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Home Remedies For Hair Loss: Ease Hair Growth Without Hurting Your Pocket

Monday, 8 June 2009

For most of the people loss of hairs and resulting baldness happens to be a traumatic experience. The agony of hair loss may cause depression in some. But folks with excessive hair loss must give up brooding and should gear up to fight against their baldness.

Now a days, there are good number of chemicals and medications that have been found bringing back hairs on scalps. In addition to medicines and chemicals meant to be applied on scalps, there are a good number of home remedies for excessive hair loss as well.

These home remedies are very much cost effective and very convenient to be adopted. Before opting for these home treatment options you must be sure that you have excessive hair fall as a little hair fall is a part of normal hair cycle.

Some useful home remedies for preventing hair loss are as follows:

Yolk Massaging


It is easiest possible home remedy. You can apply uncooked yolk on your scalp and leave your scalp with yolk for an hour. You can do it every alternate day. In fact this practice doesn't bring back hairs but tend to reduce hair fall.

Olive Oil and Castor Oil


These oils are very effective in hair loss. You can regularly use these oils on your scalp to combat excessive hair loss. But castor oil is only meant to be used for hair roots so better not apply it on hairs.

Seeds of Mustard


It sounds incredible but it's true that drinking water with mustard seeds is a solution to baldness if the practice is continued for a few months. For taking seeds you should first boil a cup of water. A few seeds of mustards are dropped in simmering water and cooked for a few while. Once the water cools down you can drink mustard water solution.

Red Henna


Red Henna is one of the most common home remedy. You can apply Red Henna every alternate day to get the desired result. It is very effective hair loss curbing agent.

Coconut Milk


It could be very effective as hair loss remedy. It is basically applied to roots of hairs.

Fenugreek


A liquid made up Fenugreek and water could be also massaged for the same. The practice should be continued for at least two to three months.

In addition to above discussed remedies, there could be certain dietary measures too. Like, you must consume milk products, egg and Vitamin B rich foods. In take of minerals such as Copper and Iron are also very important to prevent hair loss.

Take benefit of these home treatment options of hair loss as it could solve your problem without making you spend too much on treatment. Good Luck.

Home Remedies For Hair Loss Easy And Safe

Saturday, 5 February 2011

Hair loss is one of the most frustrating problems and surprisingly, many are ignorant about the treatments available. In this article I have tried to cover some of the common hair loss treatment that you can try even at home. These home treatments help in controlling your hair fall. Try them as they natural and safe.

1. Soak fenugreek in deep pot of water throughout the night. Massage the liquid into the scalp and wrap with a cloth for three hours. Repeat everyday for one month.

2. Massage and Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils such as Bay, Cedar wood, Grapefruit, Jojoba, Lavender, Lemon, Rosemary or Roman Chamomile to detoxify the scalp and to help in the reversal of hair loss. Most of these oils work the best when mixed together with other oils. To increase the blood circulation, a regular massage must be done with the essential oils. The oils strengthen the hair follicles and regenerate the hair growth. But, take care to avoid a rough pulling or brushing of the hair, as it can cause serious damage to the hair.

3. Lycopodium is a fungus, or clubmoss, that is diluted into a homeopathic remedy. The dilution is used for digestive problems such as nausea or bloating, fears, anxieties and chest infections. It is also thought to prevent or restore lost hair. Since homeopathy is based on the principle of similarities ("similar suffering"), this means that if lycopodium were taken in large amounts by a healthy person, it would ostensibly cause hair loss (among other things). Needless to say, stay far away from any undiluted formulas of clubmoss. Interestingly enough, lycopodium powder has also been used in fireworks and as a coating for pills.

4. Olive oil is one of the most effective home remedies for hair loss. It penetrates deep into the scalp to remove dirt and oil which can build up over time and clog the follicles, which prevents the strands from growing. This natural oil is rich in protein which the strands need in order to grow and stay strong.

5. Boil rosemary leaves in water, strain and keep the liquid in a glass bottle. Use it to wash your hairs daily. You can also put rosemary water in a sprayer and spray your hairs every morning.

6. Cleansing and Detoxification: Detoxification helps in countering the toxins produced in the body by preservatives, sweeteners and chemical additives found in many food items, excessive medications and others. The amount of toxins in the body reaches a level where it starts affecting the body functions, in such a case, the system needs to be cleansed thoroughly.

