honestly i dont think any of these hair treatments work.. i've tried them because my hair is thinning as well and i am young as well.. i think the best solution is to think positive and not dwell on it because if you do then you will be stressing and hair loss can occur because of stress.. try to remember that there are people in the world who have no hair, that they would do anything to have the amount of hair you do.. so be happy and embrace it

Some types of chemotherapy cause hair loss. There are many different types of chemotherapy. The older chemo drugs almost always cause hair loss because they target fast growing cells . . and hair cells are fast growing. The idea behind chemo was to stop the rapid growth of the cancer cell . . but unfortunately one of the side effects was to also kill healthy hair cells and some healthy cells inside the intestine (which is what causes the nausea). So it is the older chemo that causes hair loss. Cancer does not cause hair loss.

The newer chemotherapy drugs are based on targeting the cancer cell only . . and there is no associated hair loss with the newer drugs. In some cases there is a change in pigmentation with the result that hair turns white or gray (Sutent causes hair to turn white).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_th...
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts...

Unlike the older more toxic drugs, targeted therapy drugs are used to 'control' the cancer and often can be taken as a daily pill at home.

Hi,

Hair loss is a very common problem among people. In most cases abnormal loosing of hair is a sign of health problems. What is abnormal loosing of hair? Do not panic if you loose from 50 to 100 hair per day – this is normal. If you clearly lose more or you see hairless spots on your head – see your doctor.

So 50-100 strands of hair loss is totally normal and in limits, but if you still want to have stronger hair against hair loss, i advice you to check the following web page, where you can find recent best 10 shampoos that help you to recover from your hair loss problem and they are really great.

http://www.iknowhair.com/hair-loss-shampoo/

I advice you to give Nioxin a try, if you are able to buy it in your city.
In the web page above, you will also find some other information than just shampoos, to prevent hair loss.

Hope this can help you.

year ago I suffered very much from dandruff and hair loss too and I started trying everything you can imagine to stop my hair loss.
the things that really worked for me was:

1) Vitamin A - an anti-oxidant which promotes healthy production of sebum in the scalp;

2) Vitamin E stimulates circulation. Good blood circulation in the scalp is important in keeping hair follicles productive. The 'B' vitamins contribute to melanin, which gives hair its healthy color and also stimulates blood circulation;

3) massage is also beneficial. Massage stimulates circulation. As already noted, good circulation in the scalp keeps hair follicles active. Experts suggest a few minutes of daily head massage by hand. Circulation through massage may be improved by using a few drops of lavender or bay essential oil in an almond or sesame oil base with massage;

4) Try rubbing your scalp with garlic juice, Onion Juice or Ginger Juice(you can either of one out of three, Do not mix any of two or three);

5) also I used herbal treatment - Provillus (do not use Rogaine - it will not work!)
It is a good products that helps prevent hair loss and contains Biotin and the clinically tested ingredients approved by the FDA to help re-grow your hair.! I think it is very important!

It worked and still works for me!

I do not know if any pharmacies carry Provillus but I do know that you should purchase it directly from the manufacturer and read more about the product here http://www.provillus.com/?aid=221781

It enhances hair growth by blocking DHT (Dihydrotestostrone) - a major cause of hair loss!

Also Informative video about Provillus - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ydvCHhbR...

good luck!

not only my own personal experience + working as a family physician

Hello Andy,

Hair loss is a very common problem among people. In most cases abnormal loosing of hair is a sign of health problems. What is abnormal loosing of hair? Do not panic if you loose from 50 to 100 hair per day – this is normal. If you clearly lose more or you see hairless spots on your head – see your doctor.

So 50-100 strands of hair loss is totally normal and in limits, but if you still want to have stronger hair against hair loss, i advice you to check the following web page, where you can find recent best 10 shampoos that help you to recover from your hair loss problem and they are really great.

http://www.iknowhair.com/hair-loss-shampoo/

I advice you to give Nioxin a try, if you are able to buy it in your city.
In the web page above, you will also find some other information than just shampoos, to prevent hair loss.

Hope this can help you.

None.

