Problem Hair Loss

Your hair needs proteins, vitamins and minerals and so plenty of fruits, vegetables and milk should be in your diet.  Foods that are green, leafy vegetables, fresh fruit salads, coconut, lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, nuts, yogurt, almonds and cottage cheese will all add strength to your growing hair and will add a natural shine.

Common advice is that you should aim to drink around eight glasses of water, herbal teas and unsweetened fruit juice, but personally I find this impossible.

However, it should be easier to drink less regular tea and coffee by substituting say water or herbal teas.  This is because tea and coffee increase the loss of water from your body and important nutrients are washed away with it. Alcoholic beverages can also be a major factor that can get in the way of preventing hair loss.

Also make sure you get plenty of exercise because exercise will promote circulation and other essential requirements for healthy hair.

Here are some more quirky methods for preventing hair loss that we have come across.  As usual be aware that we have no proof these work and do not take any responsilbility for them should you try them, you should consult your doctor before trying these out.

Take two teaspoons of caster oil, two teaspoons of amla and shikakai powder, powdered fenugreek seeds, two teaspoons of neem paste and two eggs, you can apply the paste to your scalp and hair.

This paste will need to be left on for about 45 minutes, and then you can wash it off with a mild shampoo.

If dandruff is part of the problem, you can massage the hair with warm coconut oil and apply the juice of one lemon to the scalp.  Grind about 550 grams of methi seeds, mix in two eggs and apply this on your scalp.

Leave it on for thirty minutes, and shampoo with an anti-dandruff shampoo.  For the final rinse, take warm water and add the juice of one lemon to it.  You should do this twice a week to wash the hair of dandruff.

Scalp diseases from bacterial or fungal infections can lead to hair falling out.  Get medical help for any persistent hair infections and keep your hair clean and dandruff free to the best of your abilities.