Is Hair Loss Hereditary?
    Yes, hair loss can be hereditary but while a hereditary disposition to hair loss is something you are born with, it is further accelerated to a great degree by many other factors that are in your control. Many people have asked "How can this be? Everyone knows male pattern baldness and female pattern balding is hereditary." Hair loss is really only now being understood now. This new information and the access to this information was not available 20 years ago to your parents and grandparents. This gives you a distinct advantage over them. You must understand that hair loss prevention and re-growth is in your control whether it is in your family genes or not. Much of the so-called genetic hair loss can be stopped.
All the hair you’ll ever have on your head is determined at birth. That’s because hair  grows from a root in your scalp and the number of roots cannot be changed. Each hair  grows from the root to a certain length depending on your unique genetic makeup, then  slows down, then stops naturally. At some point, it’ll die and be shed. You lose about 100  hairs every day from this life cycle. The lost hair will be replaced by a new-growth shaft.
 
 A Healthy Scalp
    Understand that the first step to stopping hair loss and growing new hair is creating a healthy scalp. Your scalp is like the ground that a flower grows from. If that ground is polluted, the plant will grow weak and die fast or not grow at all. The same concept applies to your hair growth. Science has many theories concerning mens and womens hair loss and balding, but the following accepted theories are the ones that we hold to be most accurate.

Sebum Contamination
    A major cause of hair loss is the mixture of micro-pollutants, hair care product residues, and Sebum clogging your hair follicle entrance. Sebum is an oily substance produced by your skin. Sebum actually plays an important role in the health of your scalp, but overproduction of Sebum caused by stress (this is a major cause of hair loss in women) and a diet high in animal fat creates excess Sebum secretion. When the sebum leaves your underlying scalp layer, it reaches the surface of your scalp and mixes with the dirt and hair care product residues. Because the sebum is now on your scalp and exposed to air, it hardens (oxidizes) and creates a thick, black, tar like substance. This hardened substance clogs your hair follicle entrance. The bacteria in this substance damages the follicle and is one of the major causes of hair loss. (For those of you who do not know, the hair follicles are the millions of little canals in your scalp in which your hair grows from.) After years of this occurring (your whole life), the tar-like material becomes impacted in the follicle. The result is blockage of nutrient absorption to the follicle, thus impeding hair growth. This type of problem is a major hair loss cause that can be stopped

Hormones and DHT
    The most damaging process in hair loss occurs next. Your body naturally produces the hormone testosterone. It happens in everyone. When testosterone mixes with the Sebum/dirt substance that is now impacted in your follicle, it creates a powerful substance called DHT. DHT is the real enemy of hair growth and retention. When formed, DHT causes the follicle to begin shutting down, and basically, the follicle dies a slow death. This type of hair loss is commonly known as Androgenetic Alopecia. What makes this worse is that your bodies immune system senses the follicle is dying, and as part of its defense system, tries to further shut it down and get rid of it (as it would a cold or flu). What effect does a dying, clogged follicle have on an actual hair strand? If you pulled out a hair strand from your follicle, and looked at the root end of the hair strand under a microscope, you would see the hardened sebum/dirt substance on the root of the strand (We encourage you to do this so you can see for yourself!!). What you are seeing is just a small amount of this material. The rest of it is in the hair follicle. At the root of every strand of hair is a bulb. On a healthy strand of hair, the bulb is nicely rounded. This healthy round shape is like a strong root, the larger the bulb, the more firmly your hair is rooted in your follicle. When Sebum builds up in the follicles, it deteriorates the bulb of the hair. Slowly, the bulbs get smaller, less round, and because of this, your hair is not rooted as well and the hair strand falls out. Then another hair strand grows from the follicle, but this hair strand is thinner and weaker than the last one. Because of Sebum cloggage and the fact that the dying follicle can not provide nutrients, the new hair strand must fight its way through the follicle, causing the hair strand to be thinner and the bulb smaller. This process repeats itself, with the next hair getting thinner and the bulb smaller each time the old one falls out. This is why most men and women experience thinning hair as they are losing it. The unfortunate ending is a hair follicle so damaged from Sebum, bacteria, and DHT production that the follicle dies.

