Tuesday 12 June 2012

Tips on Preventing Hair Loss.

By Adrian Bruce


Stress, infections, illness, hormonal imbalance, (genetic) diseases, nutrition, over coloring of hair, medicines, emotional stress, a recent pregnancy or thyroid gland under-activity or over-activity are all possible causes of hair loss. A visit to your doctor is recommended so as to rule out some of the causes and closely look at others. The following tips on preventing hair loss will help you to prevent loss of your hair.

Actually, losing 40 to 50 strands of hair daily is quite normal. But if your hair begins to come out in bunches, and you are unable to maintain the same volume of hair, there could be a case for concern.

Avoid unhealthy hair practices such as wearing hair styles that pull your hair tight for instance pony tails and braids. Also avoid blow-drying your hair as it will dry out the scalp as well as damage the hair follicles. Rough toweling or combing your hair when it is still wet will put out hair strands from their roots and stretch as well as break others. To prevent hair loss, you need to avoid harsh chemicals especially perms and permanent hair color.

The hair treatments from the inside, can be done by eating foods that meet nutritional needs of hair like vitamin A, B, C, E and minerals such as iron, zinc, selenium, calcium, potassium ect. Vitamin and mineral are beneficial for the fertility of the hair and scalp health.

There are many types of food can be consumed to prevent hair loss such as eggs, honey, green beans, oyster, shrimp and more. By knowing why hair loss occurs and natural foods to prevent it, you will have healthy hair, beautiful and strong.




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