Herbs and Diet Treat Hair Loss

herbs Did you know that some instances of hair loss are triggered and further aggravated by unhealthy dietary habits? Why, treating hair loss, do we habitually choose to use expensive medications, such as Rogaine or Minoxidil, or turn to surgical procedures like hair transplants, without considering natural solutions?

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Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania, also known as “tritch”, is a psychological condition that involves a compulsion to pluck or pull out one’s hair on a repetitive basis. It often runs in families, is known to be triggered by stress, and afflicts women (65% of all cases) more often than men.

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Androgenic Alopecia

Androgenic-alopecia Androgenic Alopecia, also known as AGA, is responsible for the majority of hair loss cases in middle-aged people of both sexes. It is estimated that this hair loss condition affects about 40 percent of women approaching menopause and more than 50 percent of men in their mid-life. Causes of AGA can be traced to hormones: hair follicles start gradually balding with the increased rate of conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone.

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Alopecia Areata

Alopecia areata is a rare autoimmune disease that affects about 1 per cent of the population in the United States. Alopecia areata can come in various forms, for example, as an oval or round patch of a bald area on the scalp (alopecia monolocularis), or as multiple patches of non-scarring alopecia, which are usually asymptomatic (alopecia multilocularis).

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Review of the 6 Most Popular Hair Loss Treatments

hair treatment When approaching the issue of an appropriate hair loss treatment, the first thing to consider is a cause of balding or thinning of hair. (Read our article “3 Basic Reasons for Hair Loss“). Depending on whether you are losing your hair due to hormones, genes, an infectious disease, stress, or malnutrition, you have to select an appropriate approach to possible ways of curing the condition.