Alopecia cure?

Until recently, anti-baldness remedies wore the label of magical elixir. At present, circulating in the market thousands of potingues manufactured with all sorts of substances, placentas, plants, algae and hundreds of formulas in the miraculous converted potion that promise eternal hair.

One of these products is Viviscal, a compound of extracts of marine origin with "proteins, mucopolysaccharides cartilaginous fish, minerals and amino acids briquettes" according to its prospectus says.

Another was Capivax, a Chinese cure of plant origin. Their effectiveness is yet to prove. Even the modern-drug treatments mainly based on the administration of minoxidil-only produce a growth of hair on, and not all patients.

And within the world of cosmetics, large firms have shampoos and treatments to combat the fall. One of the last preparations in the market is the Aminexil, a molecule antifibrosis related minoxidil, or that firms like Kérastase Vichy (L'Oreal) are already marketed.

For some specialists, however, the best solution is prevention. And a key factor is food. There are substances such as vitamins and trace elements in group B that are necessary for development, formation and growth of hair. The low consumption of oats, barley or wheat conducive to its downfall. And the snuff and alcohol are triggers for a loss of these substances which, if not replace, weaken the hair.

Maintaining a diet rich in vitamin A, B complex, proteins and carbohydrates can help delay the alopecia, and, in the same way, frequent massages and heat promote the reduction of the fall, and that increases vasodilation and metabolic activity.