Saw Palmetto Hair Loss

What Is Saw Palmetto?

Saw Palmetto is a small, palm like North American plant. The Saw Palmetto extract comes from berries of small palm trees, and the extracts comprise of different fatty acids and sterols. Native Americans have used the Saw Palmetto berry to treat genital, urinary tract, and reproductive system problems. Saw Palmetto is widely researched and used in Europe, and is now gaining popularity in North America, and being used for its benefits for the urinary tract.

What's Saw Palmetto Herb Extract Used For?

One of Saw Palmetto's key uses is treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). BPH is enlargement of the prostate gland, and can block the urethra and require surgery. Saw palmetto is believed to inhibit the actions of testosterone on the prostate, which causes enlargement of the prostate which interferes with urinary flow. Saw Palmetto herb helps improve urinary flow, and reduces the frequency and urgency of urination in men with BPH.

Saw Palmetto also prevents testosterone from converting into dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which causes prostate cells to multiply, and also leads to male balding. Saw palmetto herb prevents the binding of DHT to androgen receptors, thus playing a key role in helping prevent and treat prostate enlargement, and also hair loss.

Saw Palmetto is traditional topical herbal medicine used to help improve skin and scalp conditions, maintain healthy skin and hair, reverse hair loss. It was used by American Indians as hair, scalp and skin care.

How to use Saw Palmetto to prevent hair loss

Apply oil extract for 1 - 2 hours before the hair wash. Massage into scalp, cover with shower cap and towel, stay in warm place during the treatment to promote the assimilation. For better results combine with herbal hair rinse and Burdock root oil. As an alternative approach, apply every evening before going to bed and let stay overnight. Please note, most well recognized mechanism of action of Saw Palmetto appears to be an inhibition of DHT production. Accordingly, only continuous treatment may help combat alopecia and reverse hair loss conditions.