Feel Hair Support Supplement (sustainable packs)

Feel Hair Support is clinically proven to reduce hair loss in 90 days. It’s also good to promote thicker hair, and is vegan and sold in plastic-free packaging.

Use code partner20 for 20% discount (not bundles or subscriptions). If you do subscribe, sign up for an account to earn discount rewards.

Before taking supplements, check with GP if pregnant/nursing or on medication. Some hair supplements must be avoided for people at risk of oestrogen cancers (due to mimicking hormones), so read the labels.

Keep supplements away from young children and pets, and recycle unused supplements at pharmacies. 

Made with Keranat™ (from millet seeds, not just for budgies!), this ingredient can enter the hair bulb to stimulate hair growth, and strengthen hair from root to tip. 91% of women taking this supplement noticed a difference, compared to a placebo group. The outstanding results have been validated by 6 years of research, and 2 human clinical trials.

The supplement also contains biotin (vitamin B7), known for helping healthy hair. Thinning hair in women is often associated with lack of this vitamin.

After 12 weeks of consuming this supplement, 85% of users noticed a decrease in hair loss and better hair growth, and 78% also noticed benefits to nails (also made from keratin).

What causes hair loss?

We all lose 50 to 100 hairs each day (different hairs are dormant, growing or shedding). Over 15 million people in the UK have some kind of hair loss, whether that’s due to male pattern baldness, stress, nutritional deficiencies, pregnancy or drugs (like chemotherapy).

Male pattern baldness has affected around 80% of men by age 70, due to DHT (a chemical produced by testosterone). It nearly always affects the temple and crown of the head. There is no cure, so don’t worry – we love you as you are!

Female pattern baldness affects around 30% of women by age 70, and usually hormone-related (after menopause or due to stress).  It tends to affect the top of the head.

Alopecia is a rare auto-immune condition where people lose all their hair (including eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair). People affected (Gail Porter and Louis Theroux) have made it ‘okay to talk about’, if you don’t want to spend your life in wigs.

It can be genetics, but sometimes to do with thyroid conditions or lupus. Again it’s nearly always incurable.

Post-partum hair loss is common (nutrients needed for your baby are directed there, rather than for your hair). It’s nothing to worry about, and hair grows back soon after.

Common sense tips for healthy hair growth

Often slow hair growth or falling hair is due to lack of certain nutrients (it’s not true that being vegan is always the cause – more than anyone living on refined foods will suffer, vegans included). Sort out your diet first for healthy hair, before trying supplements:

Ensure you eat plenty of plant-based proteins (lentils, pulses, nuts, seeds etc). Iron is also important as it carries oxygen to hair follicles (dark leafy greens are good – check medication for contraindications, again pulses are a great source, as are dried organic apricots). Vitamin C aids absorption if iron, so eat plenty of fresh produce (and again don’t smoke, as it reduces absorption).

• Don’t scrape hair into tight ponytails (this causes tension alopecia, common in ballet and ballroom dancers, as too much stress is placed at the hair line (people with African-African hair can also suffer, due to trends for tight braids and dreadlocks).
• Leave hair loose or make loose ponytails with plastic-free hair ties.
• Relax! Stress can ‘push hair follicles’ into the resting phase, where they stay before falling out. If ‘growing hairs’ slow down, you could lose up to 300 hairs a day (compared to the average 100).
• Smoking cigarettes can double chances of early-onset alopecia (as can alcohol) due to increasing free radicals, and depriving hair follicles of vitamins and minerals. Read our posts on how to give up smoking and help for alcohol addiction.
• Choose natural shampoos and conditioners. There is some evidence that modern foaming agents (like sodium lauryl sulphate found in most shampoos – used as engine degreaser for industry) is too harsh, and could cause hair loss or slow hair growth.
• Also choose natural hair dyes for the same reason.

Cut your hair off! If your hair is very damaged from over-processing or too many hair dyes, often the damage travels up to the roots. In some cases, your best bet is to just bite the bullet, and chop your hair off short, and start again. Your hair will likely grow quicker!