7. For hair that's falling out in chunks, a homeopathic practitioner may prescribe a dilution of phosphorus. This substance exists in small amounts in your body, and the homeopathic remedies are made out of bone ash. Like lycopodium, it's used to treat digestive problems, and is also found in fireworks.

8. Vitamin B is one of the most important home remedies for hair loss because the strands cannot grow without it. It also gives the strands their texture and a healthy glow. This vitamin is found in eggs, wheat germ, brewer's yeast, and liver.

9. Amla oil - Amla helps in rejuvenating the hairs and promotes hair growth. It helps in redefining the root of hairs by facilitating the nutrition to them. It also helps in improving the circulation in the scalp when massaged on it as oil.

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Understanding Hair Growth Cycles And Hair Loss

Wednesday, 22 July 2009

Hair growth products are used to treat hair loss. Find out more about them here. For nutritional tips, see this article covering vitamins for hair loss. Rebecca Prescott presents this site with vitamins and hair loss information.

We all lose a certain amount of hair each day - anywhere from 50 to 100 to 125 hairs. True hair loss occurs when these hairs we lose don't grow back, or when the amount of hair we lose each day exceeds this normal range.

Hair loss can occur as a result of medications, such as chemotherapy treatments or blood thinners, which can damage the telogen hairs, or stop the natural cell division that then produces weakened hair that is susceptible to breaking. High doses of vitamin A can also lead to hair loss as well. The most common type of hair loss, however, is where more and more hair follicles enter what is called the resting phase (telogen phase) in the hair growth cycle.

Overall, hair grows continuously from the scalp, but it moves away from the scalp in 3 phases. Hair is not all uniformly in one phase. Different parts of the scalp will be in different phases, so at any one time you should have hair follicles in all 3 stages. Generally, most (90%) of the hair will be in the anagen phase, 10 to 14% of the hair will be in the telogen phase, and only 1 to 2% of hair in the catogen phase.

The first phase is the Anagen phase, which is the growth phase. This can last anywhere between 2 and 8 years. A shorter anagen phase will limit how long your hair can grow. Hair cells at the root divide rapidly, which lengthen the hair shaft.

In the next phase, the catagen phase, the outer root of the hair follicle shrinks and attaches to the root of the hair. Hair growth stops here. This phase lasts 1 to 2 weeks.

The telogen phase is the resting phase. This lasts from 5 to 6 weeks in normal hair. Hair doesn't grow in this phase, but it stays firmly rooted in the scalp as long as the follicle stays in a resting phase below it. New growth begins at the end of the resting phase, and this is when natural hair shedding will happen, as the new growth pushes the old hair out.

In male pattern baldness, more hairs enter the telogen phase. This effects of this are an increase in hair shedding. Hair gradually becomes thinner and shorter, and in the end, the hair follicles shut down.

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HairMax LaserComb: An Ultimate Answer to Hair Loss

Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Hair loss, for many people, is not a demoralising condition. However, many men and women who have encountered hair loss can become very anxious and embarrassed about the condition. Androgenic alopecia is a common type hair loss in men. This hair condition is more commonly known as male pattern baldness.

Though there is no specific age that people experience hair loss, but timely treatment can help to slow down the process. At any given time the human head has more than 100,000 strands of hair, and about 100 of these hairs shed every day. When we look at the average growth cycle of a hair, it is about 2-6 years, after which a new hair grows and replaces the old one. So the next time you find loose hairs on your pillow after waking up in the morning, there may be no reason to panic too much because, generally, the hair that is lost is replaced with a new one.

What causes hair fall?

It is a well know fact that each strand of hair is rooted in a follicle, which is a tiny sac in the scalp. If we talk specifically about male pattern baldness, the hair follicles develop sensitivity to a male hormone known as dihydrotestosterone (DHT). As a result, the follicles shrink in their sizes and are not able to hold the hair. It also affects the scalp's ability to grow new hair. This leads to a pattern of hair loss which starts receding hairline at the temple.

