Running your fingers through your hair and ending up with a tangle of 20+ strands in your hand can strike fear and dread in the heart of any woman. Everyone loses hair every day, and excessive hair loss is more common among women than you might think. It can be caused by anything from your diet to damage from dye and heat processes. Except in rare cases, hair loss is usually not cause for alarm in terms of your health.
However, thinning hair is a source of insecurity for many women. Excessive hair fallout is extremely frustrating and discouraging, and it can have a major negative impact on your confidence levels. If you notice that you’re losing enough hair to make a difference in its volume and thin out your ponytail, you’re likely suffering from excessive hair loss. Look into natural treatment methods–like the techniques below–to minimize fallout, strengthen your hair, and restore its thickness and volume for good.
1. Take Biotin
Biotin is one of the most effective supplements for reducing hair loss and stimulating faster, regrowth of thicker, healthier hair. You might have a biotin deficiency without even knowing it. If that’s the case, adding a biotin supplement to your daily diet can help curb hair fallout and help your hair grow back stronger and healthier than ever before.
One of the best things about biotin is that it comes in many different forms. Biotin supplements are commonly available as solid pills or even gummies. If you don’t want to ingest a supplement, you can even find shampoo, conditioner, and other hair products that are infused with biotin to stimulate hair growth topically.
2. Let Down Your Hair
One of the most common sources of excessive hair fallout in women is overly tight updos. If you’re like most women, you probably keep your hair tied up in a ponytail or a top knot whenever you want to get it out of your face–which is probably pretty often.
Unfortunately, tying your hair back too tightly can weaken your hair and cause it to fall out around your hairline. That doesn’t mean you have to give up your messy buns. Just make sure you keep your updos as loose as you can. Try using scrunchies instead of standard hair bands; they’re gentler on your hair and don’t pull as hard. If you keep your hair up when you sleep, try tying it back in a loose, low ponytail with a hair ribbon to keep it secure while you sleep without putting strain on it.
3. Stimulate Your Scalp
Scalp stimulation is a surprisingly easy and effective way to treat excessive hair fallout. One of the best ways to stimulate your scalp is to perform a scalp massage on yourself. While you’re washing or conditioning in the shower, take the time to gently scrub your shampoo and conditioner into your scalp using circular massaging motions before rinsing. This quick and easy scalp massage gets your blood circulating better, and improved circulation to your scalp can both reduce hair loss and encourage more new hair growth.
Another way to stimulate your scalp is by using hair products that include active stimulating ingredients. Many shampoos, conditioners, serums, and hair masks that are targeted toward women who struggle with hair loss are infused with natural stimulating ingredients like peppermint oil, aloe vera, or castor oil. These ingredients directly stimulate your hair follicles to encourage faster regrowth of thicker, stronger, healthier hair.
