Posted by pinkeye on March 31, 2005, at 17:21:07
In reply to Re: Hair Loss, causes and treatment? » pinkeye, posted by Sarah T. on March 30, 2005, at 22:03:50
I can maybe give you a list of all the things that I tried and whether it helped me or not. And you can try them out if it would help you.
1. Try Rogaine. The 5 % strength was too much for me and I tried the 2 %. It helped initially to stop the hair loss a little bit, but then I didn't really grow back any hair, and it was painful to apply it everyday morning and night, so I stopped applying it over 2 years ago. Haven't noticed any more hair loss after that. But initially I think it helped to stop the hair loss.2. There was another solution I tried for a long time (I don't remember the name now) But that also helped only for sometime to stop the hair loss and then it didnt.
3. I tried various oils for hair - like Hair Care, and several oils from India, castor oil, etc etc. I must have tried dozens of various kinds of oils. But I don't think anything helped.
4. Try different shampoos - prograine, Nizoral, Ayurvedic shampoos etc.. I don't know if any of them helped significantly. Right now I have settled for a simple natural shampoo.
5. Tried homeopathci medicines and oils. I think that oil helped a little, but I discontinued the use of that as well. Mostly because my hair loss kind of stopped about 2 years back and haven't noticed any significant hair loss after that.. It has grown back even though my Dr actually said it may not grow back. She thought it was hereditary kind of loss. But it seems to be growing back.
6. Tried Ayurvedic drugs from India. Still on them for my rheumatoid arhtritis. I am not sure if that would be possible for you. There are various drugs available claiming to be Ayurvedic but not valid ones.
7. Stopped being a non vegetarian and switched to complete vegan diet (no milk also, no cheese, no yogurt, no meat of any kind, no fish, no chicken).
8. Tried various internal cleansing things - like colonics, enemas, large enemas, fasting for 2 - 3 days at a time. Btw, fasting for 2 - 3 days at a stretch was the first thing that immediately stopped my hair loss. But I also stopped some drugs that I used to take like Methotrexate at that time, so it might have been due to that.
9. Stop intense rumination and being anxious all the time and try to leave things to God. That more relaxed you are able to be, the better your overall health and hair will be.
10. Tried various hair massages to improve circulation, hot oil massages etc.
11. Various juicing recipes.. vegetable etc and tried out just eating raw uncooked vegetables.
12. Various diets, including without any spices, tomatoes, eggplants, sour fruits and sour stuff etc.
13. Ultimately realized that hair loss is due to inflammation, and the best way to stop inflammation is to stop stress. And develop a more relaxed attitude towards life. And being on a vegan diet helps me. And I go on periodic fasting for a day (one day of fasting once or twice a month - if that is not possible, you can try juice fasting or clear juice fasting)
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