If I use a just for men hair color every 6 to 8 weeks, will this damage my hair? A hair doctor has advised me it will not. Thank you.

Thanks for your question. Hair dye can damage your hair, but it will not cause hair loss. Dying your hair causes protein loss from the hair in tiny amounts, which can make the hair appear thinner, especially if you lighten your hair colour.

Hair dyes use chemicals to bond the colourants to the hair (both internally and externally) and this means the hair must be penetrated by the chemicals. Dying your hair darker is far less damaging than dying it lighter, but will most likely cause some very mild damage, unless you go to a really good hairdresser.

If you are dying your hair darker to cover grey you really don’t need to worry about this. The damage will not be noticeable. In fact the only damage that you would notice would be as a result of combing your hair while it has the dye in, as this might increase protein loss.

As far as hair loss is concerned, colouring your hair does not cause hair loss because the visible hair is already dead. Any hair that you can see (above the skins surface) is dead and is not growing. The only part of the hair that is alive and growing is beneath the skins surface. This is the most important part with regard to hair loss and hair growth.

If the hair bulb is affected by some chemical or hormone in the blood, hair loss can result. And if the hair bulb is not being adequately fed via the bloodstream, hair growth will stop. However dying your hair only affects the hair above the surface of the skin. If you want to increase your hair growth you need to influence the part of the hair that is beneath the skin — and that is how we stop hair loss and promote hair growth.

I am a 21 year old female and for the last 2 years my hair has been falling out. I feel so foolish for leaving it this long, just thought it would correct itself, but the last couple of months it has just got so bad. My hair is now really thin and is so unhealthy. Also, my scalp is very dry and itchy. Always has been but I’ve never thought to link the two together. My hair is dull and lifeless and every time i touch it, I am guaranteed to have hair fall. I dread having to wash my hair because of the amount of hair loss. I did have a baby 5 years ago, so dunno if that’s part of the problem. Hormones? Do you think my problem if DHT related? Looking forward to hearing back.

The fact that your hair is very dull and unhealthy looking tells me that you need to feed it. Providing your body with a massive abundance of the exact nutrients needed for hair growth would be a good start for you.

The best advice I can give you is to intensely feed your hair using the instructions in the nutrition chapter of my eBook. In that chapter you also learn how to improve your hormonal balance by feeding your ‘prostaglandins’, which regulate hormones.

Reducing your DHT levels might also be a good idea. I would recommend having your DHT levels checked by a doctor first though. At your age DHT is less likely to be a problem.

In the eBook I explain how to remove DHT from the scalp and block DHT production in the body. It is a difficult regime to follow though, so you might want to wait until edition 2 of the eBook is released this spring, which is easier to follow and even more effective. Alternatively download edition 1 (current edition) and sign-up in the members area for a free copy of edition 2 (all my edition 1 buyers get a free copy of edition 2) — that way you get both.

In edition 2 I also explain how to clear up problems that cause an itchy scalp — this is touched on in edition 1 but is covered in more detail in edition 2.

The eBook is available to download here.

You also get a free 8 part audio program that helps train your mind to reduce your stress levels. This is useful in stopping stress related hair loss.

I came across your website when searching for connection between acne and hair loss. I found your article on that very interesting. I suffer from acne since over 10 years. Last year I also started having problems with hair loss. Currently I am taking Procerin to fight with it but after almost 3 months I see no improvement in hair loss (acne is well improved though). Previously I also tried programs that involved healthy diet and taking nutrition but even when following very strict programs (non-gluten, no diary), exercises, enough hours of sleep, liver cleansing and so on…I saw some improvement but certainly never got rid off the problem completely. Now here is what I found out…When doing blood tests my bilirubin levels in liver were extremely high and so I was diagnosed with Gilbert Syndrome which doctors say is harmful and requires no treatment. The point is I think since it is a liver problem it could be the root cause of my acne and hair loss. I was thinking it would be interesting to share that experience with you and perhaps ask what do you think about that. Is there any chance in that situation to follow your program and will I learn anything new apart from diet, taking supplements and topical treatments? I would appreciate your answer very much.

