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Hello long lost supporters
I have not posted in about 15 years. I’m currently contemplating growing my mane back. This time is the problem of losing my hair in back of my head. Any suggest on how to deter hair loss ?
Where are you on the 6 stages in the picture attached? I'm at stage 3 and have been for years. I am seeing small baby hairs in the bald areas but my understanding is that these small baby hairs won't survive on a head where DHT is being produced on the head because this is what makes hair follicles on the scalp stop making hair.
I came across the attached site a while ago and then a couple of weeks ago Jin posted the attached link from this same site and I started applying these tips and some of the others on other pages. Nettle tea (step 6) blocks DHT on the scalp but the most important thing they say is to stop putting chemicals on your head and go with natural cleansers like diluted apple cider vinegar once or twice a week and then herbal tea rinses in between.
Other sites are saying that the scalp should have a pH of 5 so you should be putting things on your scalp between 5 and 7 because scalp problems thrive when the pH is too high. You don't want to burn away baby hairs either so don't let the pH get too low. I had pH strips in the house and now test everything going on my head.
A scalp peel is also mentioned. I did this and with that salicylic acid (willow tree bark) and used 2.5%. It didn't peel like I thought it would, so maybe 2.5% is too low but it seems to have let a bunch of baby hairs break through. My scalp was itchy till today, so I'm thinking it loosened up all the clogged pour buildup but gradually came off in the shower over the last 2 weeks. Scratching (like in their picture) is bad for the hair. What I did to relieve the itching was rub aloe vera into my scalp every night mixed with castor oil or pumpkin seed oil and a couple drops of peppermint oil.
I've only done this scalp peel once and within 9 days started seeing new hair, but I was at stage 3 in the attached picture and I'm not convinced those new hairs won't just dry up like before so I'm doing the tea rinses with nettle tea. On other pages they also talk about using a dermaroller and another page on that site talks about using magnesium oil spray on days you don't use the dermaroller. I'm also doing those but that magnesium oil makes my skin burn so I wear a long sleeve shirt and put a towel around my neck when I spray it. It is natural, though, from a seabed. After a half hour rub the aloe vera gel mixture into your scalp before bed (wear a dew rag to keep it from getting all over-halfway through the night it gets tossed on the floor to let my hair get some air and in the morning it's all absorbed and my hair is dry).
So, for me hopefully those baby hairs mature and don't just dry up. My thinking is that DHT had built up on my head over the last 15 years and hopefully isn't still being produced in excess.
Hope this helps!
Marty
7 Steps to Get Rid of Clogged and Blocked Hair Follicles
Hi Marty
I am currently, like you, at phase 3 of my hair loss. That link you sent is full of great advise ! Thank you for your reply and help. It is good to see that the caring and support is still alive and well here at mlhh.org
Steve
I hope it works for me and you! I have plenty of the pictures before taking some of this free advice for my scalp on February 14th and it seems like the baby hairs I'm seeing in the receding hairline portion are holding on. Right now I'm doing that ACV shampoo with baking soda twice a week and then rinses in between with nettle tea mixed with bentonite clay on some days in between. Once or twice a week I've also started rinsing with a green tea and a little coconut oil. I actually started making a list of topical things I can put on my head that block DHT and this is what I have so far:
Rosemary oil
Stinging nettle
Coconut oil
Tea tree oil
Pumpkin seed oil
Avacado oil
Olive oil
Emu oil
Saw Palmetto
Aloe vera
Green tea
I'm not sure about some of these but I mix 2 or 3 into a rinse or make an overnight leave in oil out of Pumpkin seed oil and peppermint oil (9 drops PEO to 15 ml Pumpkin seed oil is 3%). My hair is looking thicker to me but nobody else has said anything yet.
Marty
Something else they mention is important on that site but don't describe how to do it is scalp massages. When I first started doing it I figured you just rub your hair in circular motions, but I would get hairs in my hands when done. I figured this method wasn't going to help the baby hairs survive if they get ripped out of my scalp! So I started looking at videos of how to do this and couldn't find 1 way to do this and I think that people without hair problems are able to do a massage without getting much hairs in their hands but follicly challenged people need a gentle way to do this. I did find a method that's gentle and I attached the link.
Marty
Scalp Massage for Hair Growth
This is something else I've been doing for a couple weeks now that was talked about on that hair loss revolution site-microneedling for hair growth. I bought a 0.5 mm dermaroller off Amazon for $11. I don't know if this is why after only 9 days I started seeing baby hairs, but I used it as part of a program of scalp cleaning, chemical free hair care products, and hair rinses with DHT blockers. I do it myself with 2 mirrors after sterilizing the dermaroller with rubbing alcohol and then rub in aloe vera after I'm done (the area with thin hair gets all red for a day and looks like brush burn but they say this healing process regrows hair). I do it twice a week only on thin hair areas. Microneedling is not comfortable and I do it slowly and with short strokes since it's now on short thin hair.
They say these won't damage hair but I question that and once I get more than 2 inches of all around growth won't continue. It's a scalp treatment and not a hair treatment.
Here is a link that describes how this is done after you have done a scalp peel.
Marty
Microneedling For Hair Growth
Wow Thank you soooo much for all the info Marty
Will definitely try to use what you’ve helped me with 😃👍
I'm happy to say that people other than me are starting to notice new hairs in the front of my head. Nothing in the back but almost no scalp oil shine.
Marty
Hi Glinka,
I haven't tried it out but I heard that onion juice on the scalp twice a day helps regrowth according to a study (link).
Let us know your experience, if you try something out!
Keep it growing!
Cheers,
Phil
