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This article gives me an opportunity to share a story that I’ve shared with my kids though I don’t think they believe me. When I was a teen I heard my dad say
by hair 3y ago
This article gives me an opportunity to share a story that I’ve shared with my kids though I don’t think they believe me.
When I was a teen I heard my dad say that my uncle (his older brother) would make a habit of advice that he liked, and then keep the habit forever. For example, a long time ago someone had advised him to massage his scalp daily for healthy hair. He was in his 70s at that point and had far less grey than my much younger dad.
So, around that time I started to vigorously massage my scalp every day while taking a shower. I spend about 15-20 seconds doing so.
My uncle passed away in his mid eighties with far less grey than is normal at that age.
I’m now approaching my mid fifties with only a handful of grey and keep on getting “you don’t look your age” comments.
It may be genes or it may be this practice.
- HopenHeyHi 3y agoIt works even better if you rub your belly at the same time. Not a lot of people have that kind of coordination tho.
- Freire_Herval 3y agoScience: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740347/
- HopenHeyHi 3y agoAhem. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19965058/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19965058/
- Freire_Herval 3y agoDoesn't help hair.
- hair 3y agoWow! Thank you
- jnsie 3y agoUncle didn't have any tips for a receding hairline by any chance?
- moralestapia 3y agoHit the gym? Lol.
- esotericsean 3y agoThe What I've Learned YouTube channel recently did a video on this! https://youtu.be/Yehk_h_Uj6k https://youtu.be/Yehk_h_Uj6k
- VeninVidiaVicii 3y agoHard to refute -- I use a pretty vigorous spin-brush-dryer on my hair every day for ~5 minutes, which only does the top and front. I just noticed recently that the sides have grown out beyond a few mm, and they are much grayer than the top.
- zeroclick 3y agoDoesn’t everyone grey on the sides first?
- agumonkey 3y agomaybe microvascular stimulation helps hair follicles lifecycle
- LazyMans 3y agoThere is a subreddit dedicated to hair loss and techniques. I think one of the highly rated posts discusses use of weekly dermarolling, massaging the scalp, in combination with the regular things like finasteride, minoxidil, and ketoconazole shampoo. Anyways, this isn't exactly science. I think one mode of action to explore is increased blood flow helping with hair growth. We know massaging an area increases blood flow to that area, in turn promoting better cellular metabolic processes. Dermarolling seems to do this through inflicted trauma/irritation to said area. I know one of the actions of minoxidil is a vasodilator. Checks out. Worst case you just have really clean hair and developed a new daily mindfulness technique.
- smackeyacky 3y agoOh wow. My father went bald. As a teenager i didnt want that to happen so to my stupid teenage mind it made sense to vigorously massage my head when I washed my hair. It is still lush at 54. Pretty sure it was just genetics, but i still do the same thing 40 years later and now I am afraid to stop.