The history of human hair loss is a combination of painful yet many times humorous ideas on what will maintain and grow hair. Men and women have been losing hair for as long as their have been humans have been around. Luckily the hair loss remedies today are a lot more sophisticated than the hair loss remedies of yesterday.
Ancient Egyptians were searching for a hair loss cure. One so called cure used around in Egypt called for reciting a spell to the sun god and then swallowing a mixture of onions, iron, red lead, honey and alabaster. It was also popular in Egypt to rub the fats of various animals onto the scalp, including those of the lions, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, ibex, serpents and geese. Also another recipe of that era for growing hair included toes of a dog, refuse of dates, and a hoof of a donkey.
The Greeks used a mixture of pigeon droppings, horseradish, and a secret blend herbs and spices. West Indians tried to create hair growth with boiled sage in coconut oil. Another method called for boiled Gooseberries in coconut oil.
More modern attempts in Victorian England included vigorous brushing, massage oils, and diets of organ meats, lard, and butter. When the King Louis the VIII of England began wearing a wig to camouflage his own thinning hair, other members of the court followed, regardless of their own hair loss condition. Giant powdered wigs became the fashion in English courts, and the style was continued into the New World.
In 1939 a Japanese dermatologist named Dr. Okuda published in a Japanese medical journal his method for using hair transplant grafts to correct lost hair from the scalp, eyebrow, and moustache areas. At the time, his work didn’t get much recognition. Twenty years later, the punch graft technique was created, and started an era of unnatural looking hair lines.
In the late 1970’s results of minoxidil having the "side effect" of growing hair are published. This comes 5,000 years of hair loss “cures.” The first medication scientifically proven to actually reduce the rate of thinning hair, and help grow back hairs that have been lost have been demonstrated. Ten years later minoxidil finally received FDA approval for hair loss treatment.
Also developments in recent years included the creation of the mini and micro grafts for hair transplants. Hair lines can look more natural for anyone lining up for a hair transplant these days.
There is also finasteride and dutasteride that have been introduced. These are both oral dugs taken and known to disrupt the hair loss process. Because they are drugs, there are side effects that can come with the drug.
There are more natural and less drastic approaches that people can use to help fight there hair loss. I created my own hair loss formula over 15 years ago out of my own desire to not take drugs , or have any kind of hair transplant surgery. I created Revivogen. Revivogen is an all natural hair loss formula that uses nature’s most potent anti-DHT ingredients that are scientifically proven to fight hair loss.
I believe sometimes to appreciate where we are in regard to our fight against hair loss, we have to look at where we’ve been. Take the time now to appreciate that you live in an era where you do have options that are now scientifically proven to fight hair loss. Good luck and email us with any questions at revivogen.com
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