1) Too much in­doors and a lack of stim­u­la­tion leads to a de­crease in blood flow and a slug­gish scalp, there­by cre­at­ing a scale-like build-up, lead­ing to hair loss if left unchecked:

Us­ing fin­ger­tips (not nails), use ro­tary move­ments and mas­sage en­tire scalp for five-ten' min­utes. Find le­git­i­mate rea­sons to get out­side, you need sun and air, keep your blinds open. In ex­treme cas­es, a med­icat­ed sham­poo and oint­ment may be nec­es­sary.

2) Pre­ven­ta­tive main­te­nance is sim­ply to keep hair look­ing and feel­ing healthy dai­ly. Sham­poo hair on­ly when dirty, av­er­age is twice per week, once in some cas­es and three times if over­ly oily. Keep dry hair and scalp light­ly mois­turised at all times. For longer hair that mats, gen­tly de­tan­gle dai­ly, start­ing at the back, us­ing a wide-tooth comb. (Leave in treat­ments, hair strength­en­ers and hair vi­t­a­mins could al­so be ben­e­fi­cial at this time).

3) Re­sist the temp­ta­tion to ap­ply strong chem­i­cals at home, for ex­am­ple, high vol­ume per­ox­ides and am­mo­nia, re­lax­ers and bleach­es. Al­so, avoid the use of hot irons and sim­i­lar im­ple­ments. Do not keep ten­sion on any part of the head, es­pe­cial­ly the front where it is weak­est, us­ing bands and clips. Ba­si­cal­ly, do not do any­thing that could lead to hair trau­ma, break­age or hair loss.

4) Keep your im­mune sys­tem strong. Eat well-bal­anced meals, use more nat­ur­al foods, in­clud­ing veg­eta­bles, fruits var­i­ous peas and beans and nuts, nat­ur­al ce­re­als like oats and bar­ley etc, smooth­ie con­coc­tions are ex­cel­lent. Lim­it con­sid­er­ably chem­i­cal­ly pre­served and processed and re­fined foods that are usu­al­ly low in nu­tri­tion­al val­ue. Al­so mon­i­tor oily, sug­ar and salt-based foods. Grad­u­al­ly in­crease your wa­ter in­take, start­ing with a glass first thing in the morn­ing to cleanse the sys­tem.

5) Re­sist and re­buke neg­a­tive thoughts. Wor­ry and anx­i­ety are two ma­jor con­trib­u­tors to hair loss. Keep your mind and spir­it con­fi­dent and pos­i­tive. Cul­ti­vate an at­ti­tude of grat­i­tude, con­stant­ly be­ing ap­pre­cia­tive by giv­ing praise and thanks in how much you have, be­fore com­plain­ing about what you do not have. The per­fect way to start your day to­geth­er with a smile.

6) If your hair has be­come too long and stringy, or too thick and bulky and you can't stand it any longer, a mea­sure of re­lief can be had. At your own risk, part your hair in­to four quarts be­gin­ning at the back, take one-inch sec­tions and care­ful­ly cut off no more than one inch at a time, off the ends on­ly. If in doubt keep your hair healthy, con­trol it and wait.

7) There is no sub­sti­tute for ex­er­cise. Fol­low a video; there are many avail­able for all ages and fit­ness lev­els that can be done right in your own home. Walk every chance you get, clean your yard, what­ev­er and just keep mov­ing. Ex­er­cise is the best over­all im­mune sys­tem builder, it keeps the body in or­der, wards off dis­eases and pro­duces en­dor­phins which up­lifts and boosts your mood. Proven home­made im­mune boost­ers are gin­ger, lemon, cit­rus, Vit C, gar­lic, turmer­ic and zinc. (Google oth­er nat­ur­al su­per­foods and dai­ly rec­om­men­da­tion).

Dwight and Ave Gon­salves are pro­fes­sion­al hair­styl­ists.