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If you are an African American man or woman and won’t to know why your hair is falling out don’t despair. Hopefully this article will help you understand why you are having trouble with your hair and offer you some valuable solutions, such as vitamins that you can take for hair growth, products for hair loss, and foods that you can eat. To start let’s make it clear that African Americans do not go bald or experience hair loss for different reason than other races. Regardless of your ethnicity you need to see a doctor if you are losing copious amounts of hair very suddenly.
Hair loss can happen to anyone for several reasons including, but not limited to illness, cancer medications, work, emotional stress, childbirth, thyroid disease, and more. Androgenetic Alopecia accounts for 95% of all hair loss. It can affect both men and women although men experience a much greater degree of loss. In women Androgenetic Alopecia appears as diffuse hair loss occurring over most of the scalp. In men however the pattern of loss usually starts with a receding hairline which then advances to thin the top of the head. However, African Americans do experience slower hair growth and balding specifically due to issues such as chemical overprocessing from chemical relaxers, poor diet habits that lack vitamins and vegetables, and certain medications that African Americans use to combat diabetes, lupus, and high blood pressure. Here is a list of various types of hair loss:
Trichotillomania — compulsive hair pulling. Hair loss due to trichotillomania is typically patchy, as compulsive hair pullers tend to concentrate the pulling in selected areas. Hair loss due to this cause cannot be treated effectively until the psychological or emotional reasons for trichotillomania are effectively addressed.
Alopecia areata — a possibly autoimmune disorder that causes patchy hair loss that can range from diffuse thinning to extensive areas of baldness with "islands" of retained hair. Medical examination is necessary to establish a diagnosis.
Triangular alopecia — loss of hair in the temporal areas that sometimes begins in childhood. Hair loss may be complete, or a few fine, thin-diameter hairs may remain. The cause of triangular alopecia is not known, but the condition can be treated medically or surgically.
Scarring alopecia — hair loss due to scarring of the scalp area. Scarring alopecia typically involves the top of the scalp and occurs predominantly in women. The condition frequently occurs in African-American women and is believed to be associated with persistent tight braiding or "corn-rowing" of scalp hair. A form of scarring alopecia also may occur in post-menopausal women, associated with inflammation of hair follicles and subsequent scarring.
Telogen effluvium — a common type of hair loss caused when a large percentage of scalp hairs are shifted into "shedding" phase. The causes of telogen effluvium may be hormonal, nutritional, drug-associated, or stress-associated. Loose-anagen syndrome—a condition occurring primarily in fair-haired persons in which scalp hair sits loosely in hair follicles and is easily extracted by combing or pulling. The condition may appear in childhood, and may improve as the person ages. Diagnosis and Treatment
Steps to Prevent Hair Loss for African Americans
Step #1: Avoid hair styling techniques that pull the tight. Hair pulling and twisting styling techniques used by many African Americans can lend themselves to hair loss and balding. That is why it is important that African American men and women reduce the wearing of tight braids. This can lead to Scarring alopecia— hair loss due to scarring of the scalp area. Scarring alopecia typically involves the top of the scalp and occurs predominantly in Black women. The condition frequently occurs in African-American women and is believed to be associated with persistent tight braiding or "corn-rowing" of scalp hair. A form of scarring alopecia also may occur in post-menopausal women, associated with inflammation of hair follicles and subsequent scarring. If you are going to wear your braids then please request that your stylist does not pull or plat them so tightly. Remember it is better that your hair come loose, than it fallout.
Step #2: Try using natural herbs and natural oils to stimulate hair growth. Try buying Vitamin E oil and Coconut Oil to massage into your scalp daily. Both of these oils work great. If you do not want to use chemicals like Rogain or Propecia, then try Beauty 4 Ashes Super Hair Growth System. Beauty 4 Ashes “A Double Portion" hair growth products contain rosemary, castor, fenugreek. They formulas work because they come from Indian and African herbs that have been used for years to regrow thinning hair. You can find them online at wwwdiscoverb4acom
Step #3: Start eating more foods that are rich in Omega 3 and Omega 6, such as fish. Also, try drinking protein shakes and more water. Eat leafy vegetables and foods that are reach in B-Vitamins. It is important to understand that hair is made of protein hair loss and needs proper nutrition to grow.
Step #4: Let Your Scalp breathe. Do not wear baseball caps, wigs, and weaves everyday. Stop using glue for your hair weaves.
» left by Darlene from Garfield Heights, OH (2 years 50 days ago.)
I LOVE THIS ARTICLE, HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL WORDS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE REREAD YOUR ARTICLE AND CORRECT THE FOLLOWING: and 'won’t' to, SHOULD BE and 'want' to...that pull 'the' tight SHOULD BE that pull 'too' tight...your hair come loose, than it fallout, WOULD BE BETTER READ your hair comes a loose, rather than fall out...'protein hair' loss and needs proper nutrition to grow. SHOULD BE 'protein and hair' loss needs proper nutrition to grow. THANK YOU AND REALLY APPRECIATED THIS ARTICLE SO MUCH. I AM GOING TO USE EITHER THE OILS OR THE PRODUCTS YOU SUGGESTED. BLESS YOU JENNY!
