4. Tinea capitis is a fungal infection of the scalp that makes a person lose his hair due to fungal growth on the scalp.
5. Scarring alopecia is hair loss where the hair follicles are destroyed, and traction alopecia is hair loss that comes from too much manipulation of the hair.
Causes of Hair Loss
Baldness can be caused by any of the following or a combination of these factors-
1. Change in hormonal conditions within the body,
2. Genetic factors, or hereditary factors
3. Stress or trauma
4. Age factor
5. Burns or exposure to fumes
6. Inadequate diet
7. Chemotherapy treatment for cancer
8. Long term disorders like typhoid, anaemia, viral surgery etc.
Remedies to Prevent Hair Loss
1. Rub almond Oil to the scalp and messaging the scalp with finger tips gently helps in growing hair and also improves the blood circulation.
2. Warm some olive oil and apply to your scalp. Keep it overnight. In the morning before washing your hair take towel steam.
3. Rub uncooked egg yolk and massage it on the scalp. Keep it for an hour and then wash off.
4. Rub castor oil on the scalp and the roots but not on the hair. Castor oil helps in growing new hair and also reduces hair loss.
5. Apply red henna (easily available in market) once in week.
6. Boil 3 teaspoon of olive oil n add few fenugreek seeds to the boiling oil. Let the oil cool. And then apply the oil on the scalp.
7. Apply amla oil prepared by boiling dry pieces of amla in coconut oil. It is considered as valuable hair tonic. This is a very simplest and best natural remedy for hair loss.
8. A mixture of equal quantity of fresh amla juice and lime juice when used as a shampoo stimulates hair growth and prevents hair loss.
9. Application of juice of green coriander leaves on the head is beneficial for hair Balding. It is a good Home Remedy for Hair Loss.