For centuries, dishonest dealers
built their fortunes by selling “miraculous” cures to the afflicted men, who
never gave up their hope for a miracle. The closest we can get is by trying to
learn about and deal with the real causes of hair loss.
There are no proofs that ingredients from shampoos, creams, or
conditioners can be absorbed by hair follicles. One of our skin’s functions is
preventing foreign substances from entering our body. Only some fats can be
absorbed by the top layer of our skin. It is not possible to nourish the
follicle from the outside. Nobody has so far found a way to deliver vitamins or
nutrients to the follicles and stimulate hair re-growth. Here are some tested
remedies that may help you battle hair loss.
Remedy # 1
Head Massage
Ingredients: Salt, 1L of Warm water
Preparation: Dissolve 2 tablespoons of salt in 1 qt. (1L) of warm water.
Usage: soak a towel in the solution, wring
it gently, and massage affected parts of your scalp. Pay particular attentions
to areas where there is only partial hair loss. You decide for yourself the
length of the massage – for example, when the skin takes a rosy color or when
there is a stinging sensation. It might take anywhere from half a minute to
several minutes.
The goal is to gradually restore
the network of capillary vessels in our scalp to good condition, which in turn
would regenerate our hair follicles. Please do not expect immediate results –
the problem took years to build up and the remedy is going to take at least as
long, but the effect can pay off if you are patient. The first re-grown hairs
are likely to show 3 – 4 months. When the bald spot starts loosing smoothness,
it is the sign of follicles pushing new hair shafts up to the surface.
Visually, some types of hairs might be noticeable sooner, depending on their
color or shape of hair shafts. For examples dark hair shows up sooner than fair
one, even if they are re-growing at the same rate.
You are going to shed some hairs
during the massage. These are the ones that are ready to fall out anyway. In
about three month’s time, their rejuvenated follicles will start pushing up new
hairs. Even a very intense massage cannot remove hairs that are not mean to be
shed. The processing of thinning is stopped and reversed as soon as you start
massage therapy.
It usually takes one to five
years – about as long as the thinning bas been allowed to go on. Please don’t
stop massaging until the full re-growth takes place.
Re-growing hair in cases of
complete baldness is a separate question. It’s theoretically possible, but I
wouldn’t like to make vain promises. Trying is not going to hurt you, but there
is no guarantee as in the case of thinning hair.
People who reverse the process
of hair thinning are advised to maintain the massaging habit for the rest of
their lives. Even those who have never had any problems with their hair but
expect them due to genetic factors, poor nutrition, or stressful lifestyle, can
use the scalp massage as a perspective measures. Such head start with the therapy
will guarantee full and thick hair on your head.