Dove hairfall facts:
1. Humidity makes hair dry and brittle, leading to hairfall
2. Colouring the hair damages the hair strands leading to breakage
3. Pollution is also an unseen killer of healthy hair
4. Tangled hair is the most common reason for hair fall
5. While shampooing cleanses your hair, regular conditioning is required for adequate moisturization. Regular use of conditioner post shampoo also solves the problem of entangling which is the major cause of hairfall.

HEAT & CHEMICALS are hair's worst enemies. You've got any of those on your hair?
Supplements, medications, anti-acne products, hair oil, birth control pills, pollution in the water, to name just a few . . . ALL HAVE SIDE EFFECTS. Watch the movie called SIDE EFFECTS. Example: "I used minoxidil drug to restore the hair on my head; however, I ended up with unwanted body hair. I don't know if it is temporary or I have to seek medical treatment." YA poster 9-27-12. Four men are charged in federal court for selling home-brewed hair growth drugs online. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/549919...
As for Rogain, once you stopped, hair loss begins. Read the following blog> The Horrors of Hair Loss
Posted: 02/04/2013 2:19 pm
Any reactions to a drug - like Vitamin B complex which is a supplement - 'side effect' is a negative reaction to a drug - this is your body telling you that what you just gave it is toxic to it, and instead of helping you, it is actually hurting you.  It is your body's way of telling you to stop.  All drugs have side effects, and are toxic...even lethal...to some people at some dosage.  Another term for toxic is poisonous.  We owe it to ourselves to try less toxic treatments first.  Especially since too many drugs merely cover up symptoms rather than treat the underlying cause of the symptom in the first place. Another example: Green Tea supplement: Green tea extract supplements have been linked to several cases of liver damage. Green tea extracts might make liver disease worse.
Source: Health Magazine, FDA, Slate dot com
Another example: Vitamin D posted on Facebook: "I'm regretting reading the small print on my bottle of Vitamin D capsules. The source is "wool oil." So... sheep sebum? I can't get the (hopefully imagined) smell of wet sheep out of my mouth now."

Google "Boise teen goes on Today Show to talk about losing her hair." She's got Alopecia, 100% why you have hair loss.
"As an alopecia sufferer for 25 years I would however tell his mama to stop the shots. They still haunt me and ultimately they are useless. I used to get a shot and the hair would grow and then fall out somewhere else."
- Shish Kabab , Belmont, United States, 06/5/2013 18:13

"You find people oiling hair every single day, the hair sweats and it doesn’t get washed. What do you think happens? It goes limp and becomes thin because it is not breathing,” Shamillah Mohammed, a hairstylist at SUQA, says.

Beginning in February 2008, they experienced one symptom after another: diarrhea, joint pain, HAIR LOSS, lung problems, and fingernails and toenails that fell off. FDA has received numerous reports of harm associated with the use of these products, including stroke, liver injury, kidney failure, heart palpitations, and death. 3-15-11.

Google: January Jones: "My Hair Is Falling Out In Clumps" 1-28-13 To quote Joni Mitchell, "you don't know what you got till your thick hair is gone."

When hair starts to fall out MORE, there are no hair products or treatment, that are made of glue to fix, prevent, reverse hair from getting damaged or hair falls. It is a trillion dollar business, and they do not give money back guarantee for damaged hair or hair falls.

Eliminate the 'causes' before you find 'solution' and your hair will improve.

Again, a simple rule of thumb: Look for the American Hair Loss Association seal when considering purchasing any product or service to treat your hair loss.

Google: Hair regrowth firm gets the treatment as client sees no fringe benefits. University student Raymond Bayssari, 20, who despite boasting a head of hair most bald men dream about, was awarded a $1305 immediate refund after a tribunal found Mr Bayssari's hair had not regrown. Published 8-23-12.

Here's a new one: "Hair loss clinic fined over wig claims" A ''CUTTING EDGE'' hair loss clinic that says it can cure baldness in fact hands out cheap wigs to cover bald spots. 5-31-13.

FDA can’t track down all of these fraudulent products, so consumers need to beware of unapproved products that make false claims. When in doubt about a product, talk to your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care professional.

