| Hair loss, whether temporary or permanent, can be | | | | for a viable, natural treatment option. |
| devastating regardless of gender. While male hair loss | | | | Individuals losing their hair do not have to accept this |
| is no less disturbing, female hair loss is less socially | | | | condition as an inevitable part of life. If you have |
| acceptable. The emotional affects of losing hair can be | | | | experienced slight or significant hair loss, there is |
| very draining for both men and women. Individuals | | | | something you can do about it. Natural treatment |
| dealing with hair loss may experience a bevy of | | | | options such as lavender essential oil have been |
| emotions from anger to depression to denial. Denial | | | | shown to stimulate hair growth. These oils work to |
| may be the most dangerous of these emotions | | | | stimulate hair growth in both men and women. |
| because those in denial will not take the steps | | | | Lavender essential oil has been shown to foster the |
| necessary to prevent or treat their hair loss. They will | | | | regrowth of hair. Studies have found that people that |
| simply pretend that their hair loss is not an issue with | | | | used lavender, along with other essential oils, each day |
| which they need to deal. | | | | for approximately 7 months experienced significant hair |
| Accepting that you are losing your hair is the first step | | | | growth. The participants massaged the oil into their |
| toward coping with hair loss. While true beauty is not | | | | scalp on a daily basis, and researchers believe these |
| defined by hair, most people prefer to have hair rather | | | | oils contributed to the promotion of hair growth in the |
| than not. Loss of hair should not weaken self-esteem | | | | participants. The oil should be diluted in a base oil such |
| or make one feel like less of a person - man or | | | | as jojoba or organic olive oil as a 10 to 20% solution. In |
| woman. There are products available to help those | | | | this way, the base oil protects the scalp from the |
| experiencing exasperating hair loss, and these | | | | possibility of oversensitivity to the essential oil. |
| products can help bring peace of mind to the individual. | | | | Natural products such as these work to stimulate |
| One such product is lavender essential oil. This herbal | | | | cell-metabolism. They offer cells the nutrients they |
| treatment has been proven to stimulate hair growth. | | | | need to increase growth, such as antioxidants. |
| If you do not accept the problem and let it go | | | | Antioxidants are essential to maintaining healthy cells, |
| untreated, you may later regret that you did not | | | | and healthy cells can mean a healthier scalp and hair |
| proactively approach this sensitive issue. Once the loss | | | | follicles. Because hair loss is sometimes thought to be |
| has reached a certain point, treatments may fail to be | | | | associated with oxidative damage to the hair follicle, |
| as effective. Once vibrant, shiny hair may be reduced | | | | ensuring healthier follicles is a major step toward |
| to thinning, lackluster strands. Instead of continuing to | | | | promoting hair growth. |
| damage the scalp and facilitate hair loss, start looking | | | | |