Hair Loss? How to Tackle it and Improve Your Hair

Tips for Hair Loss and Thinning Hair

• • Fight hair loss with the right shampoo
    Choosing a shampoo that fights DHT, a hormone that gathers at the base of the follicle and causes thinning, can make all the difference. Supplement with a styler that promotes fullness while keeping strands healthy.
  • Keep it cool
    Heat stress can do terrible things to your hair, weakening proteins and priming follicles for eject. That means no more blow dryers, hot curlers, or hair straighteners.
  • Avoid harsh chemicals
    If the ingredients list on the back of your product reads like the deep end of a college chemistry textbook, you probably shouldn’t use it. Natural is better.

Many prescription treatments for losing hair include harsh chemicals that can dry out your scalp and make the follicles weaker. Foamers and thickeners, sodium laurel sulfate, or SLS – the chemical that produces all that nice, bubbly lather – strips hair of essential oils, breaks down protein essential for hair health and halts growth. Sodium chloride (basically table salt) is used as a thickener in products containing SLS, but it can cause dry, itchy scalp and encourage hair loss. Polyethylene glycol (also known as PEG, polyethylene or polyoxyethelyne) is another thickener that strips hair of moisture.

Neem for Hair Loss

If you’re looking for a natural, danger-free way to treat hair loss, neem is the solution. With anti-inflammatory properties that stimulate blood circulation, neem strengthens the immune system, promotes healthy hair growth and soothes the scalp. This gift of nature also offers anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-microbial properties to keep your hair, scalp, and skin healthy.

Simply mix neem powder and water, then massage the hair mask onto your scalp. Leave it for half an hour before rinsing. You can even add neem powder to your shampoo for daily treatment, or make your own neem shampoo!