When you find that you are at a point where your hair is falling out, you have no control of hair loss, and you don't know what to do, you can gain control. In order to know the appropriate action to take and stop hair loss in its tracks, first understand the reasons why you may be going bald.

The primary reasons for hair loss are emotional stress which causes acids to be released in the body and causes weakness in the function of the body. This leads to tension and stress within the hair follicle. As a result, the environment of the scalp and hair follicle is too acidic, becomes weak and cannot support the hair strand within the follicle. Your hair falls out!

Below are several factors that cause stress your body and leads directly to hair loss:

Diet

• When we lack proper nutrition internally and externally, our hair is usually the first to suffer and tell on us. Too much meat or too little protein, meats with toxic chemicals, too little or undernourished vegetables, iron deficiency, mineral deficiencies, inappropriate water intake, and generally poor nutrition will cause stress in the organs and cause your hair to shed, break, bald, and thin.

  Rest

• If you don't allow your body to rest properly, your hair will start to tell on you. When our bodies are exhausted, it causes our organs to become weak and function under stressed conditions.

  Lack of Essential Fatty Acids

• Your hair, scalp, and follicles need support to produce healthy hair and cells. Most women, especially past 40 years old need essential fatty acids.

  Over Processing

• Chemicals like hair relaxers, hair coloring, and common hair and body products are used on the hair are applied, this eventually causes some kind of damage to the hair, scalp and follicle. Most importantly, hair relaxers and most synthetically based hair & skin products are loaded with toxins that cause stress on the organs and in the body.

  Weather Changes

• When the seasons change, so does our hair and skin. When our bodies start to change, pay attention and see exactly what your body is asking for. Replenish the things that your body is missing or is low in. For example, as the weather gets colder, my scalp and skin get very dry. During this time, I drink more water, I intake essential fatty acids and vitamin E, I use the heal elixir on my skin everyday, and I use Naturally Therapeutics Healing Body Butters more often. Listen to your body!

  Tension

• Hair braiding styles, hair weaves, cornrows, lock grooming, and sets that are done too tight will often cause hair breakage, temporary and often permanent hair loss. Tension causes stress within the hair follicle, make the hair follicle weak and unable to support the hair strand. As a result, the hair falls out.

  Stress

• Take an assessment of your stress and how you manage it. Are you in control or is it controlling you? Are you depressed, do you give yourself permission to feel however you do, do you let your feelings pass or do you try to savor the moment, do you acknowledge and do something about negative thoughts and feelings? Too much stress causes the body and organs to become weak, as a result, the environment within the scalp is acidic and the hair falls out.