Hey guys this week's video is all about hair loss we're going to be talking about what causes it?
we're going to be talking about the best hair care advice and diets that can help prevent hair loss?
also we're going to be talking about vitamins do they actually help do they not help? we're
going to be talking about specialist treatments that are available? and we're going to talk about
when you should seek medical attention now before we begin i understand that you like
myself are probably a very busy person so to make your life easier this entire video is chaptered
all in the description below if you want to find any specific information at any point feel free
to click on it find a relevant chapter that you want and go to it however i would highly recommend
you watch the whole video now let's begin okay so there are many things that can cause hair loss and
actually a small amount is actually quite normal because as our body makes new hair we lose some
and that's the sort of cycle that we do and also as we do things during the day for example combing
our hair touching our hair washing our hair all of these can cause some amount of hair fall we
usually lose about 50 to 100 hairs per day usually without even noticing actually now the problem
can come when we feel like we're losing too much hair or it's not regrowing back okay now if you
feel like that and that's the reason why you're watching this video i would highly recommend that
you speak to a healthcare professional so if you haven't already spoke to a healthcare professional
please do so they can investigate for any underlying causes that's the most important thing
now some common causes of temporary hair loss include stress illness poor hair care vitamin
deficiencies cancer treatment and scalp infections some common causes of more permanent hair loss
include increasing age hormonal imbalances polycystic ovary syndrome and hereditary
hair loss also known as male or female pattern baldness now for some of these conditions you
will need to speak to a healthcare professional for specialist treatment that's why i'm saying
it's so important you get healthcare professional involved early don't wait later on once a lot of
your hair has fallen out before you speak to a healthcare professional the earlier you do this
and you get the ball rolling with this it's going to be far more beneficial for you so that's super
important you do that now if you have already spoke to a healthcare professional and you're
looking for general tips right now to do that are going to help we're going to go through them now
and afterwards we're going to talk about some of the specialist treatments that are available
as well okay so let's begin with tip number one this one's gonna sound a bit basic but it's
all about hair care and what i want you to think about is these kinds of things if you're regularly
blow drying your hair chemically treating it straightening it curling it all of these are
going to cause damage to our hair and it's going to damage our hair shaft it's going to help well
it's not going to help it's going to make them break a lot easier so the reason i'm discussing
this is exposing our hair to heat constantly can actually dry our hair but not only does it do that
it's also going to damage those vital proteins in the hair and those vital bonds that need in
the hair to maintain the structure once you damage that the hair is going to be far more brittle and
more prone to breaking and we don't want that and this links nicely to our hair cycle our hair cycle
has a natural growth regression and rest now if you're doing this and you're causing damage to the
hair and it's breaking and on top of that you've got your hair just falling naturally then we're
going to be at a point where actually our regrowth is going to be much slower than our growth i hope
that makes sense so i guess the next question is well what options do we have well for example you
can try and let your hair dry naturally and if you must blow dry try and keep the dryer at least five
inches away to try and protect the hair follicle when using any heat try and also always use a heat
protectant spray look for products containing silicon or keratin as these ingredients can
help seal the hair cuticle you also want to avoid chemical treatment where you can keeping things
like perming or dyeing hair to a minimum and use a deep conditioning mask with ingredients such as
arrogant oil coconut oil or shea butter to try and re-nourish your hair now moving on to point number
two over washing your hair this is a common thing that a lot of patients do you need to make sure
that you're not over washing your hair because our hair and our scalp naturally produce oils
that also help nourish the hair so if you're over washing if you're using harsh shampoos
all it's going to do is get rid of those natural oils that are so important for keeping our hair
nice and healthy so what you need to try and do is wash your hair no more than twice a week now i'm
not saying don't go to the shower still go through shower after you've gone for your run after you've
gone to the gym or whatever but avoid the hair only wash the hair twice a week and also use a
mild shampoo rub it into the scalp don't bother rubbing it into the hair if you've got longer hair
just rub it into the scalp wash it off when you wash it off shampoo is going to run through your
hair as well and it's going to clean it so don't be too concerned about rubbing it into the hair
and once you're done once you're done shampooing your hair always make sure to condition as well
now just as heat styling can damage your hair and encourage hair loss certain hair styles can too
so for example tight braids ponytails or any style that pulls on the hair shaft can cause it to fall
out now regularly pulling on the hair can mean more falls out before it has a chance to regrow
so try and avoid tight hairstyles like these if you're trying to prevent hair loss now moving
on to tip number three you need to make sure that you're having a healthy balanced diet so you need
to be having your five a day of fruit and veg this is super important so that you can get all
the vitamins and nutrients that you require that your body can then function properly and including
your hair follicles okay so there are many studies as well about nutrient deficiencies as
well aggravating hair loss one of the most common ones for example is iron deficiency anemia okay so
if you want more information on this i will leave more information about it in the description below
