8 Hair Thinning Recovery Tips

Your hair requires a lot of caring and attention

Is your hair falling off, getting thinner, Are you getting constantly upset watching it go down? Well, here’s the thing, hair falling is certainly a normal thing for any woman, once a strand of hair reaches the end of its life cycle, it naturally falls off to be replaced by another newer strand.
There are three phases that hair goes through in its life cycle:
1. The active growth phase.
2. The transitional growth phase.
3. The resting phase.

As the term so easily explains, the active growth phase is the time when hair is constantly growing, and that goes on for about two to six years.
At any given day about 85% of hair is in the growth phase.
At the end of the growth phase the hair enters a phase where the follicles shrink and the lower parts of it is highly damaged, and that is the transitional phase, which lasts about one week or two.

Finally, there is the resting phase which lasts about 4-6 weeks, and here the hair is not growing anymore but it stays attached to the follicle until by the end of the phase, then it falls out to be replaced by newer ones.
Having understood the cycle of hair, you must know by now that your hair falling is a normal thing, however, the average number of hair shed per day is 50-100 strands, so if you feel that your hair is falling off in an abnormal number, you should be interested to know the following:

• First of all you must eliminate any medical conditions that might be responsible for your hair thinning.

Most common of which is a thyroid gland problem, causing an imbalance in the hormonal levels of the body, eventually leading to a disturbed hair life cycle.
An infection in the scalp could be the reason for the hair thinning, as well as a disorder called Alopecia areata, which forces the immune system to fight the hair follicles leading to hair loss.

• You should make sure there is no genetic factor related to the hair loss.
• If you are under any kind of medications, you should check if hair loss is one of the side effects.
• Stress is another important reason for hair loss.

Your hair requires a lot of caring and attention and here are a few tips on how to provide them:

1. You need to start using a shampoo and a conditioner free of any chemicals which would affect your hair.
2. You need to avoid the application of heat on hair as much as possible, whether for drying, straightening or curling.
3. You should let your hair air dry and avoid brushing your hair while it is wet, instead you should use a wooden comb, to minimize hair falling as much as possible.
4. Try to massage your scalp to stimulate circulation to the follicles.
5. Get rid of your stress, get a good night sleep and try to exercise.
6. Start eating healthy, your hair needs more proteins.
7. Try to use a Biotin supplement, a vitamin that enhances the health and growth of hair and increases its thickness.
8. Eat more Omega-3 which is an essential fatty acid for hair growth.
9. Finally, you must be patient with your hair, the healing process takes time, so be sure not to give up in the middle of it.