This will be a very random post but the thought just occurred to me. Whenever I run my fingers through my hair I always notice strands of hair all over my hands. I shed my hair quite a lot and have done so all my life. I was conditioned to thinking this was normal and attributed to stress, diet, or that it's simply normal for our hair to shed a lot. But could it be even simpler than that? Is there something in our shampoo products that is causing our hair to fall out?
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Wife used to lose a lot of hair, started taking something called NAC. Cleans the liver or something. Her hair is growing back now, thicker than ever. I don't find nearly as many hairs around the house or in my clothes any more. She said it gives you abdominal pain for the first week but after that your body adjusts and it's no big deal.
I have short hair and wash my hair with shampoo probably every 3rd shower because in the 90s I learned about companies creating stuff to make you addicted to their product. Like carmex for your lips. Since I watched that documentary in the 90s I have tried to live mostly free of stuff like that and do research to find what is good and not good and used my intuition to guide me. I learned how to fix my skin cancer with ivermectin about 3 years ago. It’s good to use those brains God gave you, proud of you fren
Same for me, will be 2 years ago in august. Never used any conventional cancer treatments. Saved alot of money and a few body parts. Ain't dead yet. Even if I die tm I still got a ton of time. Was supposed to have checked out Dec 2020.
I always wondered why Chapstick was so addictive. Now I use Burt's Bees and only apply it to dry lips a couple of times a day instead of every couple of hours.
Just research and try to do what is responsible based on what you know and adapt as you learn more that’s my only advice.
Yes. Happened to me too. I changed to natural shampoo. A little more pricy, but better.
Many shampoo companies use an ingredient that is basically formaldehyde. I don’t remember the scientific name. Even many of the sulfate free ones use it. They want us as unhealthy and miserable as possible.
DMDM hydantoin creates this as a byproduct.
According to safe cosmetics, a random site that I found in my search for as comprehensive and easily digestible as possible, this is a list of ingredients that are formaldehyde / formaldehyde releasers:
Formaldehyde, quaternium-15, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea, polyoxymethylene urea, sodium hydroxymethylglycinate, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol (bromopol) and glyoxal.
Try using an apple cider vinegar rinse. You mix in a spray bottle. It could be a PH issue, since shampoos are alkaline. The ACV is slightly acidic and leaves hair incredibly shiny and silky.
There's lots of chemical crap in shampoos. There really is much of a difference between dish liquid soap and shampoos. I wouldn't go in that direction. However, try going back to basics and using a little Dr. Bronners Castile liquid soap for shampoo. A little bit does great stuff.
Just trying to help.
I use 1T baking soda diluted with 1c water as “shampoo”, then follow with an ACV rinse (1T to 1c water again). I looooooooove it!!!
Baking soda? Hmmmm... It's alkaline. It dissolves in warm water, but will precipitate unless thoroughly rinsed. Not much of a lather either. How are you applying it to get even distribution? Spray bottle? Or are you mixing this with shampoo?
Another thought here. I recently discovered that my borax + washing soda + naptha soap + water solution I use for hand soap works great as a shaving cream. There's not much of a lather, but it's slick like baby oil. I wonder how this combo would work as a shampoo?
I usually dump the BS/water mixture over my scalp and massage, then rinse with warm water. Followed by the ACV/water mix- rinse with cool water.
I'm not an expert here, but baking soda is alkaline....so is shampoo and soaps. Are you adding to your trouble? Hair devoid of oils, easily cracks and breaks. Skin is the same way.
I don’t believe so.
While ingredients are not the best in comercial hair products, my wife’s hair falls out just the same after swapping to all natural
Use the thinkdirty app to scan products to see clean scores
It's not as simple as commercial vs natural. It's about the correct ingredients in the correct amounts. Also, something a lot of people don't understand, conditioning is good but there is also over conditioning, which a lot of people do.
Shampooing every day assuming you shower daily is also destructive to your hair.
I just added boron to the line up and in one week, I'm already seeing less hair all over the shower.
Andy, as you know I gave it my best to teach you guys re the NEED for SPECIFIC Minerals for a year but was ignored :(
Did I miss the boron lesson, honey?
