Natural Ways to Prevent Hair Shedding

If you currently have TE or telogen effluvium, you probably already suspect that once hair shedding has started, it can be difficult to put the genie back in the bottle. And sometimes, the panicked things that we do to stop or slow thehair losscan make the problem even worse. So, it makes sense to prevent the shedding (or it's recurrence) in the first place. This article will offer you tips to help you do just that.

Figure Out Your Trigger AndFix It: Often, shedding is caused by some trigger or some change that takes place in your body.Some common ones arestarting or stopping medications, hormonal changes, scalp or dermatological issues, DHT or excess androgens, or inflammation. If you can figure out which of these was the culprit and can fix it once and for all, then the loss should be prevented (or at least slowed)in the future.

Avoid Any Fixes That Alter Your Hormones Unless It's Absolutely Necessary And You've Tried Other Alternatives: Women who are prone to TE are often hormonally sensitive. However, many of the "fixes" or "cures" for shedding and hair loss involve experimenting with supplements, herbs, and medications that can affect your sex hormones (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, etc.)

Examples are saw palmetto, Spiro, raw thyroid, raw adrenals, etc. Many people will just throw these things at the problem without being under a doctor's care, hoping that they happen upon a cure through experimentation. The problem with this is that if you're hormonally vulnerable, changing up your hormones may just kick off a new round of TE or shedding and so you're worse off than when you started.

If your doctor has discovered a deficiency or problem via blood work or testing, then by all means follow your doctor's advice. However, I find that this is not often the case with my readers. In my opinion, it's always best to try the least invasive, least altering things first - which is why I like inflammation reducers and regrowth stimulators that you put on your scalp rather than in your body, but I'm not talking about Rogaine and the like (which is way too high in alcohol and too irritating.)

Concentrate On A Healthy Scalp And Thick Regrowth: Many people completely miss scalp issues as the cause of shedding but it is very common. Often, clogged or irritated hair follicles will not be properly nourished and deeply embedded enough. Eventually, the cycle will choke out and then extract the starving hair. Likewise, if you have these scalp issues, your regrowth is going to be compromised, making your hair look even more thin.

Be very careful of shampoos which contain irritating ingredients like SLS (sodium laurel sulfate). This ingredient is added only so the shampoo will make a lot of bubbles so that we'll be fooled into thinking that it works better. This harsh ingredient is also used in household cleaners and has no place on your scalp. There are so many good, natural, and gentle shampoos that work great.

Natural ingredients like tea tree oil and jojoba oil are natural anti inflammatories and they work great. Apple cider vinegar is a wonderful rinse to free your scalp and hair of build up. The laser comb (in combination with some essential oils) is a very natural, non irritating way to bring on regrowth and help with shedding caused by unhealthy follicles.

How do I know all of this? Because I lived it. In my quest to end my hair loss, I looked at my triggers, my iron, my thyroid, my adrenals, my hormones, and my scalp's health in my quest to end the nightmare. It was a long, hard, frustrating journey which all but wrecked my self esteem but I finally found something that helped quite a bit. You can read my very personal story at http://stop-hair-loss-in-women.com/

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