Today’s Chicago Tribune offers a column from the N.Y. Times called, “It’s not all in your head; Your hair is falling out. Tucked into the article is the following gem:
Tackling hair loss holistically
For Misty Gant, a 35-year-old wellness coach living on New York’s Lower East Side, the change happened fast. After being infected in March, Gant started losing handfuls of her long red hair in the shower and began to notice balding at her temples a few weeks after recovering.
Her first point of attack was an anti-inflammatory diet that cut out sugar, gluten, dairy and alcohol and incorporated colorful fruits and vegetables, oily fish and healthy fats like avocados and nuts. She kick-started a new supplement routine of Omega 3-6-9, turmeric with fenugreek, evening primrose oil and two tablespoons of aloe juice a day, a combination she believes to be anti-inflammatory and lubricating for the skin and hair.
She began giving herself daily scalp massages using Bumble and Bumble Tonic Primer*, which includes rosemary oil, an ingredient that some studies have found to encourage hair growth. Two days a week, she doused her hair in a mixture of coconut oil and pure rosemary oil and left it in for 24 hours. Though not a quick fix, it seemed to pay off: She now has tufts of baby hair growing in at her temples.
"I try to do everything the natural way, and as a wellness practitioner, I know that things take time,” Gant said.”
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