Introduction: Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is mainly composed of keratin proteins and keratin-associated proteins. In ayurveda, the term keshya is used for hair, Keshya is upadhatu of majja, Hair,plays a vital role in making you to look younger as well as beautiful.Synonyms: Hair is also known by the names such as bal, loma, kesha, samshru etc. The body hairs are known as loma and the hair on the scalp is called as kesha and on the face is called as samshru.Development of Kesha: Hair starts developing from sixth  month of embryonic life. It is the mala of asti dathu (bone tissue)and upadhatu of majja (Bone marrow).Growth cycle: Hair grows in 3 phases:Growing Phase (Anagen) – 85% to 90% of total hairs are growing in this phase and it lasts for 2-6 years. Growth rate is half inch per month during this phase.Falling phase (Catagen)-1% of hairs are in falling phase and it lasts for 15days.Resting phase (Telogen)-10% to 15% of total hairs are in resting phase, the germ cells will be in resting phase. It lasts for 1 to 4 months.Types of hair according to ayurveda: The types of hair vary according to different Prakruthi (constitution) of the person.There are three doshas vata pitta and kapha.Vata Prakruthi hair features-The hair is dry, rough, and have less number of hair on the body. hair will be thin and straight. the hair over the scalp will be very dry  and rough in nature and have maximum chances for hair problems like dryness of scalp, dandruff, khalitya (Hair fall).Pitta Prakruthi hair features-hair is light soft and oily which is predominant with brown colour. hair will be wavy and moderate thick. This type of Prakruthi person has predominance of ushna Guna in them.  they are prone for palitya (greying of hair) due to increased body temperature  and excess sweating in Pitta Prakriti they often  have excess sweating over scalp region and also prone to khalitya (Hairfall).Kapha Prakruthi hair features-the hair is Snigdha (Unctous). It will be more oily and dark in nature due to the slakshna (smooth)and mridu Guna (soft) in them. the hair is considered to be very smooth and soft in texture and have thick, curly hair. And are prone for Indralupta (Alopecia) darunaka(Dandruff), and hairloss.Diseases which affect hairs:Khalitya (Premature Hairfall)Khalitya is one of the Kṣudra Roga. Vata,Pitta, Kapha and Rakta are involved in Khalitya (hairfall) According to Ayurveda, the vitiated Vayu and Pitta enters to the root of the hairs make thehairs falls off, while the vitiated blood and Kapha locally blocks the hair follicles, and stops early growth of hair .Treatment: Shiro lepa (application of various medicated herbal paste), shiro abhyanga (head massage) with various kinds of herbal oils, various shodhana chikitsa like Vamana (emesis), virechana (purgation),nasya (nasal drops), raktamokshana (blood letting)therapy are indicated .About one lakhs hairs are present in Scalp. Around one hundred hairs are lost daily in normal person. If the number increases manifold. Later may lead to Alopecia.Palitya (Premature Greying of Hairs)The vitiated pitta enters the romakupa (hair follicles) and tend to make the hair prematurely grey. Treatment: shiro lepa with various keshya Ranjaka herbs. Shiro abhyanga with various oils, nasya karma with Keshaposhaka taila. Premature greying is an important cause of low self-esteem, often interfering with socio-cultural adjustment. And it is seen affecting large percentage of population especially young men and women. premature graying of hair is called as Akala Palitya. Now a days lot of people use Hair coloring, which involves the use of chemicals later resulting in a range of adverse effects.Darunaka (Dandruff)Different Ayurvedic classics describe hair disease like Darunaka in which due to kapha pitta prakopa the scalp becomes dry hard itchy rough and scaly.In Darunaka (dandruff) the dead tissue sheds down from scalp, with symptoms like Kandu(itching), Kesha Chyuti Rookshata (Dryness of Scalp)Twaksputana, etc. due to the vitiation of Vata and Kaphadosha. It affects almost everyone atleast during their lifetime and cause discomfort.Treatment: Shiro abhyanga (Head Massage) with medicated oils, shiro lepa (Herbal Paste), nasya karma (Nasal Drops). Dandruff (Pityriasis Capitis) is acommon scalp disorder, characterized by presence of corneocytes that form clusters due to their high cohesive power, in the form of flaky white to yellowish scales, accompanied by itching. Dandruff affects aesthetic value and often causes itching. The severity of dandruff may fluctuate with season as itoften worsens in winter.Conclusion: All the herbs that is used in the treatment modalities have anti microbial, anti fungal and antioxidative properties which help in treating the underlying hair disease and helps in natural growth of hairs without having any adverse effects. By all these treatment modalities for different disorders of hair one can get excellent hair with ayurveda