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It is crucial for the hair loss sufferers to take enough vitamins and minerals daily for their healthy hair grow. The vitamins and minerals that should be focused on are :

1. Vitamin C - By making sure to take the proper amount of this vitamin, this will help to prevent hair from splitting or breaking. This is done by helping to produce collagen. This in turn helps with providing structure to the tissue in your body (including the tissues in your scalp) and makes everything hold together. The foods that will help you to get the right amounts of vitamin C are Citrus Fruits, Berries, and Melons. You should also eat plenty of Vegetables that include Potatoes, peppers, and any dark green leafy ones.

2. Vitamin B6 - A water-soluble vitamin that has three chemical forms: pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, and pyridoxine. It helps in multiple functions of the body and is necessary for optimal hair growth. It is also used in enzymes that aid in protein and red blood cell metabolism.

3. Biotin - This is part of the Vitamin B Complex and is essential with the growth of hair, scalp, and nails.

4. Copper - This mineral is found in trace amounts in the body, but it is still essential in the proper formation of hemoglobin. The hemoglobin allows the red blood cells to carry oxygen, it is also vital in that it helps insure that a sufficient amount of blood is supplied to the hair. To get this mineral you need to eat organ meats (liver), Seafood, and nuts and seeds. One thing to note regarding copper is that you should never exceed the amount that is recommended daily, that being 2Mg.

5. Protein - Eat at least 1 gram of protein per a pound of your bodyweight. So if your weight is 180 lbs, consume at least 180 grams of protein every day. Try to eat lots of ground beef, chicken and fish.

6. Magnesium - This mineral is essential for hair growth. It also helps with energy and in protein synthesis.

7. Zink – This mineral is needed to stay healthy. It helps with fighting skin problems like acne, sore throats, and boils. It plays a part in cell division and helps with building and maintaining muscle.

8. Water - It helps with transporting all of these vitamins and minerals to where you need them in your body. This in turn makes the conditions better for hair growth and to prevent hair loss.

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Herbal hair loss treatment will be a good alternative way for hair loss sufferers if they do not want to try neither the medical hair loss treatment nor the cosmetics hair loss treatment.

The herbal remedies include:

1. Saw Palmetto – This herb can help to lower the levels of DHT in the body in both male and female. It is known that DHT is a leading cause of Androgenetic Alopecia, a major form of male and femele pattern baldness.

2. Jojoba oil – This oil has variety of uses except from treating hair loss. It can treat other skin conditions like dandruff, psoriasis and eczema. It has been traditionally used by Southwestern Native Americans and also the Mexicans as a natural hair loss remedy for healthy hair growth.

3. Nettle Root – The extract from this root is high in the vitamins C and A as well as important minerals and lipids that are helpful to hair and hair growth. It has also been used in Europe as an inhibitor of the 5- alpha reductase, another cause of hair loss.

4. Lavender – This herb can promote hair re-growth by using bay and lavender oil while shampooing.

5. Rosemary – It can help with hair re-growth when you massage your scalp with this herb frequently.

6. Ginseng – This herb can remove the toxins from clogged hair follicles which will make your hair healthier. Furthermore, it improves circulation for hair re-growth.

7. Aloe Vera – Native Americans and Caribbean natives use this in the treatment of hair loss. It helps to clean and heal the scalp when used as a shampoo. On top of that, it makes your hair healthier when use it with milk and germ oil from wheat.

8. Henna – This is a traditional herb used by Indian peoples and is a natural hair conditioner. It helps to maintain the hair as well as helping the hair with repairing and protecting it against breaking.

9. Horse tails – This herb can help to stimulate hair follicles and strengthen the weaken hair.

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I have suffered from hair loss at the age of 16. I probably have suffered the most common types of baldness in men, Male Pattern Baldness. Male Pattern Baldness is also known as Androgenetic Alopecia (Alopecia is the more general medical name for hair loss). Although there are many types of hair loss, it has been discovered that around 95% of hair loss conditions in men are categorized under Androgenetic Alopecia.

The term Androgenetic consists of 2 parts, “Andro” and “Genetic”. “Andro” means hormones and “Genetic” means genes. This means that most male hair loss cases can be initiated by inherited hormone in their bodies. Men who suffer from hair loss actually inherit a certain sensitivity to the hormonal reactions that lead to male hair loss.

It is good for us (hair loss sufferers) to understand when the pattern of hair loss begins to form. The pattern of hair loss begins to form when the male hormone testosterone comes into contact with the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. Testosterone is then converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is DHT that gets into hair follicles and binds with receptors. It will then begin to hamper the function of hair follicles, causing them to shrink and preventing them from producing new healthy hair strands. This DHT will continue to damage the hair follicles by blocking essential nutrients from going to the scalp and will cause the hair to start falling out rapidly as time passes.

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