If you are losing hair try these tips: Hair loss isn’t just for middle-aged men but is affecting more and more women under 40.

1. Choose non-harsh shampoo. Look at the ingredients on your shampoo bottle and try to avoid products containing the chemicals sodium lauryl sulphate, petroleum and silicone. These chemicals are commonly used in many shampoos to “foam up” but they can irritate your scalp.

2. Does your scalp need some tender loving care? You should try to massage your scalp at least twice a week with a few drops of serums such as Nutrigro serum. A scalp massage releases tension in your forehead and scalp to aid blood. Using your fingertips, massage in small circular motions near your temples, and then move your fingers out over the rest of your scalp. For more details email us at info@nutrigro.com.

3. Use less of your appliances. Overuse of hair dyes, hair gel, hair dryers and curling irons can aggravate the problem of hair loss. If you have to use a hair dryer, switch it to the lowest and coldest setting. Also avoid using hair straighteners or curlers on very wet hair.

4. Make your hair healthy by eating the “right” foods. Hair is essentially protein, so make sure you eat high-quality meat, oily fish, poultry or eggs. Your diet should also include lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, olive oil, live yogurt, nuts and seeds. Reduce dairy foods, caffeine, sugar and salt. If you live on a “fast” food diet you may be missing out on some or all of the 22 amino acids to make the protein for hair. In this case take a food supplement which contains all the amino acids, vitamins and minerals required for healthy hair.

5. Consider some Iron. Iron is a key in maintaining healthy locks. If you are a vegetarian, try an iron supplement.

6. Ask for some advice! Though some hair loss is normal – we can shed up to 100 hairs a day – it can be a sign of stress, poor diet and lifestyle factors. If the problem of hair loss continues for an extended period of time, see your doctor as there might be a more serious underlying cause.

By Ravi Bhanot

www.nutrigro.com

Question from Benidita:  I have afro type hair that is dry and breaks easily. What can I do?

The simplest answer to dry hair is to use a Hair Oil if you want a greasy look or a Serum if you want a water-based finish. Use a shampoo for dry hair as well. If the hair is breaking it is probably too weak. Try this:

Wet the hair with warm water to open the pores and to increase blood circulation to the scalp.

Apply shampoo to the tips and then rub into the scalp. Don’t apply the shampoo directly to the scalp. Excess shampoo can strip vital minerals like calcium and iron from the hair.  Also, excess shampoo in one spot can promote build up in one particular patch. Shampoo with warm water to remove dirt and grease. Then rinse hair with cold water to shrink the pores back to normal size. Run your hands through the hair in a to and fro movement, particularly to the thinning hair to generate heat. This activates the sebaceous glands and energizes blood flow increases the chances of healthier hair.

Pat dry hair by blotting with a towel rather than rubbing it with cloth towels.

This will pull hair when it is already in a weakened state due to the wetness.

Brush your hair only after drying it. Wetting hair helps straighten and detangle hair much better, however, the stress on the hair shaft is increased. Use a brush that has stiff and long bristles to increase the blood circulation in the scalp.

Use a non-harsh non-SLS shampoo that does not weaken hair. Try Nutrigro Shampoo.

Give hair food to strengthen hair. Hair is 97% protein. Get this from your diet ensuring you get all the 22 amino acid building blocks hair needs or from a supplement. Try some hair protein, vitamin and mineral capsules such as vegetarian based protein Nutrigro Capsules or fish based protein Noukrin for three months and see if they make a difference.

Along with this follow the Nutrigro Plan. It is a plan that Professor Gupta of Bolton University calls “a revolutionary way to keep your hair for longer and combat hair loss”. Email me for more details on this or visit www.coolherbals.com.

Ravi Bhanot

I am 55 and losing hair. My hair at the crown tends to be brittle (the other areas tend to be much softer, especially the back). By being brittle, it broke off very easily. It really has been a struggle and it was probably was made worse by braiding.

My hair started growing very slowly but stopped altogether. At the moment it is point something of an inch (almost no hair in the middle of the crown)  In addition to that, I believe some of my problems could be the result of a nutritional imbalance as I went through a bit of financial crunch after the sudden death of my husband almost five years ago. Prior to this, I had left my corporate job to start my own consultancy. What should I do?

Yvette (Trinidad).

Response from Ravi Bhanot:

This is what I think you should do:

1. Provoke the follicles by using the dermal roller every day and then applying the Nutrigro serum.  The dermal roller costs £25 (or $40 US).

2. Use the Nutrigro Serum from roots to tips daily to make the hair less brittle. Use this on dry hair or after a shower. Please make sure that after showering you only pat dry your hair and not vigorously dry the hair.

3.The ideal shampoo to use is Nutrigro shampoo as it contains phytokeratin (what hair is made from) to make the hair look thicker and it has antibacterials to thoroughly clean the scalp.

4. To counteract the effects of a possible imbalance in oestrogen ( which is common in women 50 years+)  and possible lack of essential proteins, vitamins and minerals take two capsules daily of Nutrigro Hair Food Plus. Take for 3 months to rebalance the nutritional and hormonal imbalance and then review.

5. Nutrition. Please focus on foods that ‘cool’ the body. Ayurvedically speaking we say the body’s ‘heat’ energy called Pitta is imbalanced. Cooling foods are like cucumber, salad and yoghurt. (You can read more on this in my book). A list of Pitta reducing foods is on our college website www.ayurvedainstitute.org under diet planning. Eat more of the foods that have a tick by them on the Pitta foods list.

Ravi Bhanot – Author: Hair Today…Hair Tomorrow