Grooming and Scarring Hair Loss in African-American Women

Hair grooming practices, such as braids and weaves, as well as inflammation in the form of bacterial infection, may be contributing to the development of scarring hair loss in African American women, according to a report posted online that will appear in the August print issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

"Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is a term coined by the North American Hair Research Society to describe a scarring hair loss, centered on the vertex of the scalp, that spreads peripherally," the authors write as background information in the article. "It is thought to be the most common pattern of scarring hair loss seen in African American women, yet so little is known about its true prevalence among them."

Herbal Treatment for Women Hair Loss

Unlike male pattern baldness, female pattern hair loss often appears in thinner hair in some areas and not completely hair loss.How to reduce receding hair lines are not frequently questioned as men do. Many women experience thinning hair loss but don't even know it till it has gone too far.  So, it should be a part of every approach to women's health to give basic information and educate them about hair fall in women.

While there is no permanent drug treatment, many scientist and researchers trace back the history and find out some herbs are used as hair loss treatments for a long time without much attention from modern medication.   Now herbal remedies are more and more quoted as alternative treatments to prevent or evenstop hair loss.  Many doctors, anyway, would like to use herbs as integrative medicines and holistic medicines for hair loss and baldness.

Below are some herbal remedies for women hair loss.