Best Shampoo/Conditioner for Thinning Hair

[Aker]

I remember Cassin recommending Jason Thin to Thick, but was wondering if people have other recommendations these days.

My hair loss continues, as I'm unable to do the two major components of the big 3, although the Nizoral is hopefully doing something without the others present.

WIth that said, I'm looking for whatever I can use to help plump up my follicles. I've found that I have to wash my hair every day, or it becomes so full of sebum that it looks greasy and wet, further showing my hairloss. So since I am, I figure I can use something to help cover up what's really happening under those strands.

Thanks in advance for recommendations!

 

[aldon]

I used to have really oily hair and I this of course contributes to hair thinning through inflammation. I use Nizoren (1%) once weekly this is the cornerstone.

Now this may or may not work for you but it worked brilliantly for me. Every evening before I go to bed I make up a small batch of jojoba oil and aloe vera gel and then massage into the scalp for about 5 min. My next door neighbor got me onto this and initially I thought it was crap but she kept pestering me to continue it for about 8 weeks. I did just to get her off my back. At about 8 weeks I started to notice a decrease in the sebum production and my hair started to look better and better.

I looked into this a bit further and found out that jojoba oil is very fine and actually travels down to the hair roots, it takes the aloe vera with it and since aloe vera is a very effective antiseptic it works on any infections at root level.

In the days between I use Dr Brenners natural soap (thanks to my neighbor again ) and add a little aloe vera gel when I mix it and just use a normal hair conditioner or no conditioner at all.

I don't know what but something in this mix fixed my sebum problem.

 

[JLL]

Yeah Jason's Thin to Thick is very good.

 

[Bryan]

At about 8 weeks I started to notice a decrease in the sebum production and my hair started to look better and better.

You made your hair less oily by rubbing oil into it?

 

[aldon]

You made your hair less oily by rubbing oil into it?

Yeah I know it seems strange. I use only a small amount mixed in with aloe. Leave in for about 15 mins or overnight and then wash as usual. I am not completely sure what solved my oily hair problem, but this is the only change in my regimen, diet etc.

At one stage my hair would become oily really quickly even by early afternoon. I read somewhere that constant washing was the problem and read that the way was to go "natural". One guy's experience was two weeks of looking like someone had thrown a bucket of oil on your hair and then it would normalize and all you have to do is wash with water after that.

I was going to give this a try if nothing else worked (although I'd need to take two weeks holiday somewhere quiet) but so far the oil and aloe seems to do the trick. I think the jojoba breaks down the sebum and the aloe reduces sebum secretion.

 

[aldon]

Hey Bryan I just noticed your signature that washing does not increase sebum. I am actually glad to hear that because the thought of not washing my hair regularly really puts me off. But, what about those guys who claim that they solved their oily hair by stopping the regular washing?

Doesn't that suggest that for some the regular washing causes excess sebum production?

 

[Bryan]

Hey Bryan I just noticed your signature that washing does not increase sebum. I am actually glad to hear that because the thought of not washing my hair regularly really puts me off. But, what about those guys who claim that they solved their oily hair by stopping the regular washing?

Frankly, I don't believe them. If they test that claim scientifically with something like Sebutape test-strips (special test-strips which are designed to measure sebum on the surface of the skin) or Sebumeters (electrical instruments which do the same thing), I think they'd be surprised by their results.

Doesn't that suggest that for some the regular washing causes excess sebum production?

Nope. The "feedback theory" (the old-fashioned idea that washing the skin stimulates it to produce more sebum to replace what gets washed off) has been thoroughly disproved experimentally. I think some people continue to believe it, mainly because they don't know know how to test it reliably and scientifically (see what I said in the paragraph above), plus the fact that there are certain confounding factors which can fool them into thinking that they're getting a different result than they really are (don't have time to go into all that in any great detail).

 

[aldon]

Yep and and one of the "confounding factors" is the Internet. So much information and just as much misinformation.

 

[MrBastard]

revivogen shampoo. Any good to use on off days when you use Nizoral every 3rd day? Will only use the shampoo and not the topical

 

[MrBastard]

I found 1 other shampoo... This whould work good on non-nizoral days, right?

Green People's Itch Away Shampoo
http://www.greenpeople.co.uk/10-itch-aw ... 125ml.aspx

and a conditioner:
Green People's Aloe Vera Conditioner
http://www.greenpeople.co.uk/aloe-vera- ... 200ml.aspx

No stuff that can harm hair growth or block any other ingredients you may take topicaly as i can understand. Just pure, clean and non-harmfull washing? Dont know if it give the illusion of thicker hairs in any way tho


Edit:
http://www.greenpeople.co.uk/intensive- ... 200ml.aspx
Green People's Intensive care conditioner...
"ORGANIC JOJOBA, QUINOA & B VITAMINS" Just some of the ingredients it got. Atleast the jojoba and b vitamins is good, had to google quinoa and found only good things about that too.