A Natural Remedy For Hair Loss - Fact Or Fiction?

Is there a natural remedy for hair loss? The search has been on for a natural remedy for hair loss for a little over four thousand years and over that time literally thousand of oils, herbs, and foods have been promoted as the next big thing in hair regrowth.
Many of the natural remedies for hair loss are names you may recognized such as aloe vera, lavender, jojoba oil, almond oil, bhringaraj oil (for those of you who are into Ayurvedic medicine), sesame seed oil, poppy seeds, yucca and a couple from the trusty spice rack; rosemary and sage.
I even recently read about a fellow who claimed that prior before his morning shower he applied an egg to his scalp, let it sit for 20 minutes, and then washed the egg off while showering claiming it restored his lost hair.
Yes, sometimes in the search for a natural remedy for hair loss things can get pretty crazy.
  The facts are that many of the listed natural remedies for balding will help with hair conditioning, improve circulation and some may even stimulate hair growth but there is no scientific evidence confirming the efficacy in stopping the balding process.
But to gain a better understanding as to whether the existence of a natural remedy for hair loss is fact or fiction one must first gain a better of understanding of balding itself.
Hair loss can be caused by just about as many factors as there are balding remedies.
Examples would be diabetes, chemotherapy drugs, hormones, genetics, oral contraceptive, vitamin A, an underactive thyroid, crash diets, pregnancy, stress, lupus, kidney disease, liver disease and severe illnesses especially those producing high fever.
In many cases hair will grow back on its own.
A good example of this would be chemotherapy drugs.
When no follicle damage has occurred many of the natural remedies for hair loss listed above can actually be quite helpful in reconditioning the scalp and stimulating growth.
But the 800 pound gorilla in the room of hair loss is a follicle damaging beast known as androgenetic alopecia.
  Androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness/female pattern baldness) is responsible for nine out of ten cases balding.
It is an androgen hormone (testosterone, androsteinedione, and dihydrotestosterone) driven genetic condition that over several hair growth cycles causes hair to become finer and shorter.
It also interrupts the natural hair replacement cycle and renders many follicles incapable of producing any new healthy hair growth.
Along as the primary hair loss hormone dihydrotestosterone is allowed to run wild very little can be done to stop its progression.
The trick to slowing or reversing this condition is either limiting the production of DHT or blocking hair follicles from its harmful effects.
  Research suggests that the herbs saw palmetto and nettle are effective natural way of doing just that.
Will these herbs restore your hair to its former glory? Probably not, but they can help you keep the hair you have and create an environment where new growth is possible.
    What Next? Search the internet for a natural remedy for hair loss containing saw palmetto and/or nettle to block DHT plus vitamin B6, biotin, zinc, and magnesium to provide your scalp with the vital nutrients it needs to produce healthy hair.