Shave it, it's all good, it's turning lemons into lemonade. Also, you can keep your hair if you have enough money. These days no one who has enough money and is sufficiently well-informed has to lose their hair. There are three products which, used together, have been proven to prevent baldness from progressing. In many cases, when people take them long enough, they can and do regrow lost hair too. If a guy catches baldness early enough, he can prevent/reverse it entirely.
The three products are known as the "big three" and they are Minoxidil (marketed as Rogaine and some other brands), Ketoconazole (marketed as Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo) and Finasteride (marketed as Propecia). Propecia is a prescription drug, so you need to see a doctor to get it. It's relatively expensive and it's not available generically as Finasteride in the U.S. because the company that sells it is greedy. However, once you have your prescription you can order it generically as Finasteride from Canadian online pharmacies for much cheaper. Just make sure you order from a good online pharmacy, because some of those websites are big scams that will send you fake pills, or so I've read. The one I recommend is canadadrugs.com because it has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau.
If you use all three of the "big three" your hair loss will definitely stop and your lost hair will probably grow back if you use them long enough. Minoxidil and Finasteride are the two most important since it's been established that they have a synergistic effect when taken together, but using Nizoral shampoo can't hurt and will probably help. Also, if you have a LOT of money (several thousand dollars) you can get a hair transplant, which is basically where they take hairs that resist the baldness hormone dihydrotestosterone from the back and sides of your head and put them on the top to replace the ones that fell out. Then, as long as you keep taking the big three, they won't fall out again. It sounds weird but it looks completely natural, unlike the hair plugs from back in the day, and a lot of Hollywood actors have been getting them to help their careers.
Don't let anyone discourage you from taking steps to save/restore your hair because despite what people say, it matters. Bald guys can still hook up, and I've hooked up with a few girls since I started noticeably balding, but it's an established fact that most women think guys look better with thick hair than thin hair. ESPECIALLY women in their late teens and twenties. If anyone tries to make it seem like you're being vain for treating your hair loss, just tell them that teenage guys aren't vain when they treat their acne, they're smart because it helps them with the ladies, and it's the same with hair. These days there's really no way to tell if a guy with a full head of hair started balding and caught it in time because the treatments are that effective. Oh, and one more thing: a slightly receding hairline is fine, and a forty five year old guy with the hairline of a twelve year old can look unnatural. Then again, maybe in the future this won't be the case, since most of the guys who start balding will take steps to prevent it from continuing.

There are two different procedures you can have done, and I'm not sure which you're referring to. You can get your hairline lowered as a female (because we don't usually have pattern baldness) WITHOUT having to use "donor hair." Don't quote me on this, but my understanding is they make an incision at your hairline and lift the scalp from your head and pull it forward. Usually they can lower your hairline a few centimeters. Then they sew it back and voila! One or two weeks of healing and you're good to go. If you want it lowered more than about 2 cm (maybe 3?) they put in spacers under your scalp for a bit which stretch your scalp out so they can lower the hairline more. This procedure is beneficial because you don't have to wait for hair to grow...it's the hair you've got just moved forward. I'd avoid hair implants or whatever...if you're putting that on your forehead it would probably look unsightly for a good long while while your hair is growing out...

As far as surgeons, I have no idea...but just type in "hairline lowering" into your search engine. A lot will pop up. All you have to do is a little research on your own...

There is no shampoo to slow it. Hair loss (Alopecia) can be caused by a number of things. In men, it is often genetic. If your mother's brothers had early hair loss, you are likely to have it. It is passed through the female, but expressed in the male. This is more likely to be the cause if it is thinning on top or in the front. If it is spots where the hair has fallen out, that is a different situation. It is called Alopecia Areata.

"Alopecia Areata
The cause of alopecia areata is unknown, but it is thought to be an autoimmune condition (the body makes antibodies to its own hair) that may affect children or adults of any age. The affected persons are generally in excellent health. This type of hair loss usually causes totally smooth, round patches about the size of a coin or larger. Although rare, it can result in complete loss of scalp and body hair. In most cases the hair regrows; however, dermatologists treat many people with this condition in order to make hair regrow faster

Treatment includes:
cortisone injections in the scalp where the hair loss occurred
topical medications
a special kind of light treatment

Telogen Effluvium
Illness, stress, and other factors can cause too many hairs to enter the resting (telogen) phase of the hair growth cycle, and it produces a dramatic increase in the amount of hair shed (effluvium), usually without bald patches. In many cases, telogen effluvium usually resolves in a few months on its own. Causes of telogen effluvium include:
High Fever, Severe Infection, Severe Flu
Major Surgery/Chronic Illness
Thyroid Disease
Inadequate Protein in Diet
Low Serum Iron
Medications
Cancer Treatments

Tinea Capitis (Scalp Ringworm)
Caused by a fungal infection, tinea capitis is characterized by patches of scaling that can spread and result in broken hair, redness, swelling, and even oozing on the scalp. This contagious disease is most common in children, and oral medication will cure it."