Poor Circulation and Stress
    Poor circulation in your scalp, due to stress, also causes hair loss. The fact that the head is the highest point on your body and the most difficult place for your body to supply blood flow to is one thing, but a tight scalp due to stress will also constrict your scalp's blood vessels and cause vital nutrients to not make it to your follicles. Most of us live somewhat stressful lives, but dealing with stress head-on is important. Don't ignore it. Unfortunately, our products cannot relieve the problems of your life. Stress can be dealt with in many ways, most notably through exercise, adequate sleep, healthy relationships, healthy diet, and techniques like relaxation exercises and yoga.

You can help make your hair grow longer by taking good care of each shaft: gentle  brushing, using a mild shampoos, giving your self gentle scalp massages regularly, and  limiting coloring and perms. You can increase the volume of individual hairs, and thus  make your hair appear more full, with protein shampoos and conditioners that coat each  shaft.
 Your hair is mostly made of water. To be shiny and supple, your hair needs to be  adequately hydrated. You lose water from the sun, too much processing, and blow- drying. Oil from your scalp coats each shaft and acts as a barrier against evaporaion.  Your hair also needs proper blood circulation to remain strong, which can be increased  with brushing and scalp massage If you wear your hair pulled back in a French Twist or ponytail, give your hair a break once in awhile by letting it hang freely. Those styles put a lot of pressure on the hair, especially  at the front hairline. Also, don’t use any uncoated elastic bands in your hair! Elastic grabs  at the shaft and will break it.

TIPS:-

(1)Grind the neem leaves & jujube leaves. Apply this paste on hair. Wash after half an hour.
  (2)Roast amvla powder in iron metal pan. Put castor oil in it. Boil it, keep it like this one night. After one day massage this oil on head. Tie a cloth on head & sleep. Wash your hair another day.

(3)Churn fresh coconut. Extract its milk. Filter the milk with a cloth. Apply filtered milk in hair. Wash hair after 20 minutes.

(4)Massage with lukewarm olive oil in hair. Dip hair in warm water. Wrap the hair with towel. Apply curd in hair. Shampoo the hair after 15 min. 5)Apply tulsi leaves juice at night. Wash hair in the morning. It will make the hair long & heavy.

(6)Apply cucumber juice in hair. (7)HERBAL OIL:-

(13)Boil dried amvla in coconut oil, till amvla does not burn. It is the best tonic for hair.

(14)Dip the dried pieces of amvla in water for whole night. After washing your hair in morning , condition your hair with this water.

(15)Mash green amvla & apply it in hair roots. Wash your hair. It will make the roots strong.

(16) CONDITIONER:-

In one glass of water add one tea spoon vinegar or lemon juice. After washing your hair with herbal shampoo, wash the hair with this conditioner.

(17) HERBAL SHAMPOO:-

(26) Take dietary supplements such as Vitamin B6, zinc and saw palmetto. Supplements are useful when you can't get enough from natural food sources

(27) Invert your head while you shampoo and massage your scalp. This helps promote blood circulation to the head.

(28) Eliminate stress or else it can be disastrous to your precious hair!

(29) Get enough sleep.

(30) To stimulate scalp circulation, massage the scalp with rosemary essential oil or rinse hair with tea made from sage .

(31) APPLY noni fruit juice directly onto the scalp using a plaster cloth. Another alternative is to apply noni extract directly onto the scalp, massage and leave to dry.

(32) Coconut oil is the trick to getting full, thick, shiny hair like Indian Women. It’s also great to help strengthen hair if your hair is thinning. The women in India do a hot oil scalp massage once a week. Heat some up in a bowl and give yourself a scalp massage once a week. Sleep with it on and wash in the morning! It will help seal the cuticle and rid those split ends not to mention making your hair thick and healthy.

(33) Want to keep hair blond . Brew 2 bags or 2 tablespoons of chamomile tea, strain and add it to your final rinse. Result will not be instant, but after a few weeks you will notice some difference.

