Top 7 Hair Loss Prevention Tips

In the prime of your life, you’re proud of yourself for achieving a lot at such a young age. But secretly, you’re insecure about the way you look. Each time you check yourself in the mirror, something’s amiss: that receding hairline is unmistakable! The early signs of baldness are so easy to spot that you’re wondering about the best treatment for thinning hair.

While hair loss in men is often hereditary, the choices you make in life can trigger it, too. Habits like smoking, heavy drinking, and being sedentary can also cause hair loss, according to research.

No matter what causes your hair to thin or fall out, you can stop it from getting worse while you’re still young. All it takes is changing your lifestyle. Follow these seven ways to prevent hair loss in men.

Wash your hair every day

Keep your hair and scalp clean and healthy with regular wash. Experts recommend washing hair at least once a day to promote hair growth.

“When [men] see strands being lost whenever they wash their hair, they stop washing it often. This is the worst thing they can do,” said Ms. Teresa Cruz, a Svenson trichologist, in an interview with Esquire magazine.

Be more active; be less stressed

Are you always under pressure to perform well at work? Often stuck in a traffic jam? Many young professionals today wear stress like a badge of honor. But if you really want to prevent losing your hair, you have to find ways to manage it.

Stress increases the risk of hair loss in men who are genetically predisposed to it. When you’re stressed, your body produces more hormones called cortisol that hinder hair growth.

Studies show that aging men with a high level of cardiorespiratory fitness produce lower cortisol levels than men who are sedentary. If older men could achieve that with exercise, so can you!

Time to go back to the gym, perhaps?

Cut back on the booze

We know what you’re thinking: it’s hard not to give in to your insatiable thirst for alcohol. But consider this fact: too much alcohol intake is bad for your hair.

Here are some of the ways alcohol causes hair loss:

Alcohol causes dehydration, which leads to dry and brittle hair that easily falls out.

Heavy drinking lowers levels of vitamins and minerals essential for hair growth, such as vitamins B and C, zinc, and folic acid.

Too much alcohol in the body also decreases iron levels, limiting hair growth. Reduced iron also causes telogen effluvium or sudden increase in hair loss.

So if you badly need to grow your hair back, you know what to prioritize. To stop your hair from thinning further, avoid heavy drinking and other unhealthy habitsas soon as possible.

Quit smoking

Preventing your hair from thinning can be enough reason to quit that bad habit. Here’s something to think about before you light up another stick: various studies link smoking to rapid hair loss.

Thousands of toxic chemicals in cigarettes attack cells in your body, including hair follicles. Your blood also delivers deadly carbon monoxide throughout your body, keeping your hair from receiving nutrients it needs to grow.

Nourish your hair follicles with vitamin D

People with alopecia areata, a hair loss condition caused by an autoimmune disorder, lack vitamin D thrice as much as people with healthy hair, according to a British Journal of Dermatology study.

A study in the Stem Cells Translational Medicine journal also found that vitamin D helps fight hair loss and make hair thicker by creating more follicles where new hair can grow.

So one of the ways to prevent hair loss in men is to consume more vitamin D.

Adults need 15 micrograms of this vitamin daily, as recommended by the National Institutes of Health. Rather than red meat, eat more fish like salmon and tuna. Other good sources of vitamin D are grains, mushrooms, and low-fat fortified milk.

Use hair styling products less often to save your strands

Any product that makes hair sticky and stiff contains a lot of toxic chemicals such as polymers and butane. These are the same ingredients found in other products like insect repellant, flammable gas, plastics, and engine lubricants.

So imagine what your hair goes through when you often use hair products. Those chemicals can get through the hair follicles and into the blood stream, causing many side effects including hair loss and hair thinning.

Consult a trichologist for proven advice on how to prevent hair loss

It’s hard to fight hair loss alone. While there are ways to prevent hair loss in men, you can only do so much.

You need an expert (called a trichologist) to help you get to the root of the problem and design the best treatment for thinning hair that’s tailored to your hair condition and needs. The trichologist will be your reliable partner in making your hair thicker and healthier again.

Stop hair loss from worsening and derailing your career and personal life. Book a free hair and scalp consultation at Svenson today! #The Hair LossAuthority.