Hair

The body routes heavy metals and certain industrial chemicals out of living tissue by incorporating them into hair as it grows. This process involves the lymphatic system actively directing metallic minerals toward the follicles, where they are built into the hair shaft and carried outward as the hair grows. Once in the dead shaft, those metals are contained and no longer reactive against living tissue in the way they would be if left circulating.

The metals most consistently identified in gray or damaged hair included aluminum, mercury, lead, cadmium, and thallium. Of these, aluminum was cited most frequently as the primary cause of graying. When the body is discharging large amounts of aluminum through the follicles, the aluminum destroys para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA, sometimes referred to as para-aminobenzoic acid or parabenzoic acid), a B vitamin that resides in the follicle and regulates pigmentation of both hair and skin. Once PABA is neutralized by aluminum, the hair loses its color and turns gray. Mercury also causes graying and was frequently found in high concentrations when gray hair from specific patches was tested. When Aajonus took hair samples from different locations on his head and had them analyzed independently, each patch showed a different toxin level, confirming that different regions of the scalp discharge different metals at different rates simultaneously.

The texture of hair also reflects this process. Hair that is very coarse or brittle often carries a high load of mercury, lead, and aluminum built into it. The relationship between toxin content and hair texture is direct and observable.

Aajonus tracked his own graying and recovery repeatedly over the decades following chemotherapy in 1968. He described specific patches going entirely gray, then recovering color over a period of six months to two years as the associated toxin cleared. One patch on his head remained gray for approximately six years but was slowly contracting. Another area that had remained gray for two years became mostly colored again as detoxification progressed. He stated clearly that graying is always a sign of toxicity, specifically metallic toxicity passing through the follicle.

In populations such as some Asian groups who eat relatively little fat and meat, the body may build aluminum and other metals into the hair without triggering graying. In that case, the metals are still being deposited into the hair, but because the volume of fat and protein in the diet is insufficient to force intense metal detoxification through the follicles, the metals enter at a lower rate or concentration that does not deplete PABA enough to cause visible graying. This is not a healthier state; it simply means the body is not mobilizing and discharging as aggressively.

Hair loss occurs when the toxic metals or chemicals passing through the follicle damage or destroy the follicle itself. The follicle, being living tissue, cannot withstand the same concentrations of caustic metals that the dead shaft can safely contain. When aluminum, mercury, or other concentrated metals pass through in volumes high enough to denature the follicle tissue, the follicle ceases to function. Whether it might eventually regenerate depends on the degree of damage and what further healing resources are available.

Aajonus was consistently and explicitly opposed to the conventional medical explanation that hair loss is caused by low thyroid function or insufficient thyroxin. He described this as a deliberate pharmaceutical strategy to exploit vanity, particularly in women, to drive adoption of thyroid medications. He had observed many individuals with abundant thyroxin in their bodies who were nevertheless losing hair, and many with low thyroxin who were not. His position was that the thyroid's actual role is to protect the function of swallowing, breathing, and cardiac activity in emergency situations, with multiple backup structures (two thyroid lobes and four parathyroid glands) specifically because the heart and lungs are so critical. It has no role in hair retention.

He similarly rejected the idea that hormonal imbalances, estrogen levels, or prolactin levels are the primary driver of hair loss, though he acknowledged that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) stored in the body can influence estrogen and prolactin in ways that correlate with hair loss. His explanation was that PUFAs, mercury, thallium, and lead are all capable of causing hair loss, and that someone who consumed large amounts of margarine and vegetable oils for the first two decades of life would have those PUFAs built into their cells and tissues, creating a long-term liability. He estimated that with daily 90-minute hot baths and frequent cheese consumption, it might take as little as 27 years to clear such an accumulation. Without those practices, it could take 60 years on a perfect diet.

Bile in the system was another factor in hair loss that Aajonus mentioned. In a specific consultation, he told someone with high bile in their system that people in that situation typically do not regrow their hair, placing them in the approximately 40 percent of his patients he had not seen recover hair growth. He speculated that after 12 or so years of clearing the bile, it might become possible, but he had not yet seen a confirmed case of that recovery.

Chemotherapy was identified as a particularly severe cause of follicle damage. In his own case, the AZT he received (described as a chemotherapy agent derived from Freon, the refrigerant chemical) caused his hair to fall out entirely. It grew back in gray patches over 21 months, and one area at the crown of his head never fully recovered. He attributed this to the extreme toxicity of AZT, which was banned the following year after his treatment. The metals from that exposure continued discharging through his hair for decades, with gray patches appearing and receding as specific toxin loads were cleared.