» left by mike from san diego, ca (2 years 38 days ago.)
Darlene,
I think you are absolutly disrespectfull for making corrections on an article well written. You had no right whatsoever. Why don't you try writting your own and lets see how it fares.
» left by Shirley from Michigan (1 year 121 days ago.)
This reply is part of the reason it is so difficult to involve some children and adults in getting an education. It is so sad that offense is taken when suggestions or corrections are offered. This error(won't instead of want) was the first thing I noticed and I almost involuntarily make a decision this was not a product for me. This language error probably has nothing to do with the product but I question the business savvy. Darlene, if I were interviewing you for a job I probably wouldn't hire you because I would probably see your attitude sitting proud and tall on your shoulders. Lighten up. This is not a criticism it is just a comment.
» left by Anonymous (1 year 358 days ago.)
This article is so poorly written that I question its credibility. Respond to this comment
» left by Anonymous (1 year 349 days ago.)
What's the problem with making suggestions on a poorly written article? It has a way of undermining the totality and credibility of the article. I'm certain the author of this site means well and is knowledgeable about her information, as well as the woman who made suggestions on the corrections. A well-written article has no misspellings or grammatical errors. I'd take the author's advice nonetheless. But, constructive criticism is just that: Constructive. Respond to this comment
» left by Anonymous (1 year 229 days ago.)
It did get the message across Respond to this comment
» left by anonymous (1 year 209 days ago.)
Very well spoken, I must say. Very well spoken.
» left by Ms. D from Louisiana (1 year 170 days ago.)
I think it is alright to correct an article which contains errors. It benefits the writer in making his/her site more professional. I don't believe the person bringing the corrections to the attention of the author had any malice in doing so! Respond to this comment
» left by t (1 year 146 days ago.)
this was not a grammer test, so leave it be
» left by Tiffany from Savannah GA (1 year 124 days ago.)
The article was helpful, but I agree that corrections needed to be made. There is absolutely nothing wrong with constructive criticism. Learning from mistakes is how we become more efficient in all aspects of life.
Everyone read the article coz of the message,so if your reading to correct sorry this is not the place,you read because you were interested in the messge, so whats the need of correcting after getting certisfied..
I can see how Darlene's criticism can be taken the wrong way. Using capitalized fonts can be interpreted as though someone is shouting.
Jenny provided excellent information; however, like many of us, we are quick to hit send before proof reading our material. After 1 error, I, also, begin to question the author’s credibility. This should be a learning experience for all of us.
One morning after spending all afternoon in the hair salon getting the tracks removed from my hair I got up and looked in the mirror and noticed my hair was so thin on the sides. I wanted to cry because this was only the second time I had allowed my beautician to put tracks in my hair and now my hair is thinning and it was damaged. I was told that using the glue was safe but it was not.
I thought wow I need to do something fast before I loose the rest of my hair. I went to the internet and searched for hours for products to re-grow my hair and came across this article. I had to take a second look at my diet and I will start to add more protein and Omega3 and 6. I will try these methods mentioned and comment on my results in 30 days-Thanks…
» left by Layna Thornton from Cheyenne, Wyoming (276 days 12 hours ago.)
First of all, i'm 17 years old and I have more common sense
than most of you. The comment box is for your reviews of the article. NOT for you bickering, menopausal women who have nothing better to do than sit around and cause dissension on the Internet! You people crack me up.
But, then again before I clicked in this site, I did leave another one because of the poor grammar. So, yeah bad grammar questions credibility. BUT, BACK TO THE POINT!
This is a great site and I found it quite helpful. I will try to improve my diet and take more "healthy" vitamins and herbs that are natural! Thank You for this awesome article......
» left by Tina from Kansas City (178 days 16 hours ago.)
I agree wth Layna. You all are losing site on the purpose of this article and thats to assist in getting out hair growing stronger and healthier. I appreciate this site, for I am in pre-menopausal stages in my early 30's, and my hair is beginning to thin out. I have been wearing braids and weaves for some time now because my hair has never been able to take too much heat and hard hair styles using spritz and gels. Braids used to grow my hair but seems to now being doing the opposite. So I look forward to further suggestions in helping getting my hair growing back to its healthier state. So Jenny keep doing what you are doing and you will be blessed for it..Thanks so much!
The author is absolutely correct. Diet is most important. The hair reflects our overall health. One thing - Beauty 4 Ashes did not work for me. The shampoo & conditioner I used made my hair soo nappy, I could not easily get my comb through my hair, which resulted in more hair loss. my hair is in such a mess - I'm going on a fruit juice diet statring tomorrow in a effort to cleanse my system. Hair loss indicates something is wrong in my sytem. I've done much research on this topic.
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