Baldness and its natural treatments

Baldness can refer to general hair loss or male pattern hair loss.

Baldness and its natural treatments

What is male pattern baldness?

Male pattern baldness is the common type of hair loss that develops in most men at some stage. The condition is sometimes called androgenetic alopecia. It usually takes 15-25 years to go bald. However, some men go bald in fewer than five years.

Typically, at first the hair begins to thin (recede) at the sides (temples). At the same time, the hair usually becomes thin on the top of the head. A bald patch gradually develops in the middle of the scalp. The receding sides and the bald patch on the top (the crown) gradually enlarge and join together, leaving a patch at the front. The patch at the front eventually thins as well.

”Common baldness” usually means male-pattern, or permanent-pattern baldness. It is also androgenetic alopecia. 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.

Male pattern baldness affects over half of men to some extent over the age of 50 and most men at some stage in their lives. Most affected men do not wish to have any treatment. If required, there are some treatments which can prevent further hair loss and may help hair regrow.

In male-pattern baldness, hair loss typically results in receding hair line and baldness on the top of the head.

Women may develop female-pattern baldness in this form of hair loss, the hair can become thin over the entire scalp.

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Symptoms of baldness or hair loss

Symptoms of hair loss include hair loss in patches usually in circular patterns, dandruff, skin lesions, and scarring. Alopecia areata (mild - medium level) usually shows in unusual hair loss areas e.g. eyebrows, backside of the head or above the ears where usually the male pattern baldness does not affect. In male-pattern hair loss, loss and thinning begin at the temples and the crown and either thins out or falls out. Female-pattern hair loss occurs at the frontal and parietal.

Natural treatments of baldness

Natural treatments of baldness using Avocado (Persea americana)

Rub onto your scalp the oil obtained from the fruit of the avocado.

Natural treatments of baldness using Banana (Musa paradisiaca)

Extract the juice from the trunk by crushing the chopped plant. Strain the juice, and take 5 cups each day.

Natural treatments of baldness using Soya beans (Glycine max)

Crush and apply the sprouted seeds of the soya bean.

Natural treatments of baldness using Indian Aloe (Aloe vera)

Apply the juice made from the jelly-like pulp in the leaves.

Natural treatments of baldness using Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris)

Apply a decoction of the leaves as a lotion.