Exercise
Exercises for hair health.
These are the sorts of things you can do that, over time, may give slight improvements to the health and growth of your hair. However, like any holistic approach, these home-made natural remedies for thinning hair and hair loss will take time. So it's important that, if you do decide to try some or all of these ideas, you commit yourself to doing them regularly for several months.
1. Slow deep breathing
This might sound unlikely, but deep breathing can increase your energy levels by delivering more oxygen to your blood. Your circulation system will run a bit more efficiently too. Both these things can help nourish your scalp follicles.
2. Neck stretches
Tilts - keep your head facing forwards and tilt left then right.
Turns - turn your head as far left, then as far right as you can without straining.
Nods - nod your chin down to your chest. Then lift your head back and up.
Combined with slow deep breathing, these exercises will help relieve tension in the neck and improve circulation to some extent. You will need to repeat each exercise several times.
3. Head and neck massage
These feel good and can probably encourage an increase in circulation to the scalp for a short period of time. Importantly, they'll also reduce stress too, which again should help scalp circulation slightly.
4. Gravity exercises
Another home remedy for thinning hair involves the use of gravity. Various ideas exist, but shoulder stands (with or without a wall to prop yourself up) are probably the fastest way to increase blood flow to the scalp.
Other, less extreme versions that don't require the same degree of strength, flexibility and balance include simply lying on your back and lifting your legs up against a wall. You can also buy special chairs or tables that are pivoted so you can spend time inverted.
5. Aerobic exercise
Cycling, swimming, jogging, walking, etc tend to lower testosterone levels which, in turn, will lower DHT levels (and less DHT should mean less hair loss).