Laser combs: An ultimate solution for hair loss

In the past, laser therapy was only used for removal of unwanted hair. But over time, it was discovered that by adjusting the strength of the laser, you can encourage and enhance the natural growth of the hair. The lasers can strengthen the damaged hair follicles to recover their functions in the same way it can heal soft tissue wounds by promoting blood flow to the area. The HairMax LaserComb is an innovative product among a number of hair loss products on the market that ensures an effective treatment of hair loss problems. It is basically a sleek handheld comb that stimulates hair follicles increasing cellular metabolism and the development of capillaries (minute blood vessels) in the scalp. This ultimately increases the circulation of the blood to the scalp, which brings essential nutrients to the hair follicles. As a result, the follicles become capable of growing thicker and richer hair.

How to use the HairMax LaserComb?

Using a HairMax comb is as easy as combing hair. You simply have to turn on the laser button to get it started. Place the laser comb on your scalp and glide its 2 rows of teeth as though combing your hair. You need to glide it back half an inch each time until a 4-second beep is heard. In the same way, you can use this laser comb for the hairs at the back of your head. The FDA has approved The hairMax LaserComb Advanced 7, The hairMax LaserComb Lux 9 and hairMax LaserComb professional 12 to be used by both men and women for the treatment of their hair loss.

Women's Hair Loss: Finally The Solution To Thinning Hair!

Thursday, 25 June 2009

An estimated 40% of women experience noticeable hair loss by the age 40. Women rarely lose their hair due to genetic predisposition. However hair loss in women is reaching new high levels. Women's hair loss can start as early as the late teens to early twenties. Most commonly, women experience an overall thinning of hair rather than a receding hair line like men do. It is normal to lose 50 to 150 hairs in a day; however hair loss in women usually occurs when these hairs start to be replaced by shorter, thinner hairs. This can be hard to notice at first, but over time it can become very apparent. Thinning hair loss in women may be caused by many problems:

Hormonal imbalance and other cyclical shifts.


Hair loss related to pregnancy postmenopausal trauma.


Effects of medications including birth control pills.


Nervous conditions including tension and stress.


Medical treatments such as chemo therapy and thyroid conditions.


Harsh chemicals such as commercial shampoos, perms, hair color, and bleach


Iron, vitamin and mineral imbalance.


Severely poor diet including dehydration.


Poor circulation can cut off the nutrients that blood flow delivers to the scalp.

Good News For Hair Loss Suffers:

Women have a higher success rate than men, because they have less testosterone and fewer, more evenly dispersed receptor sites in the follicles. In as little as 3 months you can start to notice fuller, thicker hair and even new hair growth.

* Regenerx penetrates the hair shaft, restoring the follicle, resulting in thicker hair.

* Regenerx improves circulation by increasing blow flow to the scalp.

* Regenerx also acts as a thickening agent that naturally conditions and will not alter or damage color treated hair.

* Regenerx is all natural safe alternative to Rogaine however without the side effects associated with minoxidil which can include scalp irritation, itchiness and dryness. Also, unlike minoxidil, Regenerx does not contain any alcohol or propylene glycol (PPG) which can really irritate the scalp and alter or damage color treated hair.

Regenerx- Finally...the solution for thinning hair.

Regenerx was developed from clinical research work conducted at Department of Dermatology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, in Scotland.

Treatment with this formulation in the patients suffering from mild to severe hair loss showed significant improvement compared with the control group. Researchers have concluded that pharmacologically active stimulants for hair growth are present in this formulation of specific essential oils and that these oils can be therapeutic in patients with alopecia and thinning hair. The researchers also point out that the formulation caused no side effects, while steroids and other common agents can cause adverse side effects as described above.

Regenerx contains a unique blend of natural oils like cedarwood, rosemary, and lavender which help stimulate hair growth by increasing blood flow to the scalp. More blood flow allows more of the important nutrients and vitamins to reach the scalp. Increased blood circulation can help awaken previously dormant follicles and promote new hair growth.

Regenerx formulation also includes jojoba, grapeseed, thyme, and rosemary oils to help condition and revitalize the scalp. These ingredients contain antioxidants which neutralize free-radicals that can damage cells of the scalp. Natural oils like these moisturize and soften dry, damaged scalp to help restore hair follicles and promote healthy hair growth. Jojoba and grapeseed oils are also very effective carrier oils. Carrier oils promote the absorption of other oils into the skin to further increase their effectiveness.