There does seem top be a connection between acne and hair loss. The liver is an important piece of both puzzles but what most acne programs and hair loss programs seem to ignore is stress. Stress has a greater impact on liver health, sebum levels, hormonal balance and hair loss than diet or hygiene. What types of people tend to suffer from acne? It tends to be more intelligent people who have good skin hygiene and above average diets but also have minds that think about stresses more, or they have more pressure to succeed in work life.

The more intelligent you are the more able your mind is to postulate on a greater number of possible outcomes to any given scenario in life — whether it be something you did at work today or something you do everyday in life.

The people who were stressing out about work or their social life at school, college or university tend to also be the people who are stressing out at work later in life. But it’s not the stress that causes the acne or hair loss, it’s the way those types of people deal with the stress badly.

Take for example now homeless people. Homeless people have terrible diets and very poor hygiene compared to the average person. Yet they tend to have thick hair. It’s not because they don’t have what we would consider stress in their lives, it’s that they do now react to stressful situations in the same way as more intelligent people do.

Stress is what makes us get up in the morning and go to work. It’s what motivates us to work harder to improve our lives. We worry that we could or should be achieving more. Homeless people however don’t tend to worry like this. Those of them who do are likely not to be homeless for very long.

Less intelligent people worry less about things and as a result tend not to to be effected by the stress and so have better balanced hormones, their livers have fewer inputs to process and their body has a greater supply of nutrients for the hair and skin because stress is not using up the supply.

Stress and worry have an impact on hormonal balance and sebum production. If you react badly to stressors (such as work deadlines, pressure to succeed in life, or even simply jealousy), it has an impact on your hormonal balance and liver. The result is often an increase in sebum on the skin and a decrease in nutrient supply in the body (especially B vitamins and other key nutrients required for the hair and skin).

These problems are easy to deal with temporarily — by massively increasing consumption of the key nutrients, such as essential fatty acids, B vitamins, magnesium, etc and by cleansing the liver. However if you want to solve these problems in the long term you have to treat the root cause — which in some cases is problems in the mind.

How greater intelligence can take you down the wrong road

Because more intelligent people are more able to consider a greater array of outcomes to any given scenario, some people tend to focus more on the potentially negative outcomes than the potentially positive outcomes. The result is that some peoples’ minds get geared towards thinking about possible negative outcomes — in other words they train their minds over many years to worry about things more so than others.

For example: some guy has a presentation at school and he doesn’t like the idea of people analyzing his every move (which is what he does when watching other peoples’ presentations). So he sows the seed of fear into presenting in front of people. Now he might avoid presentations at school. As a result he could develop a fear of talking in front of people. He will have thought about it greatly and formed hypotheses and (perhaps unfounded) conclusions on what people think of him and how he deals with this form of stress.

These hypotheses and conclusions train his mind over many years and in a myriad if interconnected scenarios to worry and react badly to stressors.

The key is to re-train the mind to stay relaxed and focused in stressful situations

We can use the process of developing conclusions about things we experience in life to ‘reprogram’ the mind, so that it reacts positively to stressors instead of negatively. This really is the major missing ingredient in all the hair loss programs and acne programs I’ve researched. It’s extremely important and sad that not enough attention is paid to it.

The truth is that if you are very relaxed yet focused, your muscles are loose and relaxed and your breathing is relaxed and calm you are likely to be very healthy both internally and in appearance.

This is why I’ve dedicated a chapter in my eBook to stress. I’ve included detailed instructions on how to train your mind to stay relaxed and focused and not over worry.

