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ANSWERS FROM KAREN
QUESTION: My hair is thinning and I still lose a lot of my hair. I am really conscious about my hair and feel really
insecure. I cannot part my hair through the middle it looks horrible. My dad is going bald, my mom has
really thin hair, my moms dad is bald and her mom has thin hair, my dad's mom is thinning and you can see through
her scalp, yet my dads dad had a lot of hair before he died. I saw some home made recipes on line for regrowth of
hair, because in the front the sides I have very little hair. I am 19 years old and this problem started when I was 16
years old. Please help me I have tried everything from natural path doctors for 2 years and that did no help I still kept
losing it and some would grow back but it made no difference, now I have this oil I ordered from India, that worked in
the beginning but now my hair starting to fall out lots, I was wondering
if you can please give me a natural paste or some kind of oil treatment that would re grow my hair, I am desperate and
I need help.
ANSWER: There is no magic oil or potion that re-grows hair. If there were, there would be no bald men! My first
question would be about your diet. It has a strong effect on things like hair and nails and skin. Since everyone in your
family is suffering from this, I'm also wondering if all of you have been exposed to anything toxic that you can think of.
Some people have wonderful results from hypnosis. Others do not. That's a personal decision. I do offer a massage oil
for the scalp that has essential oils believed to enhance and strengthen the scalp and hair - but it does not magically
regrow hair. If you are interested, please e-mail me with the word ORDER in your subject.
QUESTION: I am a 24 y/o African American women and I have been dealing w/ hair loss for
about 5 yrs now. when i first noticed that my hair was falling out, it was severe breakage and I went to a dermatologist
and he recommended discontinued usage of perms/relaxers, weaves/braiding, heat and excess stress because it
could cause further damage to the folicals. well I have tried so many methods in the last 5 yrs. I have been a little
successful. I cut all of my hair off and started from scratch, using herbs like zinc, vitamin B, C and E. I have even been
using oxygen scalp treatments to open up my pores. all these things have worked some but it seems as if they have
stopped working. also at the beginning of the hair loss i admit i was over stressed, using marijuana, drinking and
smoking cigarettes, not to mention being fresh out of high school and entering into the world of adulthood and living on
my own. I had so much going on in my life during that time, but since then i have discontinued the use of marijuana,
drinking, cigarettes, and eliminated some of my stress. I even changed my diet but it seems as if nothing is working
any more. can
you help me?????
ANSWER: Well, your diet and your lifestyle probably contributed to the hair loss. We are what we ingest and from the
sounds of your letter, you were poisoning your body. It sounds like you are on the right track with the vitamins you are
taking. Keep that up. Eat a healthy diet. Give up the caffeine and sugar and any processed junk food. Stay away from
the cornrows and braids. Although lovely, they really can do damage to the hair shaft. I have an oil that I make that
encourages new hair growth. If you are
interested, e-mail me with the word ORDER in the subject line for more information.
ANSWERS FROM DAVID:
QUESTION: I am a 30 y/o woman w/2 children, ages 3 and 1 w/considerable hair loss. I want to know what I can do to
help my hair grow again. My hair started falling out B4 I married and I was tired all the time, especially after I would
drink a soda or eat something w/a lot of sugar in it so I had a test done @the hospital and the results came back
"Hypoglycemia". Since then I watch what I eat but my hair has not grown back.
I am severely depressed about it because my hair is long and since my hair loss I have had to wear my hair back all
the time to cover up the most of it. It is all over hair loss, but most of it is in the center top, back.
I have also had a hair analysis done but the man that did it wanted to charge me for the interpretation of his findings
and give me some herbs to take but at the time I didn't have the $.
I still have sugar problems. Especially in the morning, I have to have something as soon as I get up although I do take
Garden of Life supplements to help w/the sugar balancing and other supplements as well. I am also still breastfeeding
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