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It’s not only women who value their hair as a crown. Men are begun to worry when they have baldness and gray hair. Do not worry about this because it can still be prevented by maintaining the hair intensively and proper from earlier to slow down the process of gray hair and abnormal hair loss. Maintain natural oil content that contained on the scalp. Excessive oil content would only clog up the oil channels to the follicle.

Meanwhile, having less natural oil content will cause your scalp become dry. So in order to maintain the oil content on the scalp, you should recognize the type of shampoo that is appropriate and suitable with the condition of your hair and scalp.

Try the scalp massage therapy such as hair spa or cream bath as an alternative to make the hair become healthier. This therapy is said will slow down the process of gray hair and excessive hair loss. Traditional therapies by using natural ingredients, like aloe vera, rice straw, and ginseng are also very necessary for preventing hair loss and early gray hair.

Nutritious food is also important to ensure proper nutrition for healthy hair. There are some important nutrients that should be notice for getting strong and healthy hair, such as protein, vitamin A, vitamin B complex (vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, biotin, folic acid), zinc, iron, copper, iodine, and inositol.

The gray hair which appears at young age is because genetic factors or genes. Gray hair occurs because the pigment does not exist anymore. On Asians, they have a hair pigment that is called eomelanin. Because pigment eomelanin colored dark or black, then it is not only the skin, but hair is also colored dark. In addition there are some people whose bodies can not produce pigment. For example in the case of albinism (albio) and vitiligo. So that their hair can not even be colored black.

Nutritional deficiencies can also lead to reduce the levels of pigments. So that the hair will become blond and white, gray. In addition, someone who suffering from anemia pernicious immunological disease, which is the type of anemia that can cause gray hair. Last is the using of chemical substances, such as hair dye or using shampoo that containing many high sulfur.

Prevention. Do not use the hair dye too often. Especially if your scalp is sensitive, because this condition can trigger contact dermatitis or eczema on your scalp. Use a shampoo that doesn’t have too much alkali (too frothy) which only made the hair gets too dry. Better if you are using hair conditioner separately.

Hair is the women’s crown. Unfortunately, many women have the crown that is dull and poorly maintained. You probably already tried various shampoos and conditioners, but the results remain unsatisfactory. It’s time for you to try an effort to make healthy your hair from the inside with food. If the food that is rich with nutrients gets into the body then it will quite influence and produces a healthy body and hair. Iron is needed to transport sufficient oxygen to your hair.

Without enough iron, the hair and its bags would be having lack of oxygen. Foods that are rich in iron are like red meat, dark leafy vegetables, legumes. Zinc is very important to prevent hair loss and build the protein of the hair which can found in foods such as meat and seafood that contains high levels of zinc. Copper is also needed in the pigmentation of hair so your hair will have a natural color. Foods that are rich in copper are like shellfish, liver, fresh vegetables, beans and meat.

Retin-A cream, the kind of derivative of vitamin A, prescribed by several dermatologists for the treatment of hair loss. Vitamin A can be found many in fruits and vegetables like carrots and cantaloupe (kind of watermelon).