"A number of things can cause excessive hair loss. For example, about 3 or 4 months after an illness or a major surgery, you may suddenly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related to the stress of the illness and is temporary.

Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss.

Some medicines can cause hair loss. This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine. Medicines that can cause hair loss include blood thinners (also called anticoagulants), medicines used for gout, medicines used in chemotherapy to treat cancer, vitamin A (if too much is taken), birth control pills and antidepressants.

Certain infections can cause hair loss. Fungal infections of the scalp can cause hair loss in children. The infection is easily treated with antifungal medicines.

Finally, hair loss may occur as part of an underlying disease, such as lupus or diabetes. Since hair loss may be an early sign of a disease, it is important to find the cause so that it can be treated.

The term "common baldness" usually means male-pattern baldness, or permanent-pattern baldness. Male-pattern baldness is the most common cause of hair loss in men. Men who have this type of hair loss usually have inherited the trait. Men who start losing their hair at an early age tend to develop more extensive baldness. In male-pattern baldness, hair loss typically results in a receding hair line and baldness on the top of the head.

Depending on your type of hair loss, treatments are available. If a medicine is causing your hair loss, your doctor may be able to prescribe a different medicine. Recognizing and treating an infection may help stop the hair loss. Correcting a hormone imbalance may prevent further hair loss.

Medicines may also help slow or prevent the development of common baldness. One medicine, minoxidil (brand name: Rogaine), is available without a prescription. It is applied to the scalp. Both men and women can use it. Another medicine, finasteride (brand name: Propecia) is available with a prescription. It comes in pills and is only for men. It may take up to 6 months before you can tell if one of these medicines is working."

1 reason why:
I used alot of relaxersand S curls a while back and everything was fine but now its starting to thin

The FDA don't even approve hair relaxers.
Go to the FDA website & type in permanent or relaxers so you understand what are the side effects.
http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/byaudien...

Here's the newest news:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently seized tens of thousands of bottles of "Rio" hair relaxer products after determining they can cause severe hair loss or turn hair green.
http://blog.taragana.com/business/2010/0...

The FDA last month warned consumers not to use "Rio Hair Naturalizer Systems," a product imported from Brazil and sold through television infomercials by World Rio Corp. of Los Angeles.

The official complaints against hair straightening products range from serious hair breakage and hair damage to serious scalp burns that may require an emergency room visit.

It takes months to get in your system, it will take months or longer to 'flush' them out of your system.

Shampoo are meant to clean. Google it. They don't help grow hair, or causes hair loss.
Conditioner is for curly/frizzy/wavy hair, hair that's been chemically treated or straightened using tools.

Another reason for hair loss:
Supplements, steroids, hereditary, hair dyes perming, straightening, diet, having babies (yes I read once it happened to her), stress, medications with testosterone, certain antidepressants, menopause, anti-acne, and too much of everything. Add to that the 7,000 + toxic found in your home, plus pollution found outdoors. Your hair is crying for help!
When your teeth falls or get cavities, do you blame the toothpaste?

You get all your vitamins & minerals & proteins FREE from the good foods you eat from Mother Nature, not made by man, and no shampoo can help grow hair, not even those made for horses. Horses don't abuse their hair, using heating tools, and they eat better than people, but it won't add more hair & make their hair longer faster.Shampoo intended for animals may contain insecticides or other medications for treatment of skin conditions or parasite infestations such as fleas or mange. These must never be used on humans.
Prenatal vitamins don't make your hair grow. Pregnant women have to start taking care of their bodies when they're pregnant, meaning stop smoking, drinking, dyeing or perming their hair SO OF COURSE their hair start growing again. But it has nothing to do with their hair, it has something to do to help the development of their unborn child.

Foods for Healthy Hair - the website had moved, type it in.
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/healthie...