Hair Loss Information

Human body is full of hair and their purpose is to protect our body from sun and cold. However these days’ hairs, especially scalp hair are considered vital for their cosmetic importance. Baldness is common in males once they reach middle ages, but it is very uncommon in females. To stop hair loss in women there are many options available. It doesn’t mean solutions for male falling hair are not there, but females are generally more concerned and to stop hair loss in women is considered more important.

We first need to understand how the lifecycle of hair works. Our hair goes through three stages during their lives. First anagen is the stage where our hair starts and keeps on growing; usually this stage lasts roughly from 2 to 7 years. Second stage is catagen; this is a relatively smaller stage and only lasts for few weeks. This stage announces the end of active growth and initiation toward the final stage. Third stage called telogen is the final one in lifecycle. In this stage hair growth goes into decline and one fine day poor hair is dead and fells off our scalps for good. Generally we lose about 100 hair daily and it is normal, however when the frequency and count of fallen hair increases that’s the time to worry.

Hair loss can be caused by several factors, biological factors like your diet, ageing, thyroid disorders, heredity, a major surgery, blood loss due to any reason, pregnancy to name a few. There are certain social factors as well that can lead to falling hair. Women are generally more emotional of the two genders. So they can easily fall into stress of many kinds, for instance financial situation, depression, loss of a loved one, a broken relationship, work situation, pregnancy, uncertainty, disease etc. So it can be said that hair loss is a symptom rather than a disease itself. Normally you know when you are having falling hair more than normal, or you can consult a doctor to determine the existence and intensity of the hair loss.

In order to stop hair loss in women, it is first important to know the actual cause. Once the cause is determined then preventing or treating that can stop hair loss in women automatically. For instance to stop hair loss in women caused by stress, it is more beneficial to treat the stress by giving appropriate drugs or psychological treatment. However in some cases a thorough treatment is required to stop hair loss in women. For example a condition known as Alopecia areata, requires proper treatment. If taking some medicines is causing the hair to fall, then to stop hair loss in women, replacement of those drugs need to be done upon consultation with the doctor. Massaging your head and increasing Vitamin B in diet can also stop hair loss in women. There are several medicines & products available which can not only stop hair loss in women but are also beneficial for the maintenance of hair overall.

Human hair falling capacity per day range from 100 to 150 strands of hair per day, however under normal circumstances, new hair grows at the same rate as that of old hair shedding thus hair thinning remains unnoticed. On the other hand, when hair fall triggers new hair production, special care needs to be taken in the form of some hair loss treatment product application. DHT or dihydrotestosterone is the hormone said to cause hair fall both in males and females.

Hair loss is a trauma especially for females and people apply every hair loss treatment product, they find easily in the market. Some products end up causing more problems, thus it is better to get hold of only those treatments which are approved by Food and Drug Administration.

Treatment #1: Finasteride is used to treat baldness relevant to males’ pattern. They reduce the level of DHT to almost 60 percent. This method is approved by the medical sciences as the reliable mean to reduce hair loss.

Treatment #2: the drug initially used to cure heart problem cause hair growth in some parts of the body. Minoxidil was used by early people to cure the problem of heart but as of its side effects, hair started growing on the cheeks, forehead and hands. If Minoxidil is applied on any area, which has less hair, hair re grows out. It is medically proven mean to reduce the cause of males’ pattern baldness.

Treatment #3: the third medically and FDA approved method is the use of Provillus. The drug contains some herbs, vitamins and few mineral. Apart from this some amount of Minoxidil is also present in this drug. The additional vitamins and minerals are not assured of working as the hair loss treatment product. Provillus is more expensive as compared to Minoxidil, due to the presence of many more supplements in its composition.

There are also few hair loss treatment product in the form of hair shampoo, which have good and healthy impact on the nourishment of scalp and hair growth. Nioxin is a good hair loss treatment product used for hair thickening and improving blood flow to scalp. The product is safe for both men and women. Nioxin is also available in the form of scalp treatment and scalp therapy to solve the problem of hair loss.

Another shampoo for reduce hair thinning problem and better hair loss treatment product is Progaine shampoo. They add volume to hair through its minerals, vitamins and proteins ingredients. They strengthen and make hair strong to avoid hair loss problem and reduce hair breakage. Yet another hair loss treatment product is Revivogen, it is available in the therapy, shampoo and hair thickening shampoo. First the therapy must be applied at night; it must be left till morning. The Revivogen shampoo has to be left on the head for some times to remove complete hair loss problem, it must be followed by Revivogen thickening conditioner.

Radix Astragali tonifies the spleen and augments the Qi: for spleen deficiency presenting with lack of appetite, fatigue and diarrhea. It also augments the protective Qi and stabilizes the exterior: for deficiency with spontaneous sweating, as the herb stabilizes the protective Qi.

Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae is mainly used to invigorate the blood and breaks up blood stasis. It's also used to clear heat and soothe irritability: especially useful for restlessness, irritability, palpitations and insomnia due to heat entering the nutritive level. It can also be used in patterns of Heart and Kidney Yi deficiency.

Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae used in our hair tonic is to invigorate the blood circulation in the follicle areas and to break up the blood stasis around.