HAIR LOSS PREVENTION (12)

HAIR LOSS PREVENTION (12)

Summary

Hair is a living protein, and as with any living part
of our bodies we must be sure to maintain proper health to
optimize our chances of maintaining a healthy head of hair.
Proper nutrition is vital to maintaining healthy hair, since
the hair is a living and growing part of the body’s system.
Viewing it in this manner can help us to treat our bodies
different and raise expectations through proper care. A
healthy balanced diet, occasionally with the help of vitamin
and mineral supplements and exercise are all key
components to a healthy regimen of maintaining healthy hair.
Male Pattern Baldness (MPB) or androgenetic
alopecia is the condition that over 95% of persons that
suffer hair loss have, and it is caused by a rise in DHT, a
direct component of testosterone. The scientific
developments of the past two decades have brought hope
and promise to many who suffer with this type of hair loss.
Treatments like Rogaine®, Rogaine® for Women, Propecia,
and improved surgical treatments have brought relief to
many who would have previously had to settle for gradual
hair loss, wigs, or hairpieces. The discovery of the role of
DHT in preventing hair loss has even opened the doors to
possible herbal solutions to hair loss prevention, such as
saw palmetto, nettles, rosemary and horsetail. Even more
promising is the fact that the hair loss commonly known as
androgenetic alopecia is found to occur mainly in Western
civilization or those who have adopted the ways of Western
civilization, meaning that there may be dietary practices
that contribute to hair loss and therefore giving hope to the
possibility that diet could control not only temporary hair
loss, but androgenetic alopecia as well.
Doctors and scientists are studying DHT production
in the body to understand it more thoroughly. There is an
obvious link to hair loss and prostatic health and this only
increases the pace of hair loss discoveries. Most treatments
for prostatic diseases such as benign prostatic hyperplasia
(BPH) also have the pleasant side affect of growing hair on
the heads of those taking it. With the pace of research and
discoveries today, there is a great deal of optimism in the
field of hair loss prevention. Hair is an important part of
our dress and appearance, therefore a large part of our selfesteem.
It is likely that there are answers for your situation
presently or coming in the near future.
Remember, the restoration of hair growth is not an
overnight process. The process takes time regardless of the
method chosen. Be patient and follow as much of the
advice given by professionals as possible. Keep in mind
that the body is a system, and it is the abuse of this system
by food intake and environmental causes that lead to most
common hair loss. Through returning the body back to its
natural state, hair growth can be restored. Good health to you!
Resources for Hair Care and Hair Loss Prevention
These books, websites, and reports may prove
helpful to you if you wish to read further about MPB or
androgenetic alopecia and its prevention.
Alopecia Areata: Understanding and Coping with Hair
Loss by Wendy Thompson, M.A. and Jerry Shapiro, M.D.
John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1996.
Hair Loss Prevention Through Natural Remedies: A
Prescription for Healthier Hair by Ken Peters, David
Stuss, and Nick Waddell. Apple Publishing Company, Ltd.,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1994.
The Hair Replacement Revolution: A Consumer’s Guide to
Effective Hair Replacement Techniques by James Harris
and Emanuel Marritt. Square One Publishers.
Bald No More by Morton Walker. Kensington Publishing Corporation.
Your Hair: Helping to Keep It: Treatment and Prevention
by Neil Sadick and Donald Charles Richardson. St. Martin’s Press.
The Bald Truth by Spencer David Kobren, Diane B.
Eisman, and Eugene H. Eisman. Pocket Books.
Healing Psoriasis: The Natural Alternative by Dr. John
O.A. Pagano. The Pagano Organization, Englewood Cliffs,
NJ, 2nd Printing, 1995.
Propecia: The Hair-Growth Breakthrough by Othneil J.
Seiden, M.D. Prima Health Publishers, Rocklin, CA, 1998.
The National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF), P.O.
Box 150760, San Rafael, CA 94915-0760, (415) 472-3780
The National Psoriasis Foundation at 6600 SW 92nd Ave.,
Suite 300, Portland, OR 97223-7195, (503) 244-7404