and i do have a few videos about iron deficiency anemia and what you can do about it so if you want
more information as well feel free to click on the links so as a result it's super important to eat a
range of foods from each food group to ensure your body gets all the vitamins that it needs studies
have shown that antioxidants iron zinc niacin fatty acids selenium vitamin a d e and biotin all
have a role in maintaining healthy hair growth an unbalanced diet or a high in processed foods diet
will lack these nutrients and have an impact on your health and on the health of your hair
so after hearing that i know what you're probably thinking now you're probably thinking well if all
those vitamins that abraham pharmacists just discussed are good for hair growth i'm going to
go and buy all of them and take all the vitamins that are necessary for hair growth but my friends
please do not do that i'm going to tell you why now lots of research has shown that there is no
evidence that taking a lot of these vitamins or supplements is going to help with hair loss okay
so don't think to yourself to oh yeah i can go and buy all these vitamins and they're gonna help
you're just gonna waste your money and there's no evidence so far suggesting that it helps with
hair loss however here's the good news there is evidence that having a healthy balanced diet so
eating well eating the foods that you need to eat that contain all these vitamins that we just spoke
about can help with hair loss so it's essential that you're getting all of these through a healthy
diet now i really hope that makes sense to you you need to have a healthy diet to obtain all
of these vitamins and then you're going to get the benefits from it that your hair loss could improve
as well because there is evidence of this there is no evidence of taking the vitamin supplement
so please don't bother wasting your money now i know what you're probably thinking as well you're
probably thinking well healthy balance diet it sounds quite complicated well my friends not to
worry because abraham the pharmacist i've always got you covered and we've got a video all about
healthy balanced diets how to maintain a healthy balanced diet going through it in real detail it's
a bit of a long video i think it's about 10 12 minutes so it's gonna make this video extra long
if we go through it but if you do want to learn more about it please do feel free to click on the
link up here and i'll leave it in the description below now sometimes even with the best hair care
the best diet hair loss can still be a problem this can be due to underlying health conditions
or genetic conditions such as male or female pattern baldness now in these scenarios you
may need more specialist treatment to help with the hair loss now for example pattern baldness
it can affect anyone of any age however in women it is more common after the menopause and in men
about half of caucasian men will experience some level of pattern baldness before the age of 50.
now pattern baldness presents differently in men and women men for example it usually begins with
a receding hairline and then followed by the top of the head okay top of the head there
women however they don't usually get a receding hairline it's usually more thinning of the hair
usually towards the crown of the head as well now the good news is there are no physical symptoms
associated with male or female pattern baldness however there are many psychological symptoms that
you can get from it for example it can lower your self-esteem it can make you feel low it can make
you feel more anxious so if you do feel like your mental health is being affected at all by this
you do need to speak to a healthcare professional speak to them get some advice from them now one of
the specialist treatments for pattern baldness is minoxidil liquid it's applied directly to the area
it can take up to six months for you to really see the effects of it you need to use it quite
often as well usually the first two to eight weeks sometimes you see a bit more hair loss but then
this does improve and please remember though it still doesn't work for everyone and in men
there's also a drug called finasteride that can be taken this has been shown to help nine out of 10
men with hair loss who have mild to moderate male pattern baldness however it does come with quite a
few side effects and problems that your healthcare professional will discuss with you now sadly there
is no cure for pattern baldness so for example if you do stop using the minoxidil or the finasteride
usually the hair loss continues again and will go pretty much back to what it was before you
started treatment however saying all that please remember as well there are quite a few non-medical
treatment options out there as well for example wigs hair extensions hair fiber sprays and a lot
of these have all got really good now from what they were before and you can't even really tell
that people are wearing them or they've got hair fiber sprays or anything like that and so
if you are interested in finding out more information about them i will leave some in
description below but please have an open mind to it as well as could be really helpful for you
now like i mentioned at the start of this video some level of hair loss is completely normal
but if you're noticing that your hair loss is increasing and your hair's looking dinner then
please do speak to a healthcare professional that is one of the most important things because there
may be certain underlying causes that are causing it which needs to be addressed so what i'm going
to do now is i'm going to have a little box that appears here with various different red flags for
when you should speak to a healthcare professional please pause the video now give them a read if any
of them apply to you and you haven't already spoke to your healthcare professional please do so it
looks like we've come to the end of this week's video i hope you found this information helpful
you're now a bit of a hair loss pro you now know all about the dietary advice the hair care tips
you know all about when to seek medical attention what causes hair loss how the hair grows and
everything else so you're a bit of a hair loss pro i really hope you found this information helpful
if you have any of your own tips though please do leave some comments below because i'd love to read
it and i'm sure everyone else watching this video would too as i always say always remember you're
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