Preventing Baldness

Typically, baldness is the result of hair that sheds but is supposed to grow back naturally. If this occurs, a lifestyle check and consultation with a doctor and nutritionist may help isolate the causes and prevent a progression of the problem. Even though it has not been scientifically established that stress and emotional trauma are contributory factors, there seems to be evidence that the elimination of these does arrest excessive hair loss.

Certain shampoos, conditioners, and hair oils may be fundamentally unsuitable for certain users while they benefit others. If continued hair loss is noted with any particular product, it should be discontinued. Many experts recommend that shampoos and conditioners, no matter how effective any single one may be, should be used on an alternating basis. The theory is that the scalp grows used to certain ingredients and fails to respond after a while.

Scalp massages with nourishing oils, especially those containing arnica, hibiscus, and Indian amla is definitely a step in the right direction. Besides being a great stress buster (which may be of peripheral benefit by itself) it ensures that the scalps essential moisture equilibrium is supplemented and maintained. This prevents dryness and brittleness of the hair that result in hair loss. A massage also ensures adequate blood circulation and proper oxygenation of scalp tissues. Oil massages are a time-honored means of preventing premature hair loss in the Orient.

If scalp psoriasis and fungal, viral, or bacterial infections are present, the medical elimination of these will definitely reverse certain cases of hair loss. In patients where the occurrence of these is on a chronically recurring basis, treatment will almost certainly prevent further hair loss. Finally, a holistically healthy lifestyle will ensure that, barring extraordinary factors, hair loss will not set in before Mother Nature decrees that its time has come.

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What is hair loss?

Baldness (formally alopecia) is the state of lacking hair where it usually would grow, especially on the head. The most common form of baldness is a progressive hair-thinning condition that occurs in adult humans and other primate species.
Alopecia is a set of disorders ranging from male and female pattern alopecia (alopecia androgenetica), to alopecia areata, which involves the loss of some of the hair from the head, alopecia totalis, which involves the loss of all head hair, to the most extreme form, alopecia universalis, which involves the loss of all hair from the head and the body. Treatment for alopecia has limited success. The more hair lost, the less successful the treatment will be. ...
the shedding of scalp hair. There are several types of hair loss, the most common of which is androgenetic alopecia