The truth about baldness

"Baldness is a matter of genetics". That is the general medical opinion in the Western ("scientific" or "evidence-based") tradition.

Undoubtedly, genetics has to do with everything in the human body, so it would be astonishing if it had nothing to do with baldness!

But the "genetic" explanation seems to have prevented or discouraged investigation into other factors.

Here are my speculations based on introspection and observation, which need to be checked out by research:

1. Baldness (reduction in the area covered by hair) is associated also with reduction in the thickness and liveliness of individual hair, as well as with a reduction in the OVERALL density of hair on the head.

2. The skin over the top of the head also becomes thinner

3. Items 1 & 2 are associated with a reduction of blood flow to the head

4. Reduced blood flow is assocaiated with stress - specifically, reduced blood flow to the head is associated with stress which is centred on the neck area, as well as the back (all the way down to the waist, and even lower - surprisingly!).

5. Baldness may be inevitable for certain individuals but the PREMATURE greying of hair and PREMATURE baldness may be preventable and even REVERSIBLE by natural means - specifically the reduction of stress in general and, by means of massage of the neck and back - and other remedies.

6. It COULD be that modern hair shampoos et al (because they dry out and possibly damage hair) actually hasten PREMATURE greying and baldness.