Ok guys, all things being equal, besides not getting it up, it would fair to say the second most feared subject facing all men is hair loss! God forbid if both happen at the same time, but lets stay positive and presume its Thinning Hair & Hair Loss that is your only serious issue at hand right now.

The first and foremost advice to be offered is…don’t panic!! You’ll just stress more and as luck would have it, stress just happens to known as a major cause of temporary hair loss!! Secondly, you need to realise that most guys experience the same problem of hair loss at some stage, so your not alone! Its a matter of establishing the cause(s) and how best to counter/reduce what your losing!

Of course there are those guys who are in the small minority who actually suffer true ‘hereditary hair loss’, which in all honesty does limits your options somewhat, and unfortunately early thinning of your hair is the first sign of this. Without doubt, we all would love a big mop of hair (grey or not!) as we get older, but the chances are pretty slim. Yet, with some smart thinking and action, you can definitely slow down your hair loss, as well as increase the volume of your existing crop as well. Lets all agree that no one really wants a hair transplant or to wear a wig later in life, so it makes better sense to try and improve what we already have now!

It sucks I know, but your lifestyle has a lot to do with it. If you smoke or eat a crappy diet void of nutrients, then I have to tell you your skin and hair will suffer. This is why when you go to these large Hair Specialist Companies, you end up paying a years salary to have a Hair Analysis that will most probably tell you your hair lacks necessary “Hair Minerals” and you walk out being sold hundreds & hundreds of dollars of Hair related products. There is truth in the fact that certain herbs and minerals will help improve the state of your hair and that getting these via a good broad healthy diet makes sense, so do look at what your eating and see if you can add more fruit and vegies into your diet. If its all too hard, then by all means head off down to your local Healthfood Shop where they will sell you a specific Hair Supplement. For the small minority who do have heriditary hair loss, there are several products sold that help prevent your Testosterone being converted into Di-hydrotestosterone, the sneaky culprit that causes your hair to start thinning and eventually fall out. This usually happens as you age but for some its more pronounced and begins a lot earlier. Getting results and improved hair growth is fantastic with these products but unfortunately that are expensive and must be used every day of your life otherwise if stopped all the good work falls out into your basin and down the expensive money drain. I would advise using these only for those who have tried all alternatives mentioned herein and elsewhere and have truly been diagnosed as having Hereditary hairloss maybe just not by the same Company selling your the super expensive (and lifetime supply) of products!

These products will include a topical application which helps dilate the blood vessels under the scalp, allowing more blood -flow circulation and hopefully increase hair strength and provide those nourishing nutrients (presumably in your diet)… Just getting back to stress again, when you get stressed, the skin of your scalp tightens and thus restricts your blood flow resulting in guess what! thinning hair! So heres what you do, every night just give your scalp and hair a good massage… don’t freak out if some hair falls out. This will pass and as more blood flow gets to your hair follicles, your hair should start to get more strength and all going well, some extra will sprout for you. I know it certainly halts losing any more! Even if you lost all your hair and were bald, you still have a few years after, whereby the root under the scalp is still alive (albeit dormant) and with the right care can bring back to regrowth again. I have heard doing headstands are great for increasing scalp blood circulation, but all depends on whether you’ve got a hard noggin or not! One last valuable piece of advice…we have all heard the line “you are what you eat!” well this mainly true, but I’d like to add that your current ‘hair condition’ is more often a result of “what you put on it!” Here I’m talking about all the damage you do to your hair from the everyday use of oil-based Hair Styling products that clog up the pores of your scalp doing - yep - right again! stopping that blood flow again! Also what about all the artificial Shampoos and Conditioners your using, drums loads of the stuff each year..all full of harsh detergents and multitudes of chemicals that damage your hair..making it brittle, hence the eventual thinning and falling out. Artificial colours and fragrances are your hairs worse nightmare! All contributing to wrecking your hair. If you’re serious, its probably time to take a good look at what your using in and on your hair everyday.

I have seen amazing improvements in both scalp and hair conditions just by changing from cheap chemical Hair products to more natural and herbal based ones. Is it me or does this just sound like common sense? There are several great natural hair and scalp brands out there, but without sounding like a brand spruiker, you won’t find much better that VitaMan’s male specific Hair Shampoos, Treatments and Hair styling products! Check them out yourself and decide which way you want your hair blowing in the wind! VitaMan is one of the few Male- only Hair brands that offers specifically formulated Hair products to solve most men’s hair problems. Hair food for thought! One last piece of advise for those lucky enough to live in a hot climate, wear a hat. The sun does as much damage to your hair a sit does your skin and creates havoc, otherwise you’ll end up with stuff resembling straw on your head!