Hair follicles can sometimes become clogged with build-ups of sebum that inhibit hair growth. It's important to clean out this build-up to make way for new hair growth. Lavender, thyme, and jojoba are natural oils that can clear out sebum to make way for new hair growth. In some cases bacteria can inhibit hair growth. These oils also have antiseptic properties that can destroy harmful bacteria and soothe the scalp to create a better environment for hair growth.

Women experiencing hormonal changes often find that their hair starts to thin and becomes brittle. Years of harsh treatment combined with blow-drying and exposure to the sun may irreparably damage hair and decrease volume. Regenerx is a natural way to bring back fuller hair by stimulating hair growth as well as volumizing existing hair using natural essential oils. Whether you are experiencing advanced women's hair loss, noticing a slight thinning of your hair, or want to prevent hair loss altogether. Regenerx provides a unique and effective treatment for women's hair loss that can have you seeing noticeable results just in 3 months or less. You don't have to suffer from the effects of hair loss. Finally there is a effective all natural solution for thinning hair.

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Trends For Kid's Hairstyles

Thursday, 23 April 2009

Kid's hairstyles should be simple and easy to manage till they reach their teenage. They get their hair dirty and tangled up and are very active. Long and stylish hair should not hamper their fun while playing or any other fun activities, so majority of the parents prefer short and simple hairstyles for kids.

For children's hairstyles, keeping things simple usually last until they turn around 12 years old. From then on they seem to have ideas of their own on how they want their hair to look, and as parents we just have to make sure it is not too wild. However, for younger kids where parents still have great influence how hair should be worn or cut, there are some cute options available.

The most popular hairstyles for young boys are the crew cut and short spikes. These hairstyles are shorter in length and easily manageable. Kids look cute with these hairstyles. Other cute hairstyles are the slight sweep and simple comb down. In slight sweep style, the hair is parted to one side and in simple comb down, the hair is slightly above the eyebrows with hairs simply combed down from all sides.

Because kids are so active, both boys and girls, hairstyles that are easy to manage and will not get tangled up easily are great everyday options. Because young boys will usually have easier to manage hair, young girls hairstyles take a little more effort to maintain at that age. Because young boys' hairstyles can be easily worn at any special occasion, it is much easier to get them ready.

Parents enjoy doing their daughters hair because there are handfuls of hairstyles for young girls. The most common are the short hair length and the shoulder length. Some parents also prefer keeping long hairs for their daughters. Long hairs are generally curled and waved. Parents usually tie a knot or ponytails so that their daughters can enjoy their playtime.

Because kids at this age are more concerned about playing rather than socially fitting in the crowd, hairstyles do not need to be the hot, fashionable ones. Hairstyles need to be simple, easy to manage, and for girls, not too long so that it does not hamper their fun on swings, slides, or other fun activities.

After 13, at teenage children are more excited and eager to try something new. They try different hairstyles and constantly keep on changing their hairstyles depending on the current trends. Girls generally try to copy the celebrity hairstyles like Kelly Clarkson and Christina Aguilera. The most popular teenage hairstyles for girls are highlighting and long hair lengths with crimping, curling or braiding.

Punk hairstyles have remained the same since 70s with a few changes with time and fashion. Punk cool can be sported by wild, unconventional hair with uneven, ratty yet funky-cool cuts. A Mohawk hairstyle, characterized by a shaved scalp with strips of hair running across the crown of the head is the most common punk hairstyle.Bleaching and coloring are also common punk styles among teens.

By: Redmund

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Excessive Hair Loss: Stick To One Line Of Treatment To Curb Hair Fall

Thursday, 11 June 2009

People stricken with the agony of hair loss have been often found desperately switching over from one course of treatment to another in order to check hair loss and bring back hairs on scalp. However it should not be so, because all different ways for treating hair loss need some time to show results. All hair loss struck folks must keep patience. They should opt for one line of treatment and stick to it till the required time to see the desired results.

There are various treatment options. From natural remedies to high powered drugs- all are available to treat hair loss. There also exist a nutritional way to curb hair fall. If you don't want to take hair loss pills, a host of liquids and chemicals are also there to apply directly on the scalp.

Among all these treatment options what remains a favorite of all is home treatment option. These options are rather based on natural products and hence are also termed as natural remedy. From egg yolks to various oils there could be n-number of natural products to be used to treat hair loss at home.

