The #1 Missing Factor in Hair Loss
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 25 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
If you’re dealing with pattern hair loss, a receding hairline, or thinning hair, this is for you. Discover how to stop hair loss naturally and support healthy hair regrowth by addressing the true underlying causes of hair loss.
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0:00 Introduction: Pattern hair loss
0:37 Hair follicle stem cells
1:15 Hair loss causes
1:49 DHT hair loss
3:27 Can I take a natural DHT blocker?
5:28 How to regrow hair naturally
5:53 DHT benefits
6:50 Microneedling for hair loss
8:02 Topical melatonin for hair growth
8:30 Hair growth tips and natural hair loss remedies
9:13 Onion juice for hair regrowth
9:51 Stress and hair loss
Most hair-loss remedies won’t work because of scar tissue on the scalp. This physical barrier can prevent healthy hair growth.
If you’re experiencing hair loss, your hair follicles aren't actually dead; they’re dormant. Even people who are completely bald still have living stem cells within the hair follicles.
Scar tissue on the scalp is often caused by inflammation. Inflammation can lead to calcification and reduced blood flow to the scalp, preventing many hair loss remedies from working effectively.
You may have heard that DHT, a powerful form of testosterone, causes pattern hair loss. There is usually a deeper root cause behind DHT-related hair loss: insulin resistance.
Hair follicles depend on glucose for fuel. If you’re insulin-resistant, hair follicles may not get the energy they need to support healthy hair growth.
Simply taking a DHT blocker without addressing insulin resistance may not produce significant results. Improving insulin resistance is a more effective strategy for supporting natural hair regrowth, and a low-carb diet is one of the best ways to combat it.
Scalp microneedling has been shown to help break up scar tissue and improve the penetration of topical hair loss remedies. This helps natural remedies, such as topical melatonin, work more effectively.
Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 61, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals and author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.
Disclaimer:
Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients, so he can focus on educating people as a full-time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose, and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription, or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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| 0:00.0 | The number one factor in hair loss. In this video, I'm going to focus on the most common |
| 0:05.9 | hair loss situation, which is the pattern hair loss. If you're a man that has receding hair |
| 0:11.4 | or you're a woman, noticing a thinning on the top of the head, this is also for you. A lot of the |
| 0:16.4 | research shows that certain remedies that work for hair loss are up against a barrier. Okay. And that is a |
| 0:22.7 | physical barrier on the top of the head. And this is what we're going to be talking about today, |
| 0:27.7 | which is scar tissue. It's a physical barrier on the top of your skull that won't let the hair grow. |
| 0:37.4 | Before we get into how to correct that, |
| 0:39.4 | you need to know that these hair follicles are not dead. |
| 0:43.7 | There are actually stem cells sitting in there. |
| 0:46.7 | They're dormant, but they're there. |
| 0:49.4 | They're alive. |
| 0:50.5 | In 2024 researchers from the University of Virginia |
| 0:53.9 | discovered that these stem cells that are responsible for growing hair are still completely alive even in someone that is completely bald. Just like microbes in the soil in the wintertime are basically just dormant. They're asleep. Why are they asleep? Because |
| 1:10.8 | there's scar tissue that won't let things get through to wake them up. So then the next question |
| 1:15.6 | is, what causes scar tissue? Well, inflammation. The inflammation can get into these tiny little |
| 1:21.5 | blood vessels and create calcification through here as well. The more this blood flow is obstructed, |
| 1:27.3 | the less oxygen and nutrients |
| 1:29.0 | can get into this follicle. They have even done biopsies and people with pattern hair loss, |
| 1:34.2 | and they found up to 70% of these people had this situation I'm talking about right here. |
| 1:39.5 | Now this explains why the rosemary oil or the different types of remedies you've used might not work. |
| 1:46.8 | The remedy is not the problem, it's the barrier. But now let's talk about something even more |
| 1:50.9 | interesting. Maybe you've heard of something called dh-ht causing this pattern hair loss, right? |
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