Baldness typically known as excessive hair loss from your scalp and can be the result of heredity, certain medications or an underlying medical condition. Moreover, baldness is striking the young in India. Hair loss, which was till recently believed to strike only after the age of 40, is now being reported in men and women in their 20s.

Unlike hair loss resulting from disease or other non-hereditary factors, hair loss due to common baldness is permanent. Like your skin and nails, your hair goes through a finely tuned cycle of growth and rest. Excessive hair loss can occur at any time this delicate cycle is upset.

Causes of Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance.

Other causes of temporary hair loss include:

? Poor nutrition

? Medical treatments

? Recent high fever, severe flu or surgery

? Infancy Childbirth.

? Scalp infection

? Hair treatments

? Burns

? X-rays

? Scalp injuries

? Poor diet

? Vitamin deficiencies

? In women following child birth

? Stress

? Crying or preventing tears

Home Remedies for *Boil 1 cup mustard oil with 4 tablespoon henna leaves. Filter it and bottle. Massage on the bald patches regularly.

*Take few leaves of henna and boil it into mustard oil. Massage of this prepared oil is very effective to treat hair loss.

*Ground well seeds of black pepper and lime to make a paste. It is useful for the treatment of patchy baldness.

*Mixture of the powder of black pepper, onion and salt is rubbed on the bald patches to check the infection of ringworms.

*Use of coconut milk all over the scalp and massaging it into the hair roots is also beneficial in the treatment of hair loss. It nourishes the hair and promotes hair growth. Coconut milk is prepared by grinding the coconut shavings and squeezing them well.

*Onion has also been found beneficial in patchy baldness. The affected part should be rubbed with onions morning and evening till it is red. It should be rubbed with honey afterwards.

*Mix Olive leaves with peach leaves, pomegranate leaves, buckthorn leaves, Henna, olive oil, and some salt. Grind and boil the mixture then leave to cool. Drain through a fabric and save in a container. Smear on the hair before bed time and leave for the whole night, wash in the morning. Repeat for 1-2 weeks. It will make the hair stronger and darker and will grow some new hair.