Unlike men, women never expect to lose their hair as they age. Therefore when it does happen no one has any idea how to prevent it, control it, or remedy it. While we know that this is a Health and Fitness Site, there is a strong link between hair loss in women and general health.
Too much shampooing, styling, and dyeing can harm your tresses. Heat and chemicals weaken the hair, causing it to break and fall out. Often, it’s a combination of treatments—keratin, coloring, and blow-drying, for instance—that does the damage (source).
If you can identify with the causes of hair loss above then it’s a key to helping you reverse the symptoms. Along with identifying the cause of hair loss, you must find ways to combat it.
Vitamin A – is an important antioxidant help make healthy sebum, an oily secretion of the sebaceous glands in the scalp which is necessary for good hair follicle health and hair growth. Vitamin A is most prevalent in fruits and vegetables but is also found in the maligned dairy products and beef. Another source: fish oil supplements.
Vitamin C – supplements are a good hair loss vitamin women should consider incorporating into their diets.
If you aren’t getting some of these minerals and vitamins in your diet then it’s time you incorporated them! If you or someone you know is struggling with hair loss, feel free to send them a link, email, or face book message directing them to this fitness tip.