How To Prevent Hair Loss
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:05Hair is one of the crucial features in human beings which explicitly manifest several aspects of their health and state of well being. In this respect men and women complain alike of loosing their hair, its bounce, or texture. Hair loss and grey hair are the major hair problem faced universally across the globe barring a few countries. Glossy and well textured hair are the well understood indicators of youthfulness, fertility and beauty. As we grow older which means even through in ones 20s and with the world becoming increasingly competent, we often get wrangled in the whirl wind of day to day worldly affairs. Amidst this confusion people tend to forget themselves and the overburdened chaos multiplies several folds and takes toll on ones health.
Hair fall and hair loss are only the manifestations of the deeper undercurrents which are definitely not functioning in an orderly fashion. The food which we take is either nutritionally deficient or we are unable to absorb with the fall in metabolism. Application of chemical cosmetics and toiletries only add to the problem after providing temporary relief.
A few tips will go miles in resolving the problem
• Use of right cooking medium and right oil for body application. Cold pressed Sesame oil is rich in copper, calcium and iron. Copper is an essential micro-nutrient crucial to the synthesis of melanin responsible for imparting color to the hair. Another significant fact associated with this oil is that it has capability to be absorbed into the deepest layers of the skin, unlike many oils, conditioners and moisturizers which stay on the surface layers stirring no impact in the deeper skin physiology.
• Sesame oil is also capable of absorbing pollutants and other impurities present on the surface of the skin and bringing into the blood supply which then eliminates it with the natural excretory mechanisms. Therefore sesame oil can be used as effectual cooking medium as well as right hair oil and why not also as skin oil applied soon after the bath over the moist skin.
• Even if graying is genetic, the impact of genes is triggered due to the absence of certain nutrients or presence of certain unwanted stuff in diet and in the environment. You can block the action of harmful genes by substituting your so called wrong life style not liked by the body by a more favorable one.
• Eat at least three servings of cold water fatty fish as salmon, tout, mackerel, sardines, and herring in a week. These fish are loaded with plenty of goodies of beneficial proteins and omega 3 fatty acids. The latter are essential for the well functioning of the body and cannot be synthesized inside the human body and have to be supplemented from external sources as eating fatty cold water fish or in taking cod liver oil capsules.
• Beat two eggs in a bowl and add sesame oil or olive oil to it and message your hair with this. Keep it for two hours before washing with mild shampoo.
• Else mix 2 large spoons of amla powder, a tea spoon of black pepper in a bowl of curd. Beat well and message in the hair roots before rinsing it off.
• Besides other things keep your diet rich in calcium, proteins and Vitamin B12. This means eating foods rich in yogurt, fish, eggs and meat.
• Hair loss and grey is also due to their inability of the hair follicles to beget oxygen and adequate nutrition from the blood stream. The inner walls of the blood vessels become narrow due to accumulation of plaque due to diets rich in saturated fats. Chewing 3-4 pods of raw garlic regularly with out fail and a lot of green veggies and colored fruits go a long way in keeping the triglyceride levels in blood in check.
• Drinking pomegranate juice enhances the flow of blood in vessels. Any fruit juice that you drink ensure it is fresh and unstrained and without any additions.
• Green tea is rich in isoflavnoids. Bring water to boil and add to green tea leaves. Close the flame and place a lid lover the tea and let it tea brew for at least 2 minutes. Pour it in a cup to which a few drops of lemon juice and sugar is added. Stir well. This is known to lower the dehydrotestosterone popularly referred to as DHT in the blood stream. DHT is known to be the culprit behind balding.
• Many a times the loss of hair and graying is attributed to fungus in the hair that eats through the melanocytes and the hair follicles. Ensure keeping hair dandruff/fungus free. For this add neem oil to sesame oil or olive oil
with a few drops of lemon juice. Message well in the hair regularly before every wash.
• Last but not the least 8 hour good night sleep, physical activity, sun shine, fresh air, lots of water and socializing go a long way to keep the overall health of any individual in good condition. And throw your worries in the dust bin. Repeat this to your self when ever you are under stress. Say ‘throw your worries in the dust bin’.
• If another tip to ward off your worries is to keep calling your name to your self several times till you feel well.
