natural beauty
Preventing
HAIR LOSS NATURALLY
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By Michelle Fouchi Esneault
s long as there has been vanity, there has been a quest to find a way to reverse hair loss. The ancient Egyptians applied regrowth.There are a lot of hippopotamus, crocodile, causes of hair loss. Stress, horlion, goose, snake and ibex mones, diseases, medications fats with porcupine hair and hereditary factors all play boiled in water to their a part. Inexpensive and readiscalps. It failed to grow hair, ly available, it turns out onions so they resorted to wigs. have a host of properties that Hippocrates used opium, are just what your scalp and horseradish, pigeon drophair follicles need. pings, beetroot and spices. Minerals and other nutriThat didn’t work either. ents found in onions may Julius Caesar had male be beneficial to hair growth. pattern baldness that, when Sulfur is essential for the the concoctions of the day regeneration of hair follicles didn’t have the desired and encourages collagen proeffect, he hid with a laurel duction that creates strong, wreath. Nineteenth century thick hair. It is also found technology created “cures” in keratin which is key to that included Frankenstein’s minimizing hair breakage and monster-like devices. Today, thinning. Onions also contain there are medications that the antioxidant enzyme do help slow hair loss, and catalase which protects your may even grow hair, but also body from the free radicals have side effects. So, is there that can cause signs of aging, hope for the 80 million men including hair loss. Additionally, and women who suffer from they supply anti-bacterial and hair loss? The answer may anti-fungal properties which surprise you. Onions have a host of A study reported in the properties that are just Journal of Dermatology what your scalp and hair found that onion juice, follicles need. applied to the scalp for two weeks was found to stimulate hair regrowth in subjects that had patchy alopecia areata, a hair loss condition. After six weeks, 87 percent of their participants had hair
can help when infection is the cause of thinning hair. Although eating onions are beneficial, it is quicker to apply them topically by juicing them. The easiest way to do that is to run them through a juicer or blender and using a cheesecloth to remove the pulp. Add essential oils or ap-
ple cider vinegar to minimize the smell. Massage into your scalp twice a week with a cotton ball. Leave it on for 30 minutes, then shampoo out. It’s recommended that you do a patch test before using and if redness or itching occur, dilute the mixture with water.
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