What Works and What Doesn’t

It’s extremely common to experience thinning hair for a number of reasons. Your hormones can control hair loss, and a lot of it comes down to genetics, with most men suffering from male-patterned baldness at some point in their lives. The question is, can you deal with hair loss and stop your hair from thinning?

This is harder than you think, mainly because there are so many treatments that don’t work. So, let’s take a look at what you should and shouldn’t do to deal with thinning hair:

Hair growth supplements – Don’t work

You’ve probably seen many supplements on the market targeted at thinning hair and hair loss. They claim to include all the natural vitamins and minerals required to make your hair strong and healthy. Some are even marketed as natural ways to cure hair loss.

In reality, these supplements rarely work. They might make your hair healthier, but they won’t help you regrow any of the follicles that have gone missing. So, your hair feels strong and healthy, but it’s still thinning.

Laser hair growth treatments – Do work

When you suffer from thinning hair, you have loads of hair follicles that basically don’t work anymore. They have become dormant, meaning they still exist, they just don’t grow hairs for you. Laser hair growth is arguably thebest hair loss treatment as it encourages these follicles to become active once more. No surgery is needed, and the results are very natural.

In essence, the lasers stimulate circulation in the scalp and open up the capillaries to allow the follicles to gain nutrients needed to grow hair. Will this help you regrow hair that is gone forever? No, but it can definitely encourage dormant follicles to wake up and provide more hairs on your scalp, thickening your hair.

Hair thickening shampoos – Do & Don’t work

Hair thickening shampoos are interesting as they do work, but they also don’t work. They work because they can give the illusion of thicker hair. These shampoos – the good ones anyway – will make your strands of hair thicker. As such, less space is given between each strand of hair, so you look like you have a thicker set of locks.

However, they don’t work in the sense that they can’t encourage hair regrowth from dormant follicles. So, if you stopped using the shampoos, you’d stop seeing the results. Plus, you can get loads ofhair-thickening shampoos that just don’t work and make false promises. So, do your research before buying and be aware of what to expect.

You don’t have to be worried if your hair has started thinning out. In some cases, the treatment is as simple asaddressing the cause. If you’re stressed or taking certain medication that causes hair loss, then solving these issues will show results. Otherwise, thereare ways to deal with thinning hair that can leave yours thicker and healthier than ever.

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