Saturday, October 3, 2009

Hair Loss Prevention

By Clyde Rocha

There are steps you can take to preventing male baldness if you are worried about hair loss. Whether medicinal or natural, there is a solution for you. This article looks at some of them.

Androgenic alopecia is the medical term for common male-pattern baldness. The condition can usually lead to complete baldness, with hair principally thinning at the crown of the head. Scientists believe this form of alopecia to be a result of the combination of various genetic and environmental factors.

It is incredibly important to keep care of your head if you are bald during the summer months. If you like in hotter climates, it can be quite easy to be sunburned. It is important to make sure that you apply sunscreen regularly if you are outdoors during sunshine hours.

If you are completely bald, shampoo does not usually need to be required and soap can prove to be a feasible alternative. It is always recommended that you use soaps that are aimed at people who have sensitive skin, as the scalp is unprotected. Be sure to use odorless soap if you decide to do this, and to gently massage your scalp and the surrounding areas as you would if you were washing your face.

It is believed that one of the key causes of male baldness is the sex hormone DHT, a hormone that is triple the potency of testosterone. The effect that DHT has on baldness has not been established. DHT is an influential sex hormone which also controls facial hair, body hair and the prostrate.

An attitude some people take is the fact that they are not alone. Balding affects approximately 40m in the United States alone and hundreds of millions internationally. These men find solace in the fact that other people have experienced what they have and respect people for it.

Diet accounts for the condition of a lot of things relating to the body, hair is one of them. Making sure that you get all of the right vitamins and minerals can put you on the course to replenishing your hair loss if it is more significant than normal hair cycles. It is scientifically proven that iron deficiency can result in the thinning of hair; eating foods like red meat and pulses can reverse this.

If you are at stages 6 or 7 on the Hamilton-Norwood Scale, you will tend to have some hair remaining around the ear areas. To begin, try and shave with an unguarded hair clipper as much hair as possible to make shaving your whole head easier.

The last stage is stage 7, where any hair remaining has receded to the base of the head and just above the ears. Recovering hair at this stage is exceptionally difficult. Hair transplants are now no longer possible.

It is recommended that when your shave your head you apply shaving cream. Shaving carefully can allow you to go over the areas you need to only once, this is a good practice to adopt. Make sure the area that you shave in is also lighted properly, so you can see all of the angles of your head that you are trying to reach.

As you can see, the implications of hair loss are many from a psychological perspective. Balding is a traumatic experience for some, especially those who take pride in their appearance. For others, it is an opportunity for a new perspective on life.

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