Natural measures also include nutritional supplements such as iron pills, iodine supplements and Vitamin B rich products.

Coming to medication option, only a few drugs have been approved as hair loss remedy. Precisely, there are only two medicines that have got approval of FDA. These are Minoxidil and Propecia. But these medications must be checked against side effects and reactions before being brought in regular use. Baring these medications there are also a good number of other medicines that are efficient in treating loss of hairs but not without disastrous side effects. So check in these details before trying any of these.

In extreme cases of hair loss when you are sure to remain bald for the whole life, you are left with only one option. This is hair transplantation through surgery.

Although there exists a non surgical option of hair replacement but it's not as effective as hair transplantation. While opting for transplantation you must take great care and caution in choosing the surgeon. You must select the surgeon whose dexterity in the sphere of hair transplantation is renowned.

Before using scalp ointments and liquids, a consultation with dermatologist is a prerequisite. There must not be excess application of scalp liquids. You should strictly follow the instructions given by your dermatologist.

All in all, I would sum up my article with a suggestion that don't get panicked over excessive hair loss. Have patience, you can bring back your hairs provided you are determined to do so.

Women hair loss treatment

Friday, 17 April 2009

Today Hair loss is a very big problem. Everybody wants to free from the hair loss problem. But if you want to control your hair loss follow the simple and the best step for your hair:

Features and Growth of Hair:

Our hair is covered with three layers: - The outer surface layer of overlapping cells covered the hair shaft or cuticula pili that locks the hair into its Follicle is called Cuticle.

It protects your hair and increase the growth of your hair. It also holds the pigment which is present in our cell for giving hair color. The medulla is the hallow tube in cortex, which makes hair stronger and elastic.

Each hair is joints at the end of root with skin. It is joint with the help of follicle- a small tubular group of cells in skin which contain cavity in the root of hair. It also helps in growth of hair by packing the old cells together. The average growth rate of healthy follicles is .o4 cm per day. At the end of follicle there is a large structure of papilla. Papilla is made up of many tissues. These are structure of hair from starting to end.

When any body comb there they many hair on their and they complain that our hair is falling but it is not true in every case because our follicle which is present at the base of hair it push out old hair and push out new hair. The time period of follicle of growing hair fixed. Around 90 % of hairs are growing at a time and the remaining 10 % percent are resting. When our hair reached its last stage it falls not due to hair loss problem but from its life cycle. So don’t worry if you see hair on your comb or wash basin. If you see thousand of hairs are falling then there is a need of doctor consulting before it say no doctor. Because around 30 to 300 hairs can be fall in one day if your hair falling more then it then you can surely suffering from Hair Loss Problem.

Tips for protecting you from hair loss:

  1. Don’t try unusual hair style which don’t suite to hair. When you go to salon for changing you hair style or hair color they use chemical and give heat to your hair which is not good for your hair roots and follicle. It makes your hair weak and you may face the problem of hair loss.
  2. When you are going out side the home please be with a cap to protect your hair from sun heat.
  3. If you are swimming in pool or beach use a best conditioner on your wet hair to protect it from chlorine and salt water. After that wash it properly with shampoo.
  4. The best way of making your healthy is that don’t use any chemical substance which harm your. Use only the herbal product for your hair growth. Its also make your hair strong, silky, beautiful and shiny.
  5. Best and cheapest treatment of any problem related to hair is make Indian head massage (Champi) two times in a week with oil.
Above mentions are some best tips for your hair loss problem. This all tips are natural and no side effect and best Hair Treatment for you.

About The Author:
Bella Mclaine loves writings on Hair Loss Problem, one of the website she has written extensively about Hair Loss Treatment is www.bodyhealthbeauty.org.

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Hair And Scalp Diseases - Alopecia Areata

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

If you were to ask, an individual who suffers from Alopecia Areata what it is you may be surprised at their answer. Instead of giving you the medical terminology that goes with this condition, they will simply tell you that it is a discouraging and disheartening condition. It is a form of hair loss that those suffering from it find frustrating.

As far as the cause of it goes, it is believed to be a malfunction in the autoimmune system of the sufferer. It does just restrict itself to male or female as either can be affected with it. It most often comes on quickly and becomes noticeable rapidly. It seems to affect one side more than the other for reasons unknown. Alopecia areata is not to be mistaken as being male pattern baldness, which is hereditary. Something that is seen throughout the generations amongst the men of the family.