Kombucha was identified as a cause of hair loss under certain conditions. In the group he studied from 1988 through 1993, mostly vegetarians who were drinking large amounts of kombucha, most of the men lost their hair. He attributed this to poor digestion combined with the fungal activity of kombucha overwhelming a body that lacked the meat and fat intake needed to manage it.

Hair analysis reveals what the body has been discarding into the hair over the growth period represented by a given sample. Aajonus used it both personally and as a research tool. Following the forced injections he received in 2009, he had his hair analyzed from multiple sites on his head and separately shaved hair from his right leg (where many of the toxins were discharging through the skin) to gather additional evidence. The leg hair sample was insufficient for the lab to analyze, requiring him to wait for further growth.

His head hair analysis before and after the injections showed nearly all toxic elements increasing exponentially, confirming to him that he had been given a complex mixture of poisons designed to create slow disease rather than immediate death. One of the substances identified was chromium, found off the chart. Two other substances present in the hair were things not normally found in the human body at all.

When he submitted eight separate hair samples to Greenpeace under different names, each representing a different location on his scalp, each came back with a different toxin level. Most were in the range of 2.8 to 3.4 on the scale used, with one approaching 3.9 to 4.1. The highest toxicity level on that scale was 11, placing his readings at roughly one-third of the maximum. He noted that different regions of the scalp discharge different metals at different intensities simultaneously, making single-site hair analysis incomplete.

For someone experiencing graying, Aajonus's primary dietary intervention was a raspberry mixture. Raspberries, particularly combined with eggs or cream, pull mineral deposits and drug deposits out of tissues. Blackberries also have this property, but raspberries were identified as the most effective. He distinguished this from citrus, which he said pulls out fat storages and dead cells but does not pull mineral deposits.

The protocol he described for graying hair was to consume the raspberry mixture every day for three weeks, then at least three days per week for as long as the hair remained gray. Timing was as the fruit meal in the afternoon, not with meat, and not on an empty stomach in conjunction with juice in a way that would force intense detoxification. He emphasized that the Primal Diet as he prescribed it, with only one fruit meal daily, does not force intense metal detoxification through the hair. The body makes that choice on its own. Eating large amounts of fruit would accelerate detoxification but is not what he recommended.

He noted that over age 50, it becomes very difficult to stop aluminum from graying hair because of the accumulated toxin load and the resulting nutritional deficiencies. Even at his own level of compliance, gray patches came and went in his hair for decades. He did not promise reversal, but he had experienced it repeatedly in his own body and had observed it in others.

For the claim from a BBC article about hydrogen peroxide buildup as the cause of graying, he responded that the hydrogen peroxide buildup is itself a result of toxic metallic minerals being built into the hair, damaging the follicles and destroying PABA. The hydrogen peroxide is a downstream effect, not an independent cause.

**Bone marrow and butter scalp formula.** Aajonus developed a topical application for the scalp consisting of approximately half butter and one-third bone marrow, applied two to three times per week without washing the hair afterward. He had five people experimenting with this formula at the time he described it, and reported that it was helping everyone get their hair thicker, with some experiencing new growth. His reasoning was that bone marrow contains stem cells that are not restricted to a specific cell type, and therefore when applied to damaged follicles, these stem cells have the potential to become the types of cells needed for follicle repair. Adult stem cells from other sources require a blueprint directing them toward a specific function, but bone marrow stem cells retain broader potential. He had previously observed that butter alone helped thicken hair.

The application method was to melt the butter, blend with bone marrow, and apply directly to the scalp, rubbing it in and leaving it on without rinsing. He noted that this approach was his current experiment and acknowledged uncertainty about long-term outcomes, but framed it as a promising avenue for follicle regeneration that had not been available before he began working with bone marrow.

**Aloe vera and fermented coconut oil.** For stopping hair loss and sometimes promoting new growth, Aajonus described a topical remedy of 1 ounce fresh raw aloe vera gel taken directly from the inside of the leaf, blended with 2 ounces of fermented coconut oil that had never been heated above 96 degrees Fahrenheit. This mixture rubbed into the scalp helps protect the scalp and follicles. He wrote that it usually stops hair loss and sometimes promotes hair growth within several weeks, unless the person has an allergy to shampoo that is continuing to damage the scalp.

