Q : I am a 28 year old female with thinning hair. I have always had soft hair, but now it is so thin that I cannot wear it down without people laughing at me. I have paid and tried many methods but to no avail. Can you please HELP?

A : Eliminating hair problem is easy with Audra Herbals Hair Care products. Unlike drugs or surgery, Audra Herbals' Hair products are purely natural, with unique combination of botanical extracts, and strictly no chemicals, steroids or animal by-products. Audra Herbals strongly believe that the concept of good quality products starts with an open philosophy that adheres to stringent quality control in the research, development and manufacturing stage of our products. Therefore, we assure that only the finest ingredients that nature has provided are used in our Targeted Holistic Formulations. Herbs are formulated in a harmonising way to establish balance and synergy.

Q : Is there anything else out there besides Audra Herbals Holistic Hair Care that have been proven to grow hair?

A : Unfortunately, No! There are hundreds and maybe thousands of products that grow profits but none have been proven to grow new hair. Since 1989, Audra Herbals has had high success rate in re-growing hair This gave the founders, Mdm. Theresa Petrose and Mr. Edwin Sebastian, the confidence to go global where there is a great demand for genuine Hair Loss Products offering a permanent and trully result orientated solution to hair loss.

Q : What causes hair loss?

A : There is much debate on this topic. While the link between certain forms of hair loss and the immune system is well-accepted, there is also evidence for a connection between the immune system and pattern loss (androgenic or androgenetic Alopecia). In line with this, it appears that male hormones--especially DHT--trigger an autoimmune response in pattern loss, initiating an attack on the hair follicle that can be observed microscopically. This results in destructive inflammation that gradually destroys the follicle's ability to produce terminal hair. The reason for this could be that androgens somehow alter the follicle, causing it to be labeled as a foreign body. A possibly related factor is that elevated androgens also trigger increased sebum (oil) production, which can favor an excessive microbial and parasitic population, also leading to inflammation. In any case, hair progressively miniaturizes under the withering autoimmune attack, so that with each successive growth cycle it gets shorter and thinner until it finally turns into tiny unpigmented vellus hair (peach fuzz).

In men, balding typically follows the classic horseshoe pattern known as male pattern baldness or MPB, though diffuse thinning can also occur. It has been noted that both the number of androgen receptors and the level of 5-alpha reductase, which converts testosterone to DHT, are higher in susceptible areas than in the rest of the scalp. Women's hair loss tends to be diffuse but is also primarily hormonally driven.

The story of balding is, however, not the story of androgens alone. Rather pattern loss appears to have multiple contributing factors once the process is underway. For instance, damage to blood vessel linings can inhibit a growth factor they ordinarily produce: endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) or nitric oxide (NO). Minoxidil probably works in part by mimicking this growth factor. Similarly it has been noted that severe baldness is strongly correlated with heart disease and even diabetes, so there appears to be some common etiology outside of the strictly androgen paradigm for pattern loss. There are likely other factors as well.

Q : What's the best hair loss treatment?

A : There is no simple answer to this due to the over commercialising of so many treatment methods. These methods can cost a lot but most with very little or no results at all. Audra Herbals hair products however are the only products with high success rate in re-growing hair to the extent that more than 90% of users have successfully achieved good results in re-growing their hair back. The testimonies given are best proof of the success of Audra Herbal hair products.

Q : How long does it take to see results from any treatment program?

A : You will experience the results in just a month! Best results are however prominently seen after the two-month mark. This is because hair follicles undergo a relatively long dormancy period in between growth cycles (usually about 3 months). This is because hair only grows about 1/2 inch per month in non-thinning areas and usually considerably slower in thinning areas. Since it generally takes several cycles of growth/fallout/regrowth, with the hair getting thicker and longer each time, it takes the two-month mark to see noticeable improvement. Best regrowth results are seen with hair that was lost within the last five years and in areas of the scalp in which there is still some fine hair.

Q : What is the hair growth cycle?

A : It is normal to lose 75-100 individual hairs daily. With male pattern baldness, new hair growth is diminishing in taking the place of hairs that are shed. Hair is constantly growing in cycles. These cycles are as follows:

ANAGEN - This is the growth cycle in which cells divide and elevate to the upper portion of the hair bulb, as dead cells. Hairs in this growth stage become longer and larger. The anagen cycle normally runs in durations of two to seven years.

CATAGEN- During the catagen stage the hair is separated from it's nutritional source and hair growth stops. The follicle begins to shrink and no melanins, which create hair color, are added. The duration of this cycle is normally two to three weeks.

TELOGEN- During this cycle (which ranges in time from one to four months) the hair either falls out or is forced out by new growth. With a normal growing head of hair the anagen cycle begins again at this stage. Each individual hair is totally independent. The anagen stage normally involves between eighty-five percent and ninety five percent of the total number of hairs on one's scalp. The catagen stage normally involves less than one percent of the total amount of scalp hairs. The telogen cycle involves five to fifteen percent of total scalp hairs.

When you are losing hair through pattern hair loss, the catagen and telogen stage are not accelerated but instead, the anagen stage diminishes on a gradual basis with the hair growing finer and finer and also shorter until growth is virtually invisible.