When an individual suffers from an autoimmune disorder is almost as if the body turns on itself and will attack various components of the body. This is what happens in the case of Alopecia Areata. The body simply attacks the hair as if it were a foreign entity. It centers its attack on the individual hair follicles.

When biopsies are taken and conducted on skin that is affected with Alopecia Areata it will show the immune cells within the hair follicle that should not be there. There are several autoimmune disorders such as thyroid disease or rheumatoid arthritis that are autoimmune diseases just to name a few. Sometimes the Alopecia Areata will co incide with this. There has been some evidence to indicate that this condition may be heredity.

There is a pattern to this type of hair loss, which shows patches of hair loss. Then there is a pattern that indicates a thinning that appears to be more general it’s called diffuse Alopecia Areata. In severe cases there can be total scalp baldness technically known as alopecia totalis. It doesn’t happen too often but the entire body can become hairless called Alopecia Universalis. With men, it can affect total hair loss of the beard.

It would seem that the condition alopecia areata affects children right up to younger adults. In very rare cases, it will affect toddlers and it could affect children into their mid adulthood. It is not contagious. Often when estrogen and progesterone therapies are stopped, there will be hair loss but this is very different from Alopecia Areata.

One many wonder how a diagnosis can be made when there are so many varying types of hair loss. Each condition has their own specific characteristics. In this case, when the hairs are looked at closely the hairs seem to form an exclamation point. In some cases, though an actual biopsy of the scalp has to be performed in order to confirm the condition.

As far as treatment goes in about 50% of the cases, the hair will just grow back in on its own. For the other 50% there are various treatments both natural and chemical that are available to them, although the natural treatments are safer.

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Female Pattern Hair Loss: What Causes Hair Loss In Women?

Thursday, 14 May 2009


There exists a widespread connotation that hair loss is greatly prevalent among males. But this connotation could be defied with the fact that even a good number of women suffer from hair loss. Although it's not that easy to ascertain exact causes of hair loss among women there are two or three popular reasons attributed to hair loss among them.

Despite widespread hair loss among women, very rarely they happen to be bald. Even women don't show complete disappearance of hairs from one particular part of scalp that usually happens with males. A woman normally experiences evenly distributed hair loss from scalp that means hairs fall from all parts of scalps, most likely in equal proportion.

Some of the common causes of female hair loss are:

Androgenetic Alopacea


It is a phenomenon inside the female body in which testosterone (male hormone), which is present in women in dormant state, undergoes chemical reactions to form DHT. This DHT affects hair follicles, their normal functioning, hair regeneration and growth, resulting in hair loss and female baldness in the later stages. However female hormones resist its effect to prevent complete baldness.

Alopacea Areata


It is an uneven type of hair loss that may be due to various deficiencies in the body. These deficiencies could be due to lesser intake of required nutrients and vitamins. As less than required intake of essential body minerals and vitamins weakens immune system. With a weakened immune system hair follicles are less likely to fight with disrupting factors giving a way to temporary follicle dysfunction. It in turn results in hair loss.

Telogen Effluvium


This is a condition in which women suffer hair loss due to unexpected shock or stress and extreme emotional imbalances. Usually an unanticipated stress situation gives way to short term depression that adversely affects hair. In that period sharp hair loss is witnessed. Most often women conceiving baby for the first time experiences this type of hair fall. A woman fired from work place or divorce could be other reasons of Telogen Effluvium.

These three are primary reasons of hair loss in women. Apart from that a woman may experience hair loss due to genetic causes as well as some medications may also result in hair loss as a side effect.

Teen Hair Loss - Mom, I’m Losing My Hair!

Sunday, 30 August 2009

Hair loss is usually the last concern of any female teen. Although sometimes teenagers experience losing their hair too. In this case, it may be a sign that something may be wrong. You have to calm yourself though since, this is not much of a life and death situation.

So let us talk about our crowning glory: the hair. It is composed of keratin which is a type of protein in our body. The hair is made up of a hair shaft, the root and the follicle. At the deeper end is the hair bulb, where the hair’s color pigment- melanin is produced.

