Fantasia Salon / Spa and Wig Specialists

I’m sure you can imagine that people have been trying to come with a cure for baldness for centuries. Because of this, there are some pretty innovative treatments out there which I thought it would be fun to share with you.

But first, my disclaimer. None of these treatments have FDA approval, and none have been tested in large-scale studies. They may or may not work. This article is not intended as medical advice but purely for information. So, if you chose to try any of these things, do so at your own risk.

Every one of these home remedies are taken eigher by mouth or rubbed into the scalp. Make sure you are not allergic to any of the ingredients. So, here goes. First, are remedies remedies taken by mouth:

Drink a glass of any of these daily:

• Coriander leaf (cilantro) juice
• 1tsp apple cider in vinegar
• Smoothy of banana, honey, yogurt and skim milk ( taste great even if it doesn’t work!)
• Juice a mixture of any of the following: alfalfa, lettuce, fresh spinach, cilantro

Okay, now these are remedies designed to be rubbed on your head and have been passed down for centuries:

• Mix 1 cup mustard oil with 4 tablespoons of henna leaves
• Use alma oil, either alone or mixed with coconut milk and or lime juice
• Rub cow dung onto the bald spot (for those with access to a farm)
• Mix a chopped onion and 20 birch leaves in a bottle of alcohol (not sure if it’s rubbing alcohol or the stuff you drink.)
• Grind a bit of locorice and mix with a little saffron in skim milk (warning: saffron is pricey)
• Use coconut milk
• Aloe vera juice
• Mix honey and egg yolk and apply to scalp
• Rub the bald sppot with an onion until it’s red, then rub honey into it.
• Mix castor oil and almond oil, warm and rub into scalp
• Grind black peppercorn with either lemon or lime seeds and rub the paste on thinning spots.
• Put raw mango pulp in a jar of oil and let it age for a year, then rub it into your head (hopefully you won’t be totally bald by then by the time it’s aged…)
• Make a paste of hot olive oil, honey and cinnamon

Again, who knows if any of these age old remedies work? I suspect if any of them do actually work it could be due to the fact that some vitamins and minerals are being absorbed into the scalp and thereby stimulating the hair follicles in turn causing hair growth. We know that vitamins and minerals do help facilitate hair growth.

Perhaps a better plan than any of the above would be to try Hair Support System which we sell at Fantasia. We know it works, it is nutrients for the hair and scalp and it’s definitely less messy (and smelly) than some of the above mentioned remedies!