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The question of hair loss prevention and cure has always perplexed us. Until recently practical, real solutions for treatment did not exist. As for cure, it is still too early to say. Hair cell transplants containing male-pattern-baldness impervious genes are still in the testing phases and it is not known whether this will be a viable cure. However, hair loss treatment today is a reality.

After many years of research into the hair loss problem, I have discovered a very effective treatment program for the prevention of hair loss and thinning hair.

For people who are in the very advanced stages of hair loss (i.e., hair present only on the sides of the head or worse) there is, unfortunately, very little that can be done outside of a hair transplant. The follicles of the hair are regeneratable only if the bulb or root is present in the scalp.

If your hair resembles a jagged strip of peach fuzz, there is much hope for you. That "peach fuzz" can regrow into beautiful, thick strands of hydrolyzed keratin, or in other words a full and healthy hair follicle.

In essence, my natural treatments act as a preventative of further hair thinning and loss, while increasing the strength, health, and diameter of the hair follicle.

In recent years two drugs have come to market, each with a different approach and its own set of undesirable side effects. The use of these drugs for hair preservation and re-growth were not entirely efficacious.

The treatments that I will present to you in this book will rarely receive much media attention, as these treatments are all natural. As far as most people are aware, drugs are the only available solution to problems of hair loss. That’s good for the pharmaceutical companies. But I believe that those of us who have been stricken with hair loss deserve to know about a natural approach.

In the United States and abroad natural products have begun to surface, some of which have produced some very positive results. However, there has been a cost to the consumer. Most of the nature-based hair loss products that are marketed today do not address all of the fundamental and physiological factors of the hair loss problem.

I have found many nature-based hair loss products to be sadly lacking in key ingredients as well as lacking the proper quantity of ingredients. I see no reason why the consumer should be subjected to spending hundreds of dollars for inadequate supplies of incomplete hair loss formulas.

I find that obtaining a good understanding of how and why certain things work can be life changing. It is my objective, therefore, to give the reader at least a fundamental understanding of how and why hair loss occurs. I think that without this knowledge appropriate and active, on-going treatment may not be carried out.

The pathology of hair loss is related to numerous conditions that often have little or nothing to do with hair growth or hair loss. Some of these conditions involve one or more of the following systems: circulatory, structural, integumentary, digestive, endocrine, immunological, intestinal, urinary. In short, almost every system in the body can affect the health of your hair.

Since the genes we possess are determined by our heredity, we have to work with the cards that we were dealt. In every individual you will find a body system that is inherently weak. While we cannot change certain characteristics of our fabric, such as the shape of our features, we can control its efficiency.

A perfectly balanced diet of macronutrients and micronutrients in the foods we eat does not necessarily result in a healthy head of hair. How could this be? Isn’t this what the body needs to stay healthy? The answer to that is yes and no. Yes, your body does need a healthy balance of macronutrients such as protein, carbohydrates and fats, as well as the full spectrum of vitamins and minerals. If we are suffering from hair loss, often a balanced diet will not foster a measurable improvement.

I am not stating that any diet will not help reverse hair loss. I am stating that a diet that is typically thought to be healthy is probably not going to produce measurable results. To restore your hair back to its healthy beginnings requires some special help from the herbal kingdom.

You see, compounds found in herbs have drug-like effects and are often without negative side effects like their drug counterparts. Most drugs are created using components of herbs or plants. The difference between drugs and herbs are the removal and strength of individual constituents. Plants contain many beneficial substances; some examples are flavonoids, fatty acids, saponins, alkaloids, phytochemicals, sterols, etc. While herbs or plants are whole, drugs are only a part removed from the plant and then concentrated for potency.

The problems are many, for drugs lack the synergy or balance that whole herbs contain. Inasmuch as a component is removed from its composite, it cannot function properly. It’s analogous to the Ying and yang principle of give and take. This is part of the reason why side effects occur a given when a drug is introduced.

The drug Rogaine, for instance, is only moderately effective in treating baldness. While not too effective, it also offers over forty possible side effects. Some of these are excessive body hair growth on the face, back, arms and legs; edema, anxiety, back pain, bone fractures, vomiting, bronchitis, depression, rapid heart beat, blood disorders, eczema, exhaustion, faintness, genital infections, headaches, and weight gain.

Herbs on the other hand are whole; they are naturally balanced with co-factors that assist each other with different mechanisms. Herbs offer an array of benefits to the user, including some that are difficult to quantify. Typically, a single herb can be very beneficial to a specific body system, but also produce some key benefits in other body systems as well. Saw palmetto (serenoa repens) affects the kidneys, lungs, reproductive tract, and spleen. Saw palmetto also happens to be one of the key ingredients for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia, which will be discussed later in chapter 3 (Androgenetic Alopecia & Anti-androgens).