Losing hair can be depressing. Whatever the reason for losing it, hair gives both men and women a certain value. Losing it can be more devastating to some people than others, and that is where treatments for hair loss come in.

People can put a lot of value on the amount of hair they have. Many products are currently available for hair regrowth. However, a lot of these are not very effective.

Alopecia, or the medical word for hair loss, occurs because of a variety of reasons. It can be caused by genetics, hormones, cancer treatments, drugs, and illnesses. It can happen because of one of those reasons or a combination of them.

Knowing the cause of hair loss can help with hair treatment. Sometimes hair loss can be treated in a natural, and safe, way. Organic essential oils have been used for hundreds of years because of their medical value. They have been used for hair regrowth treatments as well.

For example, organic essential oils have been known to treat alopecia areata, or male patten baldness. Alopecia areata is suspected to be caused by an inflammatory immune response that happens after a person is stressed. In 1998 a study was actually done of people suffering from alopecia areata.

Researchers used a mixture that combined cedarwood, rosemary, thyme and lavender essential oil. These organic essential oils were thought to have medical properties that could help reverse the hair loss.

They put together a mixture of cedarwood, lavender, rosemary, and thyme essential oil. Half of the group used the organic essential oil mixture, and the other half used a plain carrier oil. They tested the group several times in a seven month period using photography and measurement systems to see if there was any improvement.

The group that received active treatment showed significant improvement by 44%. The placebo group only improved by 15%. This suggests that high quality essential oil treatments do promote hair growth.

source: Testing was done by Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Isabelle C. Hay, 1998

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