How to Make Hair Stop Shedding

There is nothing more disconcerting than showering or brushing your hair and seeing large clumps come out, or to notice a slow and steady decrease in your hair thickness. Fortunately, depending on the cause of your shedding, you can follow this how-to to reverse the process.

Things You'll Need

• Iron
• Good conditioner
• Medical doctor for consultation

Instructions

1. If you notice hair shedding, first take stock of how much hair you're losing--believe it or not, 50 to 100 hairs are perfectly normal to lose on a daily basis. Consider whether or not this is normal loss and breakage.

2. As a very basic step, use a better conditioner, because your hair could be simply snapping mid-strand rather than being sloughed off at the follicle. Choose an intense conditioner formulated for dry or damaged hair, and give it at least a week to show definite results.

3. For one week, stop using damaging hair tools like a hair dryer and hot tools such as straighteners and irons. These can significantly damage your hair and increase shedding and breakage.

4. If that does not resolve the shedding, consider your diet. Iron and protein deficiencies both can make hair weak and prone to shedding, breakage and loss. By either taking a supplement or increasing the presence of these in your diets, you may correct your problem.

5. If none of these things correct the problem, see a doctor. Several serious diseases have hair loss as a symptom, including Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome, thyroid disorders and undiscovered infections.

Tips & Warnings

• Common causes of hair loss and shedding are pregnancy, cancer treatment, high fever, really severe infections, teenage hormonal changes or stress.

• If your hair loss is ever accompanied by rapid and unexplained weight loss or weight gain, difficulty breathing, fever or vomiting, see a doctor immediately.