**Raw berries with coconut cream and butter for follicle protection.** Eating raw berries with raw coconut cream, a small amount of unsalted raw butter, and raw cream helps bind with the metals so that they cause less damage to follicles as they pass through. This is an internal approach that addresses the mechanism rather than the symptom, reducing the concentration of reactive metals at the follicle site.

**Drinking carbonated water and parsley-celery juice.** Naturally carbonated waters help oxygen absorption. Parsley juice combined with celery juice also improves oxygen absorption, which is relevant when poor oxygen utilization is a contributing factor in hair loss.

Aajonus used no commercial shampoos or conditioners. His washing formula consisted of a whole egg, approximately ten strawberries (or five to six if they were large), one tablespoon of honey, and milk to fill a ten-ounce canning jar. He blended this until it was warm, which took approximately three minutes. He poured off some of the mixture into a separate four-ounce jar for hair use, then added a teaspoon of clay to the remaining mixture for use on the body, since clay makes hair too dry.

For his hair, he used the clay-free mixture, rubbing it into his scalp and leaving it for up to ten minutes before rinsing in the bath. If his hair still felt dry after washing, he applied a very small amount of butter, rubbing it between his palms until only a film remained, then spraying his hair lightly before rubbing the butter in.

He cautioned strongly against commercial shampoos, antibacterial shampoos specifically, which he described as poisoning the scalp. Those poisons are often absorbed into the brain, causing impatience, discontent, and irritability. Commercial hair sprays were described as deadly, toxic to the sinuses, bronchi, lungs, blood, scalp, brain, and entire body.

**Natural hair spray substitute.** For anyone needing a hair spray, Aajonus described a simple formula of 1.5 teaspoons of unheated honey mixed into 1 cup of good mineral water, poured into a spray bottle. In warm temperatures this mixture ferments and lasts as little as three days; in cool conditions it lasts up to ten days.

The hair on the scalp provides protection from solar radiation to an area that is particularly vulnerable because the brain is actively discharging large amounts of fats and toxins through the skull, and those substances have a tendency to cause burning of the scalp. Hair intercepts that radiation before it reaches the skin.

For bald individuals, Aajonus recommended applying mud to the exposed scalp when spending extended time in the sun, which he did himself on the bald area left by chemotherapy. He noted that anyone with hair has built-in protection and does not need sunblock.

Aajonus consistently linked nails and hair as the two primary sites where the body builds out metallic mineral deposits. He described them as undergoing parallel cycles during his own ongoing detoxification. When mineral deposits in his body were being mobilized for elimination, his nails would develop ridges and his hair would turn gray. When the discharge stopped, his nails would return to smooth and his hair would return to its natural color. He identified specific mineral deposits remaining in his gonads and in his brain as the sources of these periodic cycling events.

Ridges in nails, dry nails, and mold under the nails were described as signs that toxic minerals from solvents and other sources are being discharged through that route. A nice sheen on ridged nails was interpreted as meaning the nails are structurally sound despite the discharge.

Following the 2009 forced injections, Aajonus used hair analysis as forensic evidence of what he had been injected with. He shaved hair from his leg regularly to track what the body was discharging, waiting over a year to accumulate enough leg hair for a valid sample. That sample came back with chromium off the chart and two other substances not normally found in the human body.

He described the injection sites in his hands as having developed hard crystalline structures so sharp they could cut his hand, which he interpreted as a glass-like epoxy material that had caused minerals to form into glass crystals. The discharge of these substances through his skin and hair caused massive hair loss in the year and a half following the injections, particularly in the four to five months before the time he described the event. New hair was beginning to grow in previously bare areas as the body used the follicle-building route to discharge the toxic minerals.

He continued monitoring his hair color as a rough real-time indicator of ongoing detoxification, noting that approximately three weeks after a tumor on his body began dissolving using a raw milk and coconut oil soak applied every three to four days, nearly all the gray in his hair was gone again.

Aajonus mentioned animal hair specifically in the context of digestion. Cats, cougars, and other carnivores pass hairballs because hydrochloric acid cannot break down hair. In watching cougars defecate in the wild, he observed that the only undigested material was hair. The cougars digested bones, organs, skin, and everything else, passing only hair in their feces. The hair-containing excrement was white and disintegrated in sunlight within a day, leaving only hair. He used this observation to illustrate both the power of proper carnivore digestion and the physiological indigestibility of hair, drawing the parallel that the stomach lining is as resilient as hair because hydrochloric acid, which dissolves bone, cannot dissolve hair or the stomach's own mucous-protected lining.

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