Statistics tell us that baldness strikes 40% of men by their thirties. And more than 65% of them will have the “monk” type of haircut or the typical set where the hair is only at the back of the head and around the temples and bald on top – by age 75. It is a known fact that baldness strikes so much fear in men because this is a sign that the aging process is already starting. Age, as we know is something we hate but yet can not do something about its coming.

However when you are losing your hair during your adolescence phase, it can be more stressful. Why does it have to happen during a time when appearance is all that matters? It can be devastating to self-esteem and confidence too.

In our head, it is normal to lose about 50 to 100 hairs a day. No need to worry because these hairs are replaced in the same spot. If your teenager is losing more than that, it is indeed time to be alarmed. It is a good idea to go to a doctor to determine the cause of the problem. Your doctor can suggest some treatment to correct these using modern methods.

Teen hair loss may be due to sickness or poor nutrition. Strong medications or medical treatment can also cause teens to lose their hair. Some improper hair care should be avoided. Lathering on too much hair gels and creams can cause the hair roots to weaken and break easily.

Listen up guys! Making your hair stand up like a cathedral and being “hip and cool” do have its own disadvantage. And hear me out girls! If you wear a hairstyle that pulls on the hair so tightly like braids or ponytails, you can damage the hair follicles and will prevent or slow down the growth of healthy hair. So I suggest you let your hair breathe once in a while. Do not tie it up and punish it everyday.

At times, stress can cause hair loss in teenagers. They might be going through a difficult time at school, probably thinking about problems in their class subjects or handling peer pressure. It is best to talk to your parents or teachers to find out how you can relieve your negative stress.

Although there are studies that say balding is usually extensive if it starts in the teen years, the good news is that some research claims that it is often temporary. Once the cause of the problem is corrected, hair will usually grow back.

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Effectively Treating Male And Female Baldness With Hair Restoration Surgery

Sunday, 26 April 2009

Today, the problem of hair loss has become a major concern not only among men but also with women. In some serious cases, the problem of hair loss can lead to baldness if not treated in time. With developments in the field of medical science and technology, effective hair restoration surgery is now readily available to treat the problem of both male and female balding.

The most effective forms of hair restoration surgery are follicular unit transplantation or FUT and the follicular unit extraction or FUE. In a follicular unit transplantation method, a specialist hair restoration surgeon removes a narrow portion of the scalp from the back of the head. This area is sutured and heals with no visible evidence. The strip is dissected in to tiny skin grafts containing only one hair follicle. Naturally the follicle may produce one to four hairs. In follicular extraction (FUE) the hair restoration surgeon uses a tiny punch to removed individual follicle grafts of one to four hairs. In this method no sutures are required. It is the least invasive procedure. These treatment procedures are available for both male and female and many patients have been benefited through this surgery.

While going for hair restoration surgery, it is necessary to use the services of a highly experienced hair restoration surgeon who has in depth knowledge of various hair loss treatments. The experienced surgeon performs different hair transplant surgeries depending upon the hair problems of a particular patient. The professional hair restoration surgeon utilizes the most advanced techniques to restore the hair density, improve the naturalness and finally save the patients from permanent hair loss.

Hair plays a vital role in describing our personality however, due to some hair loss problems we may became bald which is quite irritating. Medical hair restoration treatment and surgeries are the ways through which we can prevent ourselves from becoming bald. Moreover, there are also many medical hair restoration treatments where only medicines are used to treat the hair loss problems. In such medical hair restoration programs, the hair specialist closely studies your hair problems and offers you effective medicines for your problems. Both in male and female, androgenetic alopecia is one of the main reasons for hair loss which can be treated successfully by consulting a hair specialist in time.

By: Anirban Bhattacharya

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Male Pattern Baldness - Propecia

Sunday, 30 January 2011

Breakthrough advancements in hair restoration may mean bye bye baldness in 5 years time. German scientists at Berlin Technical University have used stem cells (the body's main cells) to make the first ever artificial hair follicles. The follicles created were made of animal cells but the team are confident that they will succeed in growing human hairs from stem cells within a 12 month period. Preparations for clinical trials have commenced.

These stem cells can be grown into any type of body tissue or organ and in five years; those who suffer from baldness will have the ability to grow hair using their own stem cells. The hairs will then be implanted into the scalp's bald areas. It is estimated that the procedure will take five to ten hours to complete and even at that it will need to be repeated again and again in order to produce the desired effect.

