The Ultimate Guide to Choosing the Best Hair Loss Products

Hair loss is a nightmare. For many, seeing more strands than usual falling off your head can send us into a spiral, wondering what the end product will be. Hair loss comes in many forms, including receding hairlines, thinning hair and bald patches, but all forms have the same ability to scare us when we see the signs begin to appear. After all, hair loss is something that happens to a significant portion of the population - so we know exactly what to look for.

But since hair loss happens to a significant portion of the population, it also means that we have a better understanding of how to treat and prevent it. From nutrients that strengthen hair to stimulating regrowth, there are many ways that you can supplement your head's ability to fight hair loss. Understanding which is right for each situation is a little complicated though, which is why we're here. Welcome to Miracle Hair's guide to choosing the right products for your hair loss concerns.

Why Does Hair Loss Occur?

Before we talk about what products are right for fighting hair loss, first we need to talk about why hair loss occurs. Many different reasons and factors come into play when it comes to hair loss, some of which are unpredictable and difficult to stop - but there are many more that can be easily fixed if you know what you're looking for. Let's walk through a few of these to get an idea of what can cause hair loss issues:

Stress: Stress is a big hair loss problem for a lot of people! We've all heard about stress causing us to lose hair, but many would take that to simply be a figure of speech rather than a literal fact. Unfortunately, stress-induced hair loss is all too real. Stress can cause a number of follicles to enter a resting phase, which then causes large portions of hair to fall out at the same time. This can be during the period of stress or months later - the process is unpredictable but it is easily prevented and taken care of once you can recognize the issue with follicle stimulation and removing stressful factors from your life (or learning how to handle them). The good news is that this type of hair loss is temporary generally, and results in no more hair loss than is already natural.

Hormones: Sometimes temporary and sometimes permanent, hormonal fluctuations can be a big deal for hair loss. Hormones can fluctuate for many reasons, sometimes dramatically within a single month. As hormone levels change, your hair follicles can shrink or weaken, causing hair to become thinner or fall out entirely. For temporary fluctuations, this isn't a major problem - but for reductions in hormone levels, like during menopause, these weakened hair follicles can become a permanent state. The good news is that even though this can be a permanent problem, there are easy solutions in hormone replacements and hormone balancing.

Diet: Yes - your diet can affect how thick or healthy your hair is! The food you eat can have the biggest day-to-day impact on your hair strength, as this food is directly metabolized and used for nutrients for your hair. Some of these nutrients include iron, biotin, protein, zinc and vitamins A, C and B12. With a well-balanced diet, these nutrients should be easy to come by. However, in practice, nothing is ever so simple. Fortunately, these are common vitamins found in nutritional supplements and this issue is easily fixed once you know that it could potentially be a problem.

Overprocessing: Spending too much time with your hair can ultimately be harmful. Hair loss due to overprocessing can be directly influenced by many different factors including chemical treatments, coloring your hair, heat processing, harmful chemicals in hair products and over-styling. The more intensely and frequently you process your hair, the more likely you are to see hair loss issues. Our hair might be strong, but frequent management of it can quickly lead to hair shedding. You can prevent this by either styling your hair less or investing in better heat and chemical protection.

Genetics: Now we've gotten to some of the more unavoidable hair loss causes. We've all heard that hair loss is genetic. While this isn't fully true, it's true enough that by looking at your parents you can get a good idea of what to expect. Baldness and hair loss are genetically inherited, and both men and women can go bald - so keeping an eye out for risk factors is very important. The gene for baldness is carried in the X chromosome, so baldness present among your mother's father is more likely to be an issue for you. While genetic hair loss is tricky to stop, it's not impossible - and knowing what to look for and getting an early start on preventative measures can save your hair.

Age: Perhaps the scariest reason on this list, age is the one hair loss reason that almost all of us will inevitably face. As we get older, hair follicles shrink and weaken and you're left with thinning hair or bald spots. This process can begin as early as in our 20s, but generally, hair loss due to age won't impact you until your 40s. This is genetically predetermined - so knowing when your parents and grandparents started to undergo hair loss will help you recognize when you might have to deal with the same issue. Of course, there are ways to slow down age-related hair loss - and the earlier you get started, the easier it will be.

Does Thinning Hair Grow Back?