Check your thyroid function with a blood test.
I've been hearing reports of people who have had covid are experiencing hair loss, both men and women. Not sure if vaccination is relevant or not.
My double jabbed sister had hair loss with both her bouts of the coof and now wears wigs! Don't know if helpful.
No she didn't. Luckily she realized before that. Buyers remorse. It woke her up alot. And she started listening a little bit more to me. But, Everytime I'm around her I get sick as a dog.
I experienced something similar. I started taking collagen and using ketoconazole shampoo. I shed a lot less hairs since.
Propylene glycol. Look for it. Stay away from it. It's in everything from lotion to makeup to eye drops to hair care.
Shit they used to use that in vape pens.
Yep
WTF is this forum sliding shit?
We’re trying to wake the world up to the horrors of the deep state’s enslavement of mankind, and you’re asking us about your fucking shampoo?
Anyway, seeing as you asked, I would wholeheartedly recommend the occasional wash with apple cider vinegar.
God speed.
It's better than talking about flat earth 🤷
Its not your shampoo.
Its probably low B vitamins or low vitamin D.
https://www.webmd.com/connect-to-care/hair-loss/vitamin-deficiencies-that-can-cause-hair-loss
It could be the shampoo. There are current lawsuits regarding harmful ingredients (one in particular)
I'm not losing hair though, I'm shedding it. My vitamin b and d levels are normal.
Magnesium deficiency can cause hair shedding, too. Most Americans don't get enough magnesium.
What is the difference between losing hair and hair shedding?
Excess shedding can be from low vit D and other deficiencies.
The former seems to imply balding based on some of the articles that I've read, and that's not the issue that I'm having
Never use any shampoo+conditioner combo. Those products that mix the two in one bottle destroy your hair for some reason. A hair dresser friend showed me this back in the 90s, she took hair clippings and put them in baggies overnight in normal shampoo or conditioner and also in the Combo stuff. The hair in the shampoo+conditioner combos mostly dissolved within a day.
I switched to Moroccan Argan Oil and Shampoo from the J&J brand that supposedly becomes formaldehyde. Big difference so far in terms of thickness and less skin irritation
Could be a metabolic issue too.
Hypothyroid. Most Americans are. Take iodine.
It's normal to lose 80 to 120 strands a day. If the strands are 1 inch long, they are much less noticeable than if they were 12 inches long. Hairdresser here, 37 years. VIVISCAL is an over the counter supplement that truly works to stop hair loss and regenerate the follicles and facilitate new growth. Hope this helps.
I just use a real bar of soap.
Some brands do that quite a bit.
Don't know if you've had COVID or not. But ever since I had it my hair had been falling out like crazy
Possibly. There are a lot of hair products that you generally find on the shelves that do various things; dry out your hair, dry out your scalp, coat your hairs in what is essentially silicone which prevents moisturization.
But you can also be experiencing the sadly natural hair fall dilemma.
Avoid alcohol and sodium lauryl sulfate, which is in a lot of hair care products to create a lather effect.
This can still be achieved with a different chemical (also with SLES).
I should also specify that it's not specifically alcohol that's bad -- it's alcohol without any moisturizing or hydrating ingredients to counteract it.
Take Blackwood For Men as an example: It's full of hydrating and moisturizing ingredients that protect your hair from the damage that the alcohol causes.
Men in particular are known for thinning, finer hair that causes hair fall, and we also have a different composition than women and tend to require stronger products.
Also: Diet and stress absolutely affects your DHT levels and therefore hair health.
Oh: If you use a hair dryer or straightener investigate better products.
A lot of these Chinese made pieces of trash do not stay at their advertised temperatures, and going above a certain temperature (around 185 if I recall?) is damaging to your hair
Diet can have an effect also.
For example, if one loses a significant amount of weight, hair-loss can be an issue. Something to do with minerals, or toxic byproducts of breaking down fat.
What happens is the body plateaus, and the hair stops falling out.
Some women grow lots of hair during pregnancy, and then experience hair-loss after birth.
Is this a joke? You chose the wrong site.