(34) Add essential oil of ylang ylang to your shampoo, conditioner
and styling agents as a hair rejuvenator and to stimulate hair
growth.

(37)Always dry the root area first. This will provide the most fullness and control the basic shape of the style you’re trying to achieve.

(38) Never use a curling iron on wet or damp hair. The heat from a curling iron can easily exceed the boiling point of water. The water content inside the hair shaft can actually boil if you apply a hot curling iron to it, and cause serious breakage and damage in that spot.

(39) To help prevent hairspray from flaking off in white specks, apply it at least six inches away from the hair. A concentrated blast can make the polymers and resins go on too thickly, causing a stiff, matte bond that can lead to flaking.

(40) Never backcomb or tease hair. It is damaging, plain and simple, and there is no way around this one. It also looks dated and robs hair of its natural luster, especially if your hair is dyed.

(41) Do not use rubber bands. Use only soft fabric tie-backs for your hair. Rubber bands or anything that pinches hair is chipping away at the cuticle, and when you remove a rubber band, it takes lots of hair with it.

(42) Before swimming in chlorine, rinse hair with clean water first. Since hair is similar to a sponge, the clean water will be absorbed into your hair and it will make it harder for the chlorine to stick to it.

(43) If you like to swim, squeeze a lemon into your daily shampoo and shampoo as normal. If you have blonde hair this will REALLY help to keep all the green out

(44) Cut a fresh lemon in half an squeeze the juice over your hair (seeds don't matter) Then sit out in the sun, from 30-45 minutes. After your hair will be sticky and matted. Yuck! So you need to take a shower. (Conditioner helps to detangle your matted hair) After your hair dries, you will have a subtle change in your hair for the "lighter".

(45) Washing the hair with a weak solution of common salt cleans the scalp, cures dandruff and prevents hair loss.

(46) Damaged hair Buy a intense conditioning treatment, wash hair and apply treatment and cover hair with plastic wrap and sit in the sun for 20 minutes or so and wash off! Mash a ripe banana, mix with a few drops of almond oil. Massage all over head into scalp. Leave on for 15 minutes. Rinse off with soda water. Shampoo and condition.

(47) Pregnancy, nursing, menopause, and even birth control medication can cause constant changing factors on your nutritional needs and hormonal levels which contribute to hair loss and excess fallout.

(48)  Avoid "crash and fad" diets. Proper nutritious meals along with vitamin and mineral supplements are a key factor for healthy hair and skin.

(49) Wash and clean a bunch of Methi leaves in water. Without adding water, add black pepper, a few drops of lemon and salt to taste and boil. Churn this in a mixer or juicer and drink this concoction. Drinking this regularly will increase hair growth.

(51) Half an hour before washing your hair, rub coconut milk onto your scalp. This will also make your hair shinier.

(52) Just as you massage oil, massage raw milk in your hair. Wash off after an hour.

(53) Cashew nuts are very nutritious and good for your skin and also enhance hair growth.

(54) Get hair trimmed once every two to three months - so hair appeares to be healthy and clean looking.

(55) Much excersise will also increase hair growth.

(56) One tablet daily provides these and other important nutrients:
1000 mcg Biotin to help alleviate nail brittleness; promote healthy hair; and improve the condition (smoothness and elasticity) of the skin.
500 mg Collagen which helps build connective tissue – a major structural protein providing 18 amino acids.
30 mg grape seed extract, a powerful antioxidant which promotes healthy capillaries.

(57) An inexpensive way to keep your hair free from the hard water and to clarify any product build up is by using Bicarbonate of Soda.
The addition of Baking Soda/Bicarbonate of Soda to your bath water neutralises the "hard" calcium and exchanges the magnesium ions in the water for "soft" sodium ions. The  sodium ions are lovely and won't cause any problems to your skin. In fact, it is used to soften your skin and could help to restore the pH balance especially if your skin is alkaline ie: hot & sweaty. Don't overdo it - just a teaspoon added to bath water will do.

