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By Vitality Rx Staff

12 Natural Treatments for Hair Loss in Men

 

Despite Telly Savalas and Yul Brynner being viewed as sex symbols in Hollywood decades ago (or The Rock and Jason Statham nowadays), having a full head of hair has often been associated with a man being viewed as young, rugged, and sexy. However, should you be like many men who are beginning to experience hair problems, you may assume losing your hair is inevitable. Fortunately, it’s not.

While you could consider expensive medical treatments that may or may not produce the desired results, take notice of the many natural treatments for hair loss available. They might produce results beyond your wildest expectations. So rather than be dissatisfied with what you see in the mirror, you could consider 12 natural remedies for hair loss.

 

1. Aloe Vera Leaf Juice

 

One of the most popular natural treatments for having healthy and beautiful skin, Aloe Vera is mostly associated with lotions and other similar products. However, you should know that Aloe Vera leaf juice has had a reputation for helping with hair rejuvenation for thousands of years.

What makes this juice special is its proteolytic enzymes, which are great at repairing dead skin cells on your scalp. In addition, containing high levels of vitamins A and E, Aloe Vera leaf juice can act as a moisturizer. It can help keep your hair from becoming dry and brittle, which leads to hair follicle breakage.

However, don’t make the mistake of thinking you’ll be drinking Aloe Vera leaf juice. Instead, you’ll be applying it directly to your scalp. To do so, you’ll take the following steps.

  1. Cut a leaf off a live Aloe Vera plant.
  2. Collecting the juice with a spoon, begin massaging it into your scalp.
  3. Let it stay on your scalp for 60 minutes, then wash it with shampoo.
  4. Repeat two or three times per week.

2. Eat Your Way to More Hair

 

If you eat the right balanced diet, you could let some of your favorite foods keep more hair on your head. Over the years, scientists have discovered that many men lose their hair due to protein deficiencies in their diet.

In other situations, an iron deficiency may also be to blame for your hair loss. Yet whatever the case may be, there are plenty of excellent foods to add to your healthy diet. Do so, and you may soon run your fingers through more and more hair on your head. Some of the best foods you may want to eat more of include:

  1. Turkey
  2. Spinach
  3. Eggs
  4. Fish
  5. Beans
  6. Nuts

 

Since your body must have protein and iron to enjoy healthy hair, getting more of these foods on your plate may be an easy and healthy way to have more hair.

3. Onion Juice

 

While your eyes may water when you are slicing an onion, you may soon find yourself crying tears of joy if you decide to use onion juice on your scalp.

Considered one of the best natural treatments for alopecia in men, onion juice contains dietary sulfur. Since sulfur is one of the most common minerals in your body, it is thought to provide your hair with even more enzymes and proteins. As a result, it can give it the additional nourishment it may need to increase its growth.

If you want to try this, do the following:

  1. Chop up an onion and place the pieces inside a blender, letting you create a paste.
  2. You can squeeze the juice more easily by placing the paste inside a cheesecloth.
  3. When applying the juice to your scalp, add some essential oil such as lavender or peppermint. They will help decrease the potency of the onion smell.

4. Scalp Massage

 

Since you may already treat yourself to a relaxing massage now and then, doing the same for your scalp may produce excellent results in terms of hair growth. Like a massage to your back or shoulders, a scalp massage will increase blood flow to your scalp, which will be crucial to helping hair grow. It will also help increase the strength of your hair’s roots and get essential nutrients to your hair follicles much faster.

Contrary to what you may think, a scalp massage can work with either dry or wet hair. Once you get into the habit of giving yourself a daily scalp massage, you’ll find it relaxing and helpful.

5. Egg Yolk Mask

 

If you like eating eggs for breakfast, you should know that egg yolks have often been credited with helping eliminate thin hair in men. This is because, like onion juice, egg yolks contain high amounts of dietary sulfur. Also, being full of protein, eggs help your hair get stronger and heal naturally.

Making an egg yolk mask involves only a few easy steps:

  1. Mix two eggs with olive oil (two tablespoons).
  2. Add one-half cup of water, which helps makes it less sticky.
  3. Apply to your dry, brushed hair.
  4. Leave for 30 minutes, then shampoo as usual.

 

Though you can’t necessarily speed up the hair growth process, you can affect the quality of your hair follicles, which helps produce fuller and stronger hair.

6. Hot Castor Oil

 

Of all the natural treatments for hair loss in men, hot castor oil may be the best yet for producing immediate results. Unbeknownst to many, scalp infections play a big part in keeping hair from growing or starting to thin prematurely. However, castor oil has both antibacterial and antifungal properties, both of which prevent scalp infections.

