A some point we all will encounter a loss of fullness and vitality with our hair  by the natural aging process. Nevertheless, most of us don’t want to start losing our hair prematurely, leading to severe balding or thinning over time. When premature hair loss does occur the natural tendency is to immediately look for way to stop thinning hair. you could possibly ask your friends, your hair stylist, or search the web to find information about how stop thinning hair. Some of the information you receive will be good, some bad, and some downright bizarre.

An example of the bizarre which I recently read was to crack a chicken egg on the balding area. Empty the contents and let sit for 10 minutes. After ten minutes massage a mixture of wheat germ oil and peppermint oil into the balding area. Let sit another 10 minutes. Then use a gentle shampoo to gently wash this miracle formula out. What this adventurous sole didn’t relate was whether we could expect to grow feathers, start liking seeds, and smell like a peppermint stick. naturally dating would become a problem unless the focus of our affection was using the same remedy.

But the fact of the matter is that hair loss is most often caused by contracting hair follicles, and the most likely root cause of this is male or female pattern baldness known in medical terms as androgenetic alopecia.

In androgenetic alopecia the natural hair replacement cycle is shortened and interrupted via the excess accumulation of the androgen hormone dihydrotestosterone with the hair follicle. As the accumulation increases the follicles contract to a point where new growth is no longer possible or growth produced in noticeably least healthy and robust than previously seen. This condition is progress, takes 2 or 3 years or more to be noticed, but will ultimately lead to balding or dramatic thinning is not treated.

The billion dollar question (the amount spent on hair care) is how to best stop thinning hair. Honestly, there are no great answers. On the other hand there are some good ones which attack the condition from two different directions. First, the production and ultimately the accumulation of DHT must be slowed. Herbs such as saw palmetto and nettle root are two of the better choices here. Second, the inactive and shrinking follicles must be reinvigorated topically. Essential oils or minoxidil are both viable options worth considering.

Note: it’s best you know that not all treatments work for everyone, new growth will only be maintained as long as hair re-growth products remain in use, and while it may be possible to stop thinning hair producing new quality growth occurs only about 20 percent of the time.

What Next? There are currently a handful of hair re-growth products (specially formulated for both men and women) that contain been proven to be effective both in blocking harmful hormones and bringing the all important dead hair follicles back to life. These specially formulated treatments can be used both as a preventative tool, starting before hair loss becomes severe, or after loss of hair has become noticeable. Whatever the level of balding or thinning you are experiencing these products could be just what is needed to overcome this latest life challenge.

There are many silly myths that people truly believe about hair loss. Below I list the most common myths so you can stop unnecessarily worrying if it’s adding to your hair loss problem or will cause hair loss sometime in your future.

1. Wearing Hats will cause Hair Loss. – This is completely false. Hair loss is simply down to genetics and wearing or not wearing hats certainly has no effect on your genetics.
2. Hair Loss is proportional to stress in your life. – Severe traumatic stress has been know to cause temporary hair loss called telogen effeluvium. This is temporary and subsides when the stress has been treated. Daily stresses such as money, jobs, family etc have no effect on your hair.
3. You cannot treat hair loss. – Learn to live with it!!. Absolutely false, hair loss can be treated and better yet hair loss can be prevented. People with considerable hair loss can use hair restoration techniques to redistribute hair from backs and sides of head to bald areas.
4. You cannot prevent hair loss. – Again, thankfully this is false. Many treatments such as dht inhibitors and FDA approved propecia has been proven to halt hair loss in most men and women. It’s does not replace dead hair follicles but it does prevent further thinning and damage to hair follicles as well as restore brittle thin hair even peach fuzz.
5. Shaving your head will help your hair to grow back stronger. – Afraid this truly is a myth. Shaving your head does not effect your hair in anyway, dying follicles will grow back as before, thin and weak i.e until they eventually die and dead follicles will remain dead.
6. Hair loss comes from your mother’s side of the family. False, hair loss is genetic and it can be passed on from either side of the family. Androgenetic alopecia is the most common cause of hair loss.
7. Showering, towel drying and brushing hair can accelerate hair loss. The only link here is that you will notice more dying , thinned hair falling out as a result of friction from touching the hair with towel or brush. The As hair dies, its rooting in the follicle becomes weak and feeble. Therefore its easy to knock the hair out form the root. This does not alter hair loss process in any way, it just removes dying loose hair that will eventually fall out any way if not treated.

So there you have it folks. Remember that these are just myths and don’t fool yourself by thinking that you are reversing, stopping of negating hair loss in anyway by obeying the hair loss myths. If you have been reading my articles, you should now know that the first step you MUST take in treating your hair loss is get on a course of dht blocker. I personally use provillus and am more than happy with my hair. Results are visible in weeks for those whose hair is starting to thin and results may take a few months for those whos hair loss has progressed somewhat.

Tony