With the eBook you receive a free 8 part subliminal mind training audio program, that can be listened to while you sleep, exercise or relax. The program works by removing negative habits from the mind and gradually replacing them with positive ones. In the same way as we train our minds over many years to form negative conclusions about experiences, my mind training program reprograms the brain to eventually draw positive conclusions about experiences.

There are also instructions on how to cleanse the liver and replenish the body of nutrients required for hair growth and how to normalise sebum levels, increase circulation in the scalp and reduce DHT levels. These are all crucial to stopping hair loss and regrowing hair.

I’m 14 years old and I’m losing my hair. What should I do?

At your age the hair loss might be due to stress, or some other underlying condition. I highly recommend visiting your doctor to have your scalp and overall health examined. Don’t be embarrassed to talk to your parents or guardians about your hair loss. It is very important that you address this problem now. It could be something simple, such as a small dietary change that is required that may not only improve your hair but also your overall health.

Hair loss in young teenagers (often referred to as alopecia) is often thought to be caused by stress. You doctor might decide that this is the cause of your hair loss. If so you should work on reducing your stress levels. The best way to start is to talk to a parent or guardian about how you feel and whether anything is troubling you. Then you can work on resolving problems together. If you don’t feel you can talk to a parent or guardian, perhaps there is a teacher at school you could talk to?

If your doctor cannot give you a reason for your hair loss I recommend trying another doctor or a specialist dermatologist. Don’t stop until you have found the root of the problem and a suitable treatment.

I’m a an African American female in my late 50′s. I wear a lock hairstyle, having started to grow locks in 2002. While I’ve always had fine hair, I noticed that my hair did change when I was pregnant in my 30′s. I’ve lost quite a bit of hair at the top center of my head and consequently wear my hair up daily – to cover the thin bald areas in my scalp. The information on your site is truly encouraging. At one point I thought I’d have to cut and shave my hair down but was afraid to because I felt it would not grow back. I will purchase your ebook when its affordable. I want to ask if your research 100% extends to women as much as it does men. I would imagine so as hair loss is hair loss. I do not want to cut my hair and look forward to seeing results after about 6 months of following the routines suggested in your ebook. However, I am unable to wash my hair daily. Would you suggest a weekly shampoo? I’m excited, thanks.

Following up to my previous message, I failed to mention that I experience quite a bit of itching at the top of my scalp where I have suffered a lot of hair loss. What could possibly be the cause of the itching? The itching is only in the areas of the extreme hair loss. Please advise. Thanks.

Thanks for your emails.

The instructions in my eBook work for both women and men, although some of the instructions are particularly tailored toward men because of hormonal differences between men and women. The eBook explains how to firstly get your scalp and body back into the condition they were in before the hair loss began — by eliminating all the causes of hair loss. Then we use some powerful techniques to intensely feed the hair and reactivate dormant hair follicles.

However you will find some of the advice in my eBook difficult and perhaps even impossible to follow if you are unable to wash your scalp. In the eBook I recommend applying a special custom made formula to the scalp, which feeds the hair. This will not be practical if you cannot wash your scalp in the morning.

The itching you describe could be due to a skin condition such as eczema, which is a very common skin condition, or it could be due to something such as demodex mites, which is less common. It’s difficult to treat these conditions without being able to apply topical treatments to the effected areas and washing the scalp daily. For example shampoo containing zinc can be used to treat dandruff and itchy scalps. And other treatments can be used to remove demodex mites, but they rely on you being able to properly wash your scalp thoroughly after each treatment.

My best advice would be for you to visit a local dermatologist and have your scalp examined under a microscope. However any dermatologist is likely to advise you to wash and treat your scalp. If you’re not happy to do this you’re only other options are to use diet to help feed your hair by increasing your consumption of food for hair growth. You could also try using some of the methods I use to increase blood circulation in the scalp, which help increase the supply of nutrients to the hair, via the bloodstream.

Your priority should be to eliminate the cause of the itching. Once you have achieved this you can start applying techniques to reactivate dormant hair follicles.

