Female Hair Loss Remedies

I like to offer my readers natural solutions

In order to do so, I often have to research things, even if I don’t have to use them myself. For the most part, I try to focus on problems I’m actively living with. But I do make exceptions.

One was when I wrote about hair loss

I wasn’t experiencing it at the time. However, years earlier, my hair got noticeably thinner. I blamed it on stress. Plus, my chronic nerve inflammation had kicked into high gear.

My body was unhealthy

And whatever was happening took a toll on my hair. Fortunately, this problem resolved itself on its own, without any action on my part. My hair grew back, but I remained sensitive to how distressing it was to look in the mirror and see that some of my hair had fallen out.

When I published

an earlier post on Essential Oils for Hair Loss, I was well aware that natural remedies are increasingly used for thinning hair. Many of the positive reports are anecdotal. This means the remedies haven’t been proven to work. However, in the case of a certain essential oil recipe, there’s now scientific evidence it can stop hair loss and even lead to regrowth.

Anyway, about two months ago

I noticed my hair had thinned again. Once again, it happened after a period of stress. This time around, though, I wasn’t taking any chances. I wanted to use a natural hair remedy, rather than waiting to see if it grew back on its own.

My hair loss wasn’t so obvious

to others. Actually, I’m not sure anyone else would have noticed if they didn’t examine my scalp. But it bothered me, a lot. I also worried that if I didn’t do something, this trend would continue. The good news is that I knew just what to do.

My first course of action

was to order some essential oils. That’s because I knew about a special aromatic recipe that’s been shown to stop hair loss. The results of this study were published in Jama Dermatology. It’s a mix of four essential oils, plus a carrier oil. I already had lavender essential oil, but I needed three others, including the relatively uncommon thyme essential oil.

Female Hair Loss Natural Treatment

Even though I’m writing

about female hair loss, because I’m a woman, the information in this article could also be used by men. That’s because the mechanism for hair loss is the same in both genders. It’s believed to be caused by a hormone known as DHT. Certain natural remedies, it’s thought, may be able to block the action of this hormone.

The first remedy

I tried was the essential oil recipe. I mixed it with a carrier oil. In the study I cited above, natural jojoba oil was used as a carrier. If you can’t find jojoba oil locally, you can order it online.

I had grapeseed oil

in the house. So that’s what I used. I mixed only a little bit of essential oil with the grapeseed carrier oil. Essential oils are very strong. So it was mostly carrier oil. A dilution ratio that’s considered safe is 2 percent. This means approximately 3 drops of essential oil to one teaspoon of carrier oil. (Essential oils are very safe when used as directed.)

Please understand, though

that I’m not a doctor. So I can’t give medical advice, make claims or promise that a certain product or natural remedy will work for anyone else. If you suffer from hair loss, please consult your physician to check for underlying metabolic disturbances.