(58) Aromatherapy has been used successfully by some people to treat thinning hair and bald patches. The aroma blend is massaged into the scalp for two minutes each night, and then the scalp is wrapped in a towel, to increase absorption of these oils.

The essential oils suitable for treating alopecia include ylang ylang, roman chamomile, rosemary, lemon, lavender, grapefruit, and bay. Try this blend of oils:

* 3 drops of lavender
* 3 drops of rosemary
* 2 drops of thyme
* 2 drops of Atlas cedar wood

You can't put essential oils directly onto the skin or scalp, they have to be mixed in a carrier oil. Use a half a teaspoon of jojoba oil and 4 teaspoons of grape seed oil. Mix them all together and rub this mixture into your scalp for at least two minutes. Use a warm towel to wrap your head in afterwards. Not only does it feel relaxing, but it helps the oils absorb.

(59) If you have thinning hair, chances are you need to address a nutritional imbalance. Increase these nutrients in your diet:

* Flaxseed - As well as providing support to all the cells in your body, flaxseed is rich in alpha linolenic acid, which is one of the Omega 3 fatty acids. This makes hair shine, and its also great for treating dandruff.

* Pumpkin seeds, oysters, and nuts - These are great food sources of zinc. Zinc is needed for strong hair and normal hair growth. It has the added benefit of being great for your brain and concentration.

* Cucumber and oats - These foods are fantastic sources of silica. Silica is important for hair health, and is used when hair splits easily, or starts to thin. Silica is also great for skin health - it's a real beauty mineral. If you don't want to eat a bowl of porridge in the morning, you can get silica supplements. Get the gel form as it is absorbed much more easily than the herbal varieties like horsetail.

* Edible Seaweed, parsley, tofu, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds - Iron is important in hair health, and these foods are rich in it. An iron deficiency causes hair loss. But if you're thinking of taking an iron supplement, get your iron levels tested by your doctor first as iron is a fat soluble vitamin which means that it is stored in your body. This can lead to a toxic build up if too much iron is taken in.

(60) Instant Volume For Your Hair

Do you have long hair and you'd like more volume?

Towel your hair dry and then it pull up on the top of your head. Secure with a fat "elastic" (that won't damage or crease your hair ) and then blow dry the scalp hair until it is dry.

This will give you plenty of volume with little effort

Three main things are needed for a good-looking head of hair -- good health, the right attention to cleanliness, and caution when using cosmetic treatments.

1. Adequate Diet

Hair growth depends on an adequate diet. A widespread diet problem which causes loss of hair is iron deficiency Anaemia. The cause is too little iron in blood, brought on by a diet containing too little meat, eggs, cereals or peas and beans. Fresh fruits and vegetables are also needed to provide vitamin C, which enables the body to absorb iron.

2. Cutting the hair

Although cutting the hair is not essential to its well-being, it is easier to keep the scalp clean if the hair is kept reasonably short. Regular cutting does not make the hair grow strong or faster.

3. How hair can be damaged

Although scalp hair is hardy, and can withstand a lot of abuse, it can be damaged by too much or inexpertly applied perming, dyeing, bleaching and massage. The amount of beautying the hair can take varies from person to person. Occasionally the scalp is allergic to the dye and becomes inflamed and swollen. To prevent this occuring, the dye should be tested by applying it to a small area on the arm. If a patch of inflammation has developed, the dye must not be used on the hair.

Most people who bleach their hair do so with hydrogen peroxide. If the peroxide is repeatedly applied, it may make the hair brittle. If this happens the hair may turn rough, develop split ends, or become thinned or shortened.

Avocado As Your Hair Care Product

- Mash one avocado which is recommended for its hydrating benefits and proteins and mix with one-tablespoon lemon juice, one teaspoon of sea salt, and one tablespoon of pure aloe until it becomes a paste.

- Comb through hair with your fingertips.

- Cover hair with a plastic shower cap or bag, and wrap a towel around it to seal in the treatment.

- Leave in for 20-30 minutes and enjoy a great book, CD or even better - just savor the peace and quiet!

- Unwrap you newly conditioned hair. Rinse, shampoo and rinse again for soft, luxurious hair!