So now that we've discussed the various reasons why hair loss might occur, it's time for an important question - does thinning hair grow back? The answer is complicated, and not a simple yes or no. Thinning hair can grow back, but it very much depends on what the cause of your hair loss is. For something like nutrient deficiency or overprocessing, growing back thinning hair is easy to do once you learn that these things can be an issue. The same can be true for both stress and hormones, though these might take a little bit more work to address. Age and genetics, however, are not as easily solved.

This isn't to say that you can't grow back hair that has thinned as a result of age and genetics, however - it's just not a quick or easy fix. Aging hair follicles naturally shrink and weaken, and you'll have the best results growing back thinning hair by delaying that thinning to begin with. Fortunately, there are ways to keep your follicles strong and healthy for longer - and now there are even ways to stimulate follicle repair.

Choosing the Right Hair Loss Products

Knowing the cause of hair loss is half the battle. The other half is coming up with the right hair loss products to combat these issues. Now that we've discussed the various reasons hair loss can occur, we've broken down hair loss products into three different categories - preventative, stimulation and thickening. These three categories encompass most of the reasons hair loss occurs and can help you find solutions. Let's dive in!

Preventative Measures

Preventative hair loss products are products that are designed to slow down or prevent hair loss over time. These are the products that you'll want to begin taking early to avoid problems later on. Here are a few you might consider:

Multivitamins: Multivitamins are a fantastic way to prevent hair loss! As previously mentioned, hair loss can be caused by nutrient deficiency, so to prevent this further on and even thicken your hair now, investing in a multivitamin for your health will help you prevent hair loss. These vitamins generally include everything you need, including vitamins B12, C, E, iron and more, and they're easy to add to your daily routine.

Black Rice Water: It might sound simple, but something as straightforward as rice water can help to strengthen your follicles. Black rice water has been a traditional treatment for nourishing and strengthening hair for generations. It can help you minimize shedding, repair split ends, prevent breakage and more. Black rice water is also designed with other hair growth and hair strengthening agents for double the effect - helping you regain lost hair in addition to preventing future hair loss.

Stimulating Hair Growth

But what about for hair that has already begun to fall out? For current hair loss issues, preventative measures can't help much. Fortunately, there are options out there that are designed to help you stimulate hair growth and bring back healthy follicles that produce thick hair.

Hormone Balancers: Not all of us are down with the idea of hormone replacement therapy to help us regrow lost hair. While introducing synthetic estrogen into the body to bring about pre-menopausal estrogen levels might be effective, synthetic hormones could potentially have other effects on your body. Instead, helping your body to naturally balance hormone levels is a good way of staving off the effects of menopause. Hormone balancers come in many shapes, including Menopause Gummies that are designed to deliver specific nutrients to reduce the effects of hormone loss - like hair loss.

Growth Serums: Another solution to hair growth is a dedicated growth serum that's designed with natural ingredients to stimulate your follicles. These serums are generally applied to the scalp directly and focus on problem areas to activate your hair follicles. There are many different types of hair growth serums, including ones that you can use passively like the Rapid Growth Night Serum and Day Serum. All you have to do is work the serum into your scalp at problem areas to see results.

Thickening Your Hair

Finally, let's talk about thickening your hair - while stimulating hair growth by focusing on follicles can help strengthen them, it doesn't necessarily thicken them or help them produce stronger hair. There are dedicated products out there that are designed for this purpose specifically, ones that boost hair growth and thickening without anything else added.

Argan Oil: Argan growth oil is a classic treatment for thinning hair. It's easy to use - simply spray at problem areas or onto your hands and work it into your scalp. This oil helps to rebuild follicles in addition to adding luster and sheen to your hair. Every strand can become fortified and you can walk away with thicker hair with fewer issues. It also comes in many different forms for your convenience.

Growth Sprays: Growth sprays are designed to do exactly what's in the name! Each of these sprays combines many different natural ingredients that can help stimulate hair growth for thicker hair that combats balding or thinning patches. From stress or environmental factors to dietary changes and hormonal fluctuations, growth sprays are designed to supplement your body's natural ability to grow thick hair and repair follicles.

As we've learned, there are many different reasons why hair loss can occur, but there are also many different ways to prevent and fix these issues. The main goal is finding out why precisely your hair loss or hair thinning problems are happening and targeting those problems with dedicated solutions. If the solutions here don't work for you, don't worry - there are many others available that are designed for other specific conditions and problems. It's just a matter of finding what's right and sticking with it. Be sure to take a look at Miracle Hair's wide range of hair loss and hair growth products to discover solutions that work for you. If you need help, we'd be glad to guide you to the perfect answer to your problems.