subject: What You Need to Know About Preventing Hair Loss Safely and As Naturally As Possible [print this page] What you need to know about preventing hair loss safely and as naturally as possible will first of all mean coming to an understanding about the body mechanisms that lead to hair loss in the first place. The medical term for the conditions in the body that lead to loss of hair on their head is known as alopecia. If left unchecked, alopecia can lead to complete baldness. In most cases in men and women, such loss is due to a very few factors. The most common of these factors is androgenic in nature, meaning that the loss is related to certain hormones that circulate through the body. The hair follicles on the head in men and women become sensitive to the hormone dihydrotestosterone or DHT. There seems to be a genetic component to this sort of sensitivity, also. There also seems to be several other genetic or environmental factors that go into making up the condition that creates androgenic alopecia, which is sometimes referred to as male pattern baldness, though women are just as susceptible. One such environmental factor has been identified that relates the kinds and quality of aerobic exercise to the baldness though the link is still somewhat unproven. At any rate, many men and women are confronted with a gradual loss of the hair on top of their heads and quite often become alarmed by it. There are ways, though, to help prevent such loss these days. New products -- mostly natural in nature -- have come onto the market that show great promise in helping men and women to keep what they already have on their heads and maybe even add a little bit more to it. Certain vitamins, minerals and herbs are being combined into oral supplements that, in conjunction with a topical application of a certain other substance known as Minoxidil, have been effective in bringing back hair to areas on the scalp that were thought to be permanently barren. Minoxidil is FDA-approved and makes up the main constituent in the topical application, by the way. Those who suspect or fear that they will become victims of androgenic alopecia (and they might want to look at their close relatives to get an idea of whether or not they are susceptible to it) can begin taking certain of these vitamins and herbs along with Minoxidil as soon as they begin experiencing hair loss. No longer do people need to suffer through patchy or missing hair on the scalp. What you need to know about preventing hair loss safely and as naturally as possible, first of all, is that there are usually a few genetic or environmental factors that lead to people experiencing androgenic alopecia. But they do not have to accept that such loss is permanent, especially not when so many effective products are making their way to the market these days.
What You Need to Know About Preventing Hair Loss Safely and As Naturally As Possible
