| So, is there a new shampoo that will stop my balding | | | | shampoos which stimulate hair growth and condition |
| and thinning and restore my hair to its proper thickness | | | | the scalp but the problems lies with the cause of most |
| and pattern? I hate to be the one to break the bad | | | | balding and thinning hair; androgenetic alopecia. |
| news but there are no shampoos that stop hair loss. If | | | | Androgenetic alopecia is more commonly known as |
| you run across a shampoo based product that claims | | | | male or female pattern baldness and attack the hair |
| to restore lost hair in record time you probably should | | | | follicle at the dermis level of the skin (just under the |
| take a closer look at some of the fine print or ask | | | | scalp). First it is an inherited condition which makes |
| someone who has tried the product. | | | | many people vulnerable to its damage. Second, it is |
| While there aren't any shampoos that stop hair loss | | | | hormone drive. The primary hormone responsible is |
| there are a few that create an environment conducive | | | | dihydrotestosterone which accumulates within the hair |
| to new growth and may accelerate the growth of | | | | follicle and actually causes the follicle to shrink to a |
| existing hair. Many of these shampoos contain | | | | point where hair growth is no longer possible. |
| ingredients that are both scalp and hair conditioning | | | | Shampoos are simply not capable of reversing this |
| agents such as horsetail extract, jojoba oil, aloe vera | | | | mechanism. |
| extract, or essential oils such as lavender. These types | | | | In fact there currently is only one FDA approved |
| of ingredients are a good start as long as a shampoo | | | | topical ingredient that has been proven to slow |
| is not loaded with harmful chemicals whose names | | | | androgenetic alopecia and that is minoxidil. But even |
| you can't pronounce. Many experts believe that looking | | | | minoxidil struggles with reopening damaged or dead |
| for hair and scalp conditioning ingredients along with a | | | | follicles. The success rate is about 30 percent and of |
| label stating the product is organic is a good rule of | | | | that number half of the re-growth is very fine or fuzzy. |
| thumb. | | | | In summary, it isn't necessarily a bad idea to try |
| The problem with this approach is that shampoo | | | | shampoos that stop hair loss, in fact I have done it |
| carefully formulated in this manner are quite expensive | | | | myself. What I found was that they did a good job of |
| and may be out of the financial reach of many people. | | | | conditioning and a poor job when it came to restoring |
| Others will deduct that the cost outweighs the benefits. | | | | lost hair. A good way to look at these products is that |
| Hopefully, over time high quality organic shampoos that | | | | they are gentle scalp and hair conditioning agents that |
| stop hair loss will become more affordable and thus | | | | may contain ingredients to stimulate the growth of |
| more mainstream. | | | | existing hair, and don't contain many of the damaging |
| Why aren't there shampoos that stop hair loss? This is | | | | ingredients such as sodium laureth sulfate often found |
| a great question and you deserve an answer! There is | | | | in cheaper shampoos. |
| no denying that there are some very good natural | | | | |