Health Care

Baldness caused due to factors other than heredity, could be prevented, controlled  as well as treated  using home remedies  . 1. Onion and Garlic Onion and Garlic are the best remedies against baldness. Collagen, a protein produced in the skin is also needed for hair growth. Production of collagen could be stimulated by sulphur. Onion and garlic are rich in sulfur and contribute towards controlling baldness. How to Use: Method 1: Take a red onion and garlic and grind these well in a mixer grinder. Then, filter the mixture. The liquid thus remains after filtering, must be applied on the area, where there is baldness. This should be done regularly (everyday) for ten months. If done so, there will be good hair growth and baldness gets away. Method 2: Apply the juice of an onion on the scalp and leave it to react for 15 minutes and then wash off using a mild shampoo. Add 5-7 cloves of crushed garlic to a little quantity of coconut oil and boil the same ...

Food plays a vital role in controlling any kind of shortcoming in the body. A well-balanced diet would contribute to maintain good health including appearance together with healthy hair growth. As a balanced diet is required to enhance and maintain the beauty of the skin, hair growth also requires consumption of right diet (in required levels) to keep away or control baldness. Eating disorders like Anorexia causes malnutrition that greatly affects the hair follicles and stops hair growth. Moreover, losing body weight suddenly will also have undesirable effect on hair growth. Healthy hair growth needs nutrients that are rich in oil content  , which is required for hair growth and that which maintains the elasticity of hair without breaking. Further, proper blood circulation  – flow of blood is required for the body cells that enable growth in the body. Nutrients  are those that make the blood healthy enough to carry the required oxygen to the scalp to enable proper h...

Baldness / Alopecia, is a problem of ‘hair loss’ especially in the head, that is quite common in men as they grow old, which normally takes place in late thirties or early forties. Some men get baldness even at a young age. As per records, two-third of men is affected with the problem of baldness or excess hair loss around the age of 35. While the causes could be mainly genetic, environmental factors are also responsible for baldness. Women and children too are affected with baldness, though not in percentage equivalent to men. Baldness can be classified as male pattern baldness  and female pattern baldness  as shown in figures below: Some types of baldness can be caused due to an autoimmune disorder, ‘Alopecia Areata’ (AA).  This causes hair loss in some areas or in the whole body. It also causes baldness as small spots as shown in the figures below: Severe forms of alopecia areata are: Alopecia Totalis  , which causes complete hair loss in head ...