How to Regrow Your Hair Naturally

How to Regrow Your Hair Naturally
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When you lose your hair, it can be an embarrassing experience. Don't worry, millions of American lose their hair every year, and there are ways you can regrow it naturally. Most people lose their hair from genetic reasons, which means there was no way you could have prevented it from falling out. Hair loss happens when your hair follicles cease to make the chemical keratin, which is responsible for hair growth. You must produce a healthy amount of keratin if you want to regrow your hair. You can naturally regrow your hair by eating the right diet, hydrating your body, drinking tea and using oils.

Step 1

Rub olive oil into your scalp to regrow your hair naturally. Olive oil helps flush your hair follicles of dirt and oil that builds up and blocks its openings. The dirt, oil, sweat and dead skin from daily wear and tear on your skin damages your hair follicles, preventing them from growing keratin. Olive oil cleans out your hair follicles, making it possible to start producing keratin again. Pour a few drops of olive oil into your hand, then massage the places on your head that you want to regrow your hair. Let the oil evaporate into your skin.

Step 2

Hydrate your body to regrow your hair. If you don't get enough water in your body, you can't get enough nutrients to produce keratin and grow healthy hair. You need to drink at least 64 oz of water every day, according to the Mayo Clinic, to produce keratin, regrow your hair and keep your hair healthy.

Step 3

Eat the right diet to regrow you hair naturally. Protein is a key ingredient in healthy hair and healthy skin. Protein provides the nutrients necessary to produce keratin and regrow your hair in a natural way. Eat a serving of protein a every meal, such as eggs, yogurt, chicken and tofu.

Step 4

Drink green tea to naturally regrow your hair. Green tea can lower the amount of DHT, or dihydrotestostorone in your body's system. DHT is one of the main reasons for hair loss, so if you drink green tea you can fight off hair loss and help your hair follicles to produce keratin again. Drink about 24 oz of green tea every day to regrow your hair.

Step 5

Use aromatherapy to regrow your hair naturally. Aromatherapy is a treatment that uses essential elements oils to help your hair follicles to produce keratin again. Essential oils are herbs that are compressed and then released when the oil is massaged into the skin. In a study done by the Archives of Dermatology, 44 percent of a small group of people who applied essential oils to the places on their head they wanted to regrow hair experienced new hair growth.

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Article reviewed by Lynda Moultry Belcher Last updated on: Jun 14, 2011

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