What’s the Story, Crowning Glory

It is with good reason that a person’s hair is called the crowning glory. A thick, glossy mane of well-managed hair is a beautiful sight and the aim of almost every person in the world, male and female alike.

Hair growth comes with its own set of problems and solutions but the thing to remember is that a regimen or tips that work for one person may not always work for another with a similar hair type. Hair growth depends on a number of factors and these include lifestyle, diet, and genes. Hair grows, on average, half an inch per month, but this is not true for all hair types.

Let us first deal with lifestyle. A person who is active and gets plenty of exercise will have healthier hair than somebody living a sedentary life. This is because exercise stimulates blood supply to the hair follicles and this encourages growth and strengthens the hair so that hair loss is reduced. Exercise is often cited as a hair fall solution as it is better to get to the root of the problem (pun intended!) before trying other hair loss treatments.

Another part of your lifestyle is the regimen you follow for the maintenance of healthy hair. This includes the fact that you need to wash hair frequently with a gentle shampoo and to take care that the residue thoroughly washed away. After this, a conditioner is often applied, especially to the roots, and this makes the hair smoother and more manageable by straightening the fibers in the hair. An essential part of your routine should be to apply hair oil at least once a week.

Hair oil comes in so many varieties; just like with shampoos, it can be hard to choose one. A popular choice is jojoba hair oil whose qualities nourish hair and some claim that it helps improve hair growth and health. Using oil does help condition the hair, and the very act of massaging the scalp increases blood circulation which in turn increases the rate of hair growth.

There are many commercial hair loss treatments as well as many more home remedies available to anyone looking for a hair fall solution and some of these can be very effective, but having a varied and healthy diet which includes plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, dairy and some meat and fats is essential. Also necessary is to reduce your stress levels. Both of these changes go a long way in preventing hair fall.

Heredity or genes also play a large part in determining your hair type and it is unfortunate that hair loss can, in part, be blamed on our genes.

Ideally, hair care really deserves this much attention. But with our much-busy lifestyles and polluted environment, it is becoming much tough for us to sustain the health of our hairs as long and as much as we want.