I am living in Pune for 9 months. My hair is falling badly. I am suffering from dandruff. Can you suggest any remedy and suggestion in diet or anything?

I would suggest massaging organic cold-pressed extra virgin coconut oil into your scalp every night to help clear up the dandruff. Wash the coconut oil out each morning with a good shampoo such as one of these organic shampoos, one of these ant-DHT shampoos or one of these specialist hair loss shampoos. Ideally choose a shampoo that contains zinc — this will also help further clear up the dandruff.

I would also increase your consumption of oily fish such as salmon and mackerel for increased omega 3. Also increase your consumption of green leafy vegetables such as baby leaf spinach to increase your iron intake.

Stress is a possible cause of your hair loss. Do you exercise regularly? You should aim to get quality strenuous exercise (that makes you sweat and get out of breath) three times a week if possible. Take some time to relax every day without any distractions and try to get a good nights sleep every night.

If you feel stress is a big problem for you, try downloading my eBook, which has a chapter dedicated to training your mind to relax in stressful situations — it also comes with a free 8 part audio subliminal mind training programme, which trains your mind to stay calm and focused.

Hi, I am suffering from hair loss suddenly. Please advise. Recently I shifted my house and so I thought it may be change of water. still when I use drinking water for hair wash it continues.

Moving house, changing job, major diet changes and other major sudden changes in life often cause a sudden increase in hair loss. However it’s not likely to be because of a change in your water, it’s far more likely to be stress related.

Moving house can be quite stressful and a major sudden change in your everyday life can increase your stress levels.

Stress is such a significant cause of hair loss. It’s up there with DHT in the top causes of hair loss but it’s often underrated in it’s importance by people. I really can’t overstate how much of a difference it can make to your health and appearance to have low stress levels.

If you’re a calm, relaxed person who doesn’t worry too much about things, doesn’t get stressed out, too angry or anxious:

• you will breathe deeply and slowly;
• your muscles will be loose and relaxed;
• your hormones are likely to be in good balance;
• you will not be draining your body of nutrient resources;
• your liver and bowels will be in better health;
• your skin and hair will be far healthier looking;
• you’ll get better sleep;
• and you’ll have more energy during the day.

Stress has a huge impact on your health. It causes hormonal surges, it drains the body of nutrients needed for hair growth, it causes muscle tension that can inhibit blood flow to the scalp and it can have a damaging effect on your immune system (to name just a few things).

Conquer stress and conquer hair loss

If you feel like you suffer from above average stress levels on a regular basis, you worry a lot or often feel nervous or anxious, you need to change the way you deal with stress, if you want to stop your hair loss.

I have dedicated a chapter of my eBook to training your mind so that you react in a calm, relaxed way rather than worrying or stressing out about things. I instruct you how to use my free audio mind training programme to ‘reprogramme’ your thoughts, so stressful situations actually energize you and make you feel calm and focused.

If you suffer from high stress levels, or deal with stress badly I highly recommend you follow the instructions in my eBook and use the audio mind training programme to change the way you deal with stress, worry and anxiety.

I recently went off the pill due to high copper levels in my body and have had a particularly bad shed. Does the pill inhibit DHT production in the body? I am 38 yrs old and have been on minoxidil, laser therapy, dermaroller and supplementation. My scalp is also particularly scabby and dry a lot of the time. My thinning seems to be diffuse but particularly in the temple areas so cant really tell what the cause of my hair loss is. Very distressed!

The contraceptive pill changes your hormonal balance, which can cause hair loss or stop hair loss, depending on how it alters your estrogen/progestin levels. Temporary hair loss can also result for a few months after coming off the pill. Different types of pill have different effects and of course everyone is different so hormonal balance is different from person to person.

However I would be most concerned about the condition you describe your scalp to be in. I would recommend getting your scalp looked at by your doctor and making sure you have no deficiencies in your diet.

