrease fall of hair. The other types of essential oils will include lavender, lemongrass, and peppermint. Try mixing 2 drops of oil or all of these oils with 2 tablespoons of carrier oil, like jojoba or grapeseed, and apply on the scalp for 10 minutes and then wash it.

  • Onion juice

People with alopecia areata will have regrowth after applying crude onion juice to their scalps 2 times a day. The onion juice will promote the growth in nearly 80 percent of people. 

  • Massage

The scalp massage feels good, people will have the results with as less as four minutes of massage a day over the course of 24 weeks.

  • Yoga

Hair loss will develop by stress that will respond well to yoga. Try these stress-relieving kinds of yoga poses to control or slow down the process:

  • Downward Facing Dog
  • Forward Bend
  • Camel Pose
  • Shoulder Stand
  • Fish Pose
  • Kneeling Pose

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