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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Experiment: Nioxin for Hair Loss
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Hair loss...ugg...Hair loss. If you have ever experienced any kind of hair loss you know how annoying it can be. Its everywhere! Your brush..your drains..your clothes...your vacuum hate it..your family hates it.. Yes. It is dreadful. And that doesn't even being to cover the problem that's the biggest of all! Your hair is gone! whether all over, in patches or large quantities, hair loss sucks. There are several reasons you may lose hair or have thin/fine hair
- Genetics
- Old Age
- Pregnancy/postpartum
- Medications/medical treatments
- Stress
- Hair Disorders
- Breakage from heat or chemicals
Everybody loses hair..actually 100-150 hairs a day is normal NORMAL! I know looking at that hair filled drain it may feel like you are going bald...but unless you are losing more than that your just fine.
Technical terms aside hair goes through three stages
- Growing (best stage)
- Falling out
- Resting
Any of these issues listed above can cause the hair to start falling out more than normal. With normal hair your hair follicles are doing this all on their own schedules so your always growing new hair to replace hair lost. (it still boggles my mind a little bit but hey it works) When you have a temporary hair loss like with pregnancy or stress you may experience a sudden shedding of hair. Your hair may have been kicked into falling out stage all at once, if you have ever experienced it is quite freaky when you can pull out gobs of hair. EEEK! But this being a temporary type of loss eventually (not soon enough for me) your hair will get back to normal and stop falling out.
Hair falling out becomes a permanent problem leading to baldness when the hair falls out and the follicle starts resting...the time between growing cycles becomes shorter and the resting periods become longer... There fore not producing or growing as much hair. Eventually the hair follicle may die.
Another cause of hair loss is a build up of a substance called Dihydrotestosterone. Or as more commonly referred to as DHT. DHT is one of the leading causes of male patterned baldness. DHT is in a summary: male testosterone gone wrong and it ends up blocking the hair follicles. Ever wondered why bald men's head get shiny? The DHT causes a thickening, resulting in a shiny surface and those little....tiny...hairs struggling to get through and eventually the hair follicles die.
DHT can also be a factor for women. Some women with lower estrogen levels may experience more testosterone in the body and in addition to hair loss, it can also cause the facial hair and voice deepening in women. Thanks.. that sounds like fun!
So Nioxin is a cleanser, scalp therapy and a treatment for different stages of hair loss. It basically nourishes the scalp and creates a healthy environment for hair to grow and removes DHT. It is also fortified with protein to help reduce breakage which can also lead to hair loss.
I have seen many clients have great results with Nioxin. Gaining hair thickness in previously balding areas and growing hair or growing back hair quickly after a loss.
But I was ready to give it the ultimate test and see if I could stop my post pregnancy hair loss. After my first child I lost so much hair (about half) that I decided to cut all my hair short. And since my hair was finally getting long I really really didn't want to do this this time.
I have been using Nioxin for about 4 months in anticipation of my hair loss that happens around 3 months postpartum. I had used Nioxin previously when I wanted to grow my hair out but always felt it left my hair a bit dry. Not anymore! My hair has felt very healthy, full and really soft. So I was really anxious to see if it would help with the hair loss.
The results: It helped but it didn't stop it.
Unfortunately my hair is STILL falling out. I wish I could say it stopped it dead in it's tracks but it didn't. Although..so far I have not lost as much hair as I did previously, but it is still falling out. I will update this post when my hair stops falling out to see how much hair it helped me save.
Cause believe me, I need every hair I've got!
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Ways to Increase Hair Growth
Whiles it is true that on average the rate of hair growth is between half an inch a month. You can take steps to boost this number with some simple tips.
Tip #1 - You want to make sure you are taking in only clean and healthy foods. The cleaner your organs and system the faster your mane will grow. So take steps to decrease sugar, fat and salt from your diet.
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