Did your doctor recommend you come off the pill? Did you ask your doctor about the condition of your scalp? It sounds as if you might have a fungal infection in your scalp. I would really recommend getting that sorted first, by asking advice from your doctor.

I would also recommend following the instructions in the nutrition section of my eBook to make sure you are getting all the nutrients required for strong hair growth.

It’s possible that coming off the pill has caused an elevation in your DHT levels, which is causing your hair loss. However I would always recommend getting the things that are clearly wrong fixed first before you start with the guess work. So get your scalp looking healthy, make sure you have no nutrient deficiencies and that you are consuming an abundance of nutrients for your hair. Then we can look more at hormonal balance, which would certainly be effected by the contraceptive pill.

Give your body a chance to readjust having come off the pill over the next six months while you get your scalp healthy and your nutrition sorted. Then if the hair loss is still occurring, it’s time to start looking at hormonal balance and DHT levels, which you can have checked by your doctor.

How do you cure trichorrhexis nodosa?

Unfortunately it’s very difficult to say without knowing the underlying cause of your Trichorrhexis Nodosa. I can help you improve your hair growth but in order to cure the underlying condition I would need to examine your scalp, hair and blood.

If you suspect you have Trichorrhexis Nodosa you should make an appointment with a doctor and get refferred to a dermatologist who will be able to examine your scalp closely. Your doctor will be able to test your blood for known causes of Trchorrhexis Nodosa, such as hypothyroidism or an amino acid deficiency.

Aside from having a proper examination I can recommend following an exellent diet that promotes hair growth (such as the one I describe in the nutrition chapter of my eBook) and keeping your stress levels low.

If you only have mild Trichorrhexis Nodosa it may be caused by something simple such as overheating your hair (with curling tongs or straighteners for example) or damaging when brushing. If that’s the case, I’d recommend you read and follow the instructions in my article “How to End Split Ends” and switch to a gentle shampoo such as the one listed in this article: “10 Organic Shampoos that Do Not Contain Sodium Lauryl Sulphate“.

In general, if no underlying condition is found, eating foods that feed the hair, keeping stress levels low, increasing blood circulation in the scalp and getting the scalp into the correct condition for hair growth will all help stop the Trichorrhexis Nodosa.

Hair loss after pregnancy is quite common. It is caused by hormonal changes that cause the growth phases of the hair to go out of sync. As a result you can experience excess hair loss some months after giving birth.

Usually the hair growth phases will get back into sync and the hair will regain its original thickness but sometimes this does not occur and the hair can remain thin or get even thinner.

The condition can be worsened by increased stress and reduced sleep (due to caring for the baby at night). The combination of increased stress and much less sleep can result in a reduction of nutrients available to feed the hair because the body is drained of nutrients.

The best way to treat hair loss after pregnancy

Post-pregancy hair loss can treated with a healthy diet, stress management (including some exercise, quality sleep and relaxation time) and the use of some nutrient rich superfoods that feed the hair, helping it grow and remain in the growth phase for longer.

To kick start your hair back into growth, I would recommend feeding the hair with the special combination of nutrients I describe in the nutrition section of my eBook. I also explain how to use two very special superfoods that together help improve hormonal balance and increase the hairs growth phase. This is precisely what you need to get your hair growing thick again post-pregnancy.

If you are suffering from stress or finding it hard to wind down after a hectic day, leave the stress-relieving audio programme (which comes free with my eBook) running in the background while you relax or go about your day and follow my stress relief tips to help you wind down and maximise your relaxation time.

In my eBook I also explain several special Yoga moves that help improve digestion, blood circulation and further relieve stress, to help further improve health and the condition of your hair.

Some of the instructions in the eBook are designed for people suffering severe hair loss and will be too extreme for you. Ignore Step 1, which is all about the scalp and concentrate on the nutrition and stress chapters. Some of the instructions in the circulation chapter will help boost your hair growth but some of this will also be too extreme for you.