A question about hair loss…
September 4, 2014 by 1 Comment
Neha
“Sir,
I have too much hair fall and an unhealthy scalp ever since I shifted to Dubai after marriage. White deposits on my scalp don’t go with any dandruff shampoo and hair fall out in bunches now whenever I do head wash. Please suggest some remedy.
Thanks”
Vaidya Replies:
Dear Neha: your condition may depend on many different factors, and in Ayurveda, once you identify the root cause, then you can correct things fully. Having a an ayurvedic assessment is usually the first step towards identifying the root cause of any imbalance. You can have an ayurvedic assessment over the phone with SVA expert Dr. Marianne Teitelbaum in New Jersey: 1.856.786.3300). However, here are also some suggestions that may help improves things.
First thing: try to follow the SVA diet. If you are not familiar with this, you can email us and we will give you more details, but here are the basic guidelines:
avoid nightshade vegetables (tomato, potato, eggplant, bell pepper) – these increase inflammation and clog the channels. It is ok to have them once in a blue moon, but not on a daily regular basis. Replace tomato as a base sauce for your cooking with fresh thai tamarind.
Avoid left-overs: try not to consume anything after 4 hours of its being cooked. Do not eat leftovers from the previous day by reheating etc. Left-over food is inflammatory and generates free radicals.
Try to reduce/eliminate: coffee, vinegar, or other acidic ingredients. Favor lime over lemon.
Reduce/eliminate: onion/garlic – these contain a lot of sulfur and will not help in pitta imbalanced conditions such as hair-loss.
reduce eliminate soy and soy bi-products – tofu, soy sauce, etc
Hair fall is connected to stress. If you have a stressful daily life, try to correct things by incorporating some gentle breathing yogic techniques, or meditation. Yoga always helps.
Try to get at least 7 1/2 to 8 hours of sleep at night, ideally from 9:45pm to 5:45am.
Topically, there are a few things you can do to help support the skin on the scalp, balance it, so it nourishes the hair follicles and shafts. Every other day: apply the SVA HerbRich Hair oil. Warm the bottle in your sink, apply a few drops on the scalp, gently massage in with the tips of your fingers. Make sure you cover the entire scalp. Cover your head and rest for 20 minutes. Then wash off with SVA HerbRich Shampoo. Dry and style your hair then finish off with the Actifoll Plus scalp spray. After applying the Actifoll spray, expose your scalp to 10 minutes of sunlight to help support the regrowth of new hair and keep the existing hair healthy and in place.
The HerbRich Scalp oil (you can read up more on this on www.chandika.com) will lubricate the scalp, nourishing and nurturing it, and removing any dryness that can cause starving and flaking of the hair follicles.
The HerbRich Shampoo has so many ayurvedic herbs put together in a synergy, so they support each other’s properties and work together to nurture, nourish, and balance the scalp, as they clean it of unwanted toxic residues. It allows the healthy friendly bacteria environment of the skin on your scalp to thrive – normal shampoos just deplete it. You can read about the ingredients on www.chandika.com.
The Actifoll Plus formula contains an herb called Psoralea corylifolia which carries the unique property of attracting and using up UV light that the scalp and follicles are exposed to; this helps activate the hair follicles so they are not dormant and new hair sprouts. In addition, this formula contains Gymnema Sylvestra, an ayurvedic plant that is used in many ways in my SVA lineage with great results. It will help with the flake residues of your scalp.
Use the Actifoll Plus every other day for a month. Let us know your results.
In general, please note that hair loss can be caused due to external and/or internal factors. Externally, you can make sure the water you are washing your hair in is of good quality, with a balanced pH. Otherwise, since you indicate that you moved to Dubai after marriage, you may want to minimize changes in your diet and lifestyle that you have recently adopted that may be causing imbalances in your physiology. Internally, hair loss is connected to toxins that get evacuated through the scalp and carry hair follicles with them as they exit through the skin of the scalp, so you want to make sure you minimize toxin intake through diet as well. Hope this helps.
Nice tips sir, I found your tips very helpful and knowledgeable. now a days hair fall has become a big problem as even youngsters are losing hair. and using alopathy medicines or chemical shampoos have their own adverse side effects. In this your attempt of sharing ayurvedic treatment will definitely help people to get natural remedies which is free from any side effects. thank you.