Castor oil also has plenty of vitamin E and Omega-6 fatty acids, helping your hair follicles retain moisture. It means they won’t get dried out and dehydrated.

Here’s how to follow a hot castor oil treatment:

  1. First, massage the hot castor oil into your hair.
  2. Next, put on a shower cap and wait about 10 minutes.
  3. Next, remove the shower cap, grab your blow dryer, and use hot air for about 15 minutes.
  4. When you’re done, shampoo and condition your hair. It will make your hair feel softer.

 

This way, you will get nourished roots prepared for better hair growth.

7. Skip the Cold Showers

 

Even if you like taking a cold shower each morning to wake yourself up and get your juices flowing for the day, those cold showers are not doing much for your hair. Instead, the cold water is probably keeping your hair from growing as much as possible.

When cold water hits your scalp, it restricts the capillaries from carrying blood. As a result, it decreases your hair’s ability to grow since important nutrients can’t find their way to your scalp.

If you want to compromise, try taking a shower with lukewarm water. It should be cool enough to satisfy you but warm enough to keep the blood flowing to your scalp. Then, just as you’re ready to get out of the shower, you can use cold water without hurting your hair.

8. Get Your Vitamins

 

Through a combination of healthy eating and supplements, getting certain vitamins into your body will help prevent hair loss and stimulate your hair follicles to grow. As for what vitamins are good for hair loss, vitamins B and D are usually at the top of the list.

Vitamin B will help create red blood cells in your scalp, stimulating hair follicles to grow. Meanwhile, vitamin D will work with its B counterpart to produce new red blood cells, ensuring your scalp has what it needs.

Vitamin A is also very important in preventing hair loss in men. In addition, it is a vital component in many of the most effective natural treatments for hair loss. Vitamin A’s primary responsibility is cell growth. In turn, it plays a key role in making sure your scalp has the hair follicles needed to do its job.

The recommended daily allowance of vitamin A for men is 900 micrograms. However, if you get tempted to take more than that, don’t do it since an excess of vitamin A in your body can produce hair loss.

If your diet does not give you enough essential vitamins, your doctor may recommend a supplementary vitamin pack for hair loss. A multivitamin boost will help with hair follicle health.

9. Coconut Oil

 

Coconut oil is a chief natural remedy for hair loss because it contains fatty acids, which keep your hair from losing vital protein for its growth. Capable of penetrating hair shafts, coconut oil is especially good if you have oily hair since it can be left on as an overnight treatment. Though you can use it before or after you wash your hair, it’s generally thought to work best on dry hair.

Unlike natural treatments that have you massaging something only into your scalp, coconut oil works best when you rub it throughout your hair.

10. Fish Oil

 

Loaded with plenty of proteins and nutrients, fish oil can help your hair in many ways. First, it has been shown to help slow the progression of hair loss in men. Next, it has also demonstrated an ability to increase hair density and diameter, leaving you with a fuller head of hair.

As a bonus, fish oil is filled with various healthy fatty acids, which boost your body’s immune system and keep you feeling your best. It works to keep your cells in excellent condition. The stronger your immune system, the more likely you will be able to fend off various infections and other problems that may contribute to hair loss.

11. Lemons

 

Should you want to grow more hair and do so while having your head smell great, consider adding lemon juice or lemon oil to your list of natural treatments for your hair. Lemon oil has been found to help encourage hair growth in healthy scalps, while lemon juice improves hair growth and quality.

If you wish to try lemon juice, squeeze a few lemons and apply the juice to your hair and scalp 15-20 minutes before shampooing.

12. Testosterone Treatments

 

Genetics plays a big role in determining whether or not you will suffer from hair loss during your lifetime. For men, testosterone sometimes plays a role in speeding up hair loss, especially if high levels of DHT are found in your body. However, having a strong connection to male pattern baldness, DHT levels that are too high can accelerate hair loss or make alopecia worse.

While this sounds like gloom and doom, it is not. Using an in-home hormone testing kit makes it easy to discover a hormonal imbalance. You can also get a telemed consult to get into more details with a medical professional.

Once you get the results, you can research various treatments and work with doctors who can guide you toward treatments that may be successful based on your family history and other factors.

Bottom Line

 

Now that you know continued hair loss is not necessarily inevitable, you can get to work trying any or all of the twelve natural treatments mentioned here. Whether you think onion juice or Aloe Vera leaf juice will do the job or that all you need are a few more vitamins in your diet daily, it may not be long until you see a much different person when you look in the mirror.