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There are many prescription medications that help with hair loss situations in men and women. To get these medications, you must visit your doctor for a physical to make sure the medications will work for you. There are many natural remedies that do virtually the same job as these prescription medications for hair loss. Hair Loss Center
Natural Remedies for Hair Loss
Herbal and nutritional remedies for hair loss can help to reduce and even reverse hair loss situations. To alleviate hair loss, you must get to the bottom of what is actually causing the loss. There are many causes of hair loss, which must be treated differently.
Below are some natural treatments that have been known to help with hair loss. As always, you should consult your doctor to see if taking any of these herbs would be okay for you. Just because they are natural treatments doesn't mean that anyone can take them.
Medical science has shown that the cause of male pattern baldness is a hormone called dihydrotestosterone or DHT. DHT is a by-product of testosterone that shrinks and eventually kills hair follicles. The less DHT that reaches the follicles, the more hair you will have.
Prescription medications, such as Finasteride, work by inhibiting the production of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, which converts testosterone to DHT.
Saw Palmetto
This herb stops DHT from binding to receptor sites at the hair follicles.
Nettle and Pygeum
The herb pygeum blocks 5-alpha-reductase and nettle enhances the effects of pygeum.
Zinc
Zinc cuts the activity of 5-alphs-reductase and helps stop DHT from getting to the hair follicles.
Green Tea
Green tea inhibits the production of 5-alpha-reductase. Drink 1-3 cups per day.
These are just a few herbs that are known to help with hair loss situations. With so many hair loss solutions, vitamins and programs available today, it is very hard to pick one that will work. Many doctors believe that any remedy that has not been approved by the FDA is a rip-off.
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Published by Perriann Rodriguez on August 7, 2006 09:21 AM