Going Natural For Hair Loss, Dandruff And Hair Problems

What Are The Hair Problems Faced By Everyone?

Humans have hairs serving an important role in their lives. Hair has been a beauty symbol for both men and women from very ancient times. Nowadays, spending a great part of earnings for hair care is a routine everyone follows. It is a passion for people around the globe. The hair care industry grows day by day fulfilling the requirements of the people It is important to know the major hair related problems in general life:
1. Hair loss
2. Premature graying of hairs
3. Alopecia
4. Dandruff

Hair Loss

It is a disease that is globally common creating chaos around the world nowadays. As a very common problem being faced globally, recent data shows the tendency of hair fall increasing in the past two decades.

The important causes of hair fall are: 
• The body is deficient of useful minerals and vitamins
• Mental and emotional stress
• A prolonged illness affected for long
• Commonly seen in hyperthyroidism, hormonal imbalance in androgen and estrogen
• Hormonal imbalance after childbirth
• Medications like blood thinners, excess amounts of Vitamin A, non-contraceptive pills, antidepressant drugs and medicines     used for treating cancer patients by chemotherapy. 
• Infections promoting hair loss due to fungal infection on the scalp
• Diabetes as the precipitating factor in hair loss
• Poor blood circulation as also excess blood loss
• Poor nutrition
• Lack o sleep and lifestyle disorder
• Hereditary factors.

Premature Graying Of Hairs

Nowadays, it is a very common problem, especially among teens. Certain factors promote the early graying of hairs in young people. The melanin content present in the body provides color to hairs. The hair is darker with more melanin content and vice versa.
These factors cause premature graying of hairs in all. 
• Faulty dietary habits
• Lack of sound sleep
• Stress
• Deficiency of minerals iron, copper and iodine
• Lack of vitamin B in the diet
• unhygienic condition of hairs
• poor blood circulation in the scalp.
• Washing of hairs with hot water
• Drying hairs with electric dryer
• Using chemicals like hair dyes, shampoos
• Hereditary factors

Alopecia

A synonym of baldness, alopecia comes in many types. They are as listed below:

1. Androgen alopecia or male pattern baldness – this is progressive thinning of hairs
2. Alopecia areata- which involves loss of some hairs from the head
3. Alopecia totalis- this is the complete loss of all the hairs from the head
4. Alopecia Universalis – which involves loss of all hairs from head and body

Causes Of Alopecia

• Emotional stress
• Severe illness
• Hormonal changes
• Improper hair care
• certain medication like an antidepressant, are blood-thinning medicines
• Ringworm can also lead to alopecia
• Fungal infection is another reason by which this condition can occur
• Due to protein deficiency
• Iron deficiency can also lead to alopecia

Dandruff

As a condition of flaking of the scalp, it is known as seborrheic dermatitis in common terms, which is the inflammation of upper layers of skin that results in scales on the scalp and other body parts. When the rate at which dead cells of the scalp shed and their replacement speeds up, dandruff is caused. Regular dandruff appears as white or gray flakes whereas in severe conditions it includes oily flakes that are yellow in color. As dandruff begins at the age of puberty between 12 to 15 years, it is also seen in old people. The most prominent age group that is affected is in between 25-35 years. It can affect any part of the body with hair like eyebrows, cheeks, ears, and chest.

Dandruff is the result of the following causes
• Hormonal imbalance
• Poor health condition
• Poor hygiene of hairs
• Allergic reactions
• Emotional stress
• Consuming high fatty and carbohydrate diet
• Consuming innutritious food
• Hereditary factors
• Excessive use of chemicals like hair styling gels, colors, sprays, etc on the hairs.
• Cold and dry weather conditions
• Inadequate washing of hairs.

Some Hair Maintenance Tips:

• Stick to a properly nutritious diet
• Regularly shampoo your hairs with no chemical-based shampoo or mild herbal shampoo
• Dissolve shampoo in water before using it.
• After you use shampoo use a conditioner
• With clean and soft water rinse off all the shampoo 
• To avoid split ends Get your hairs trimmed regularly
• Avoid product like hair styling gels, hair sprays, chemical-based hair colors
• Regularly comb and brush your hair
• Usage of electric driers should be avoided and let them air dry
• To improve blood circulation use gentle hair massage regularly
• Avoid undue stress
• Get sound sleep for at least 6-8 hours
• Leave the oil on hairs and scalp for not more than 2 hours.
• A proper amount of rest and about 6-8 hours of sound sleep is a must.

Hair Growth And Maintenance Remedies By Herbal Methods

Amla: 
It comes as a powerful hair growth promoter redefining the lost hairline. This herb is sheet virya, i.e of cold potency, it helps suppress pitta dosha, the main culprit in causing hair fall and premature graying of hairs. To deal with any kind of hair related problems and maintaining long and silky hair, Indian women have used Amla for ages. It also acts on enhancing liver functioning, important in proper digestion, create a healthy environment in our body leading to good growth of hair and body. Using Amla regularly delays graying of hairs as it is a well-known rasayan mentioned in ayurvedic texts which is a well-established fact.

Brahmi:
It has been used since time immemorial for enhancing growth and memory power and a well-known herb in India. It helps promote hair growth faster due to its actions. Certain properties in them help repair the damages that occurred in hair follicles due to the lack of maintenance helping normalize the damage done rediscovering the lost persona of hair. This is the reason why Indian women have very long, black and beautiful hair in spite of old age. It comes categorized as rasayan in Ayurveda possessing properties for delaying aging signs in a body like graying of hairs. It also helps in relieving mental fatigue and hence helps maintain a proper bodily environment leading to healthy hair. 

Concluding Thoughts

Going for Ayurveda treatment for all of the hair problems is one thing every Indian does. The results are convincing and they have thick hairlines despite the environmental and nutritional factors leading to hair problems. This helps everyone used to Ayurveda medication to forget all hair problems.