How A Healthy Lifestyle Can Help Promote Hair Growth

by | Apr 4, 2019 | Beauty, Hair

We live in an age where hair trends are plentiful; from short pixie cuts to long luscious locks, each style usually has a following somewhere, leaving us with the freedom to do as and what we like with our hair without fear. However, for those of us who might be seeking treatment for hair loss with transplants, or whose hair is prone to damage, it can be disheartening to be faced with pictures of these healthy heads of hair. Thankfully, changing up your lifestyle somewhat could be all you need to get a bit of life back into your hair. Here, we’re exploring just how a healthy lifestyle can promote hair growth.

Rest And Relax

Taking some time for you, and you alone can be a great way to get your health and happiness under control. Whether you’d be happy just sitting back at home with a good book for a moment to escape, or you’re looking into hair transplants in leading medical tourism destination Turkey all for the benefit of a much needed holiday alongside your treatment, taking the chance to rest and relax is vital. When we’re stressed, our body produces excess hormones in a ‘fight or flight’ response. These hormones are what cause hair loss by speeding up the growth cycle. By taking out time to rest and relax, whether you’re on holiday or at home, can help rebalance these hormones before hair loss occurs.

Good Nutrition

By indulging in a diet rich with the right nutrients, you’ll benefit not only your hair but your entire body. For those looking to promote better hair growth, however, adjusting your diet to include the following can help: 

  • Fatty Acids – these acids ensure your skin, hair and nails each stay moisturized, protected and strong. Eat more salmon, tuna, mackerel, flaxseed oils, and walnuts or almonds or take Omegagenics Softgels to get these.

  • Vitamins B, B12 – These vitamins help with the production of red blood cells, which feed hair follicles with oxygen. To get this, eat bananas, potatoes, spinach, meats, poultry, fish, and dairy products.
  • Protein– Our hair follicles mostly consist of protein and so a lack of this can lead to hair loss, weakened hair and hair thinning. Chicken, eggs, fish, and soy products are a good source of protein.

There are plenty of other nutrients that affect hair, including iron, magnesium, zinc, and biotin, all of which can be obtained through food or supplements if you are deficient.

Reduce Or Eradicate Bad Habits

Bad habits like excessive drinking, smoking, and drugs can all cause loss or weakening of our hair. Smoking has been subject to studies which have shown direct links to hair loss. When you smoke, you are inhaling a form of pollution, which can damage your cells and DNA. This ultimately leads to damage to the hair follicles, and then your hair as a result. Alcohol, on the other hand, can interfere with the absorption of key nutrients and vitamins, which, as mentioned before, are necessary for strong hair growth. It can lead to lower levels of potassium and magnesium too, ultimately causing dry, brittle hair and an equally as dry scalp.

Exercise More Often

If you’re not currently very active, introducing a bit of exercise into your routine could be all you need to get your hair to grow faster and with improved strength. While the benefits of exercise for our general health are well known, very few realize that it can directly affect your hair too. When you exercise, your heart pumps blood around your body much more quickly, ultimately leading to improved blood flow to and around the scalp. This then leads to better growth as the follicles can get much more needed oxygen.

Go For The Natural Products

If you’re guilty of using the cheapest shampoo and conditioner you can find, it could be this that’s causing dry and breakable hair. Most ‘cheaper’ shampoos contain sulfates, and while they don’t damage your hair directly, they do strip away the natural oils on your hair and scalp, which are all necessary for strong hair in the long term. Over-washing with these shampoos can lead to the over-production of oils which results in greasy hair, or impaired hair growth if the follicles aren’t getting enough of the oil that you need.

Maintaining your health is important, regardless of whether you’re trying to grow out your hair, improve its conditioner keep up the results of a transplant. Hopefully, this guide has given you a better idea as to just how your health affects your hair – what changes will you make?

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