Thinning Hair Treatment

Thinning hair is very common and around 60 million Americans suffer from this conditions. Both men and women can experience this conditions however in women, hair thinning hardly turn to baldness or complete hair loss of the scalp.



Men are very prone to baldness if hair thinning is neglected and no proper treatment is employed. There are many causes of thinning hair and most often, you can control this condition by using common hair care remedies and avoiding the causes and factors affecting hair loss. In certain cases like genetic factor, it can not be controlled and there is no guarantee for prevention of hair loss, however there are certain medications that may reduce the rate of such hair loss conditions.

Women experience mild to severe hair thinning during pregnancy and breastfeeding. In addition, a woman needs more nutrients due to menstruation. Taking healthy diet containing low-fat and nutrient rich (vitamins, minerals and proteins). Do exercise regularly as it not only help treat and prevent hair thinning but also reduce the risk of developing breast and cervical cancer. Avoid caffeine consumption, smoking, hair products (stylers, shampoos, gels) containing harsh chemicals and junk foods. Besides avoiding the causes, do use a hair care tonic for topical nourishment of scalp. Massage the scalp with a quality hair care lotion it will increase the blood flow towards hair follicles. You can surely stop hair thinning just by daily hair care.

There are a variety of treatment options for hair thinning but it depends upon the cause of hair loss. Auto immune disorder often cause hair loss on scalp and entire body. In this disorder, your own immune system deteriorates your hair follicles. There is no drug for stopping hair thinning caused by auto immune disorder. Auto immune disorder is often a conjunctional disorder (arising from birth). Using certain drugs strengthening immune system may reduce the rate of hair thinning in rare cases. Hormonal imbalance is the foremost cause of hair thinning. Hair follicles are susceptible to excessive amount of Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), testosterone, progesterone and estrogen. There are certain drugs like Propecia that reduce the amount of DHT by blocking the production of an enzyme 5-alpha reductase that converts testosterone into DHT. Side effects produced by propecia include:

• Reduced sexual desire


• Increase production of Skin Oil


• Birth defects in babies if taken by a women


• Erectile Dysfunction

If you discontinue taking propecia, you may develop hair thinning as it merely suppresses the production of 5-alpha reductase. When you stop it, your body produces 5-alpha reductase that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone.

On the other hands, health care professionals advises to take healthy diet low in saturated fatty acids, cholesterol etc. to avoid excessive production of hormones. Controlling the hormones by taking oral medications is possible but they leaves side effects. It does mean that you want hair growth on the cost of worst side effects like birth defects in your baby. D you want so? Avoid taking prescription or non-prescriptions medications containing such chemicals and turn towards natural hair growth remedies. Continuous use of certain herbal hair care products greatly reduces hair thinning. You may use hair oil for massaging the scalp and hair care shampoos containing vitamin, minerals and amino acids extracted from plants.

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