In the meantime, propecia (finasteride) is a very popular and very effective treatment for male pattern baldness (the most common type of hair loss). Propecia has a huge success rate and men who take it often find that the treatment results in the prevention of further hair loss and in many cases a regrowth of hair. It is said that the earlier the treatment commences, the better the results.

Women are turning to advanced laser therapy in order to restore their locks. An 84% success rate has been reported and results are said to be apparent within 3 months in most cases.

The treatment involves the massaging and heating of the scalp thus expanding the pores to increase blood flow to the hair follicles. It may seem like a drastic measure to go this length for hair loss but baldness and the loss of hair can affect men and women in very extreme ways and can impact upon their confidence, relationships and careers.

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Female Hair Loss Treatments - Why Hair Loss Differs On Venus

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Female hair loss treatments often differ to men's, for a number of reasons. The main prescription hair loss treatment for men, the drug propecia, is generally not as effective in women, although an Italian study seemed to show some promise with it.

The study followed the experience of 37 women who were given 2.5 mg of propecia a day, as well as the contraceptive pill. As propecia can cause deformities in the development of a male fetus' sex organs, propecia cannot be given to women who have a chance of conceiving, or who are pregnant.

Results were measured by taking photos of the women's heads, and using a technique called computerized light videodermoscopy to measure the density of hairs. Women tend to have thinning hair when they suffer hair loss, and don't often go completely bald.

After 12 months of treatment, 23 women (62%) had improvements in their hair thickness. Those women who had most hair loss down the middle of the top of the head, showed the most improvement. Only one woman was found to have worse hair loss.

But more studies on propecia as a female hair loss treatment need to be conducted before it is given the green light as a treatment option. Not only is there the issue of fetal damage, making it a risky drug for women, but this study is not conclusive as evidence that it will actually work for all, or most, women.

Generally, women are given topical treatments like minoxidil to encourage hair growth. Minoxidil has drawbacks in that it has to be applied to the scalp twice a day, and some women are allergic to it. Unfortunately, scientists have not come up with a hair loss medication that will definitely work for women.

Another reason female hair loss treatments differ to men's is that the causes of female hair loss often vary. Hair loss in women is often associated with hormonal changes like menopause, discontinuing birth control pills, and after pregnancy. There is a 3 month delay before signs of hair loss will appear, so if you're noticing hair loss now, it was probably triggered 3 months ago. And it can take another 3 months before new growth starts to show.

Another factor in female hair loss is excessive dieting or sudden weight loss. Hair requires nutrients to grow just as any other part of the body does, What we eat can not only affect how shiny and healthy our hair appears, but also hair loss. Whilst men can suffer hair loss from similar weight loss, women tend to be more involved with extreme diets than men.

Female hair loss can also be an indicator of a medical condition, such as an underactive thyroid gland, diabetes, anemia, and PCOS. It's a good idea to get these possible issued ruled out by a doctor first. If they are at the root of the hair loss problem, no amount of hair loss medications or topical treatments or hair vitamins is going to stop hair loss until that is treated.

Hair loss that is caused by physical or emotional stress generally resolves itself when the stressor is dealt with, without any female hair loss treatment. But because of the hair's growth cycles, it can take 6 months before any improvement is noticed.

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Wednesday, 29 April 2009

People often have the mistaken notion that only males can lose hair and that alopecia is a physiological defect the gentle sex is exempt from. As a matter of fact, almost 20% of females in the world are in dire need of protection from the frightful menace of losing their beautiful hair. Most of them have never imagined that there is such a possibility in a woman's life. First of all, there is the female pattern alopecia, which is somewhat similar to the male pattern baldness, though much less severe. Women seem now to be increasingly threatened by what is called diffuse idiopathic alopecia, the cause of which has not yet been definitely ascertained. It is an insidious disease which may not be apparent until about 80% of the hair is lost, and is then manifest as a diffuse thinning of the hair over the entire scalp.

Testosterone excretion has been shown to be elevated, and some theories have been put forward on this basis to explain this type of female alopecia. It is said that this type of alopecia is associated with seborrhea. Anyhow seborrhea should be controlled, no matter whether or not it is really the cause of the hair fall. It has also been suggested that estrogens should be taken internally. How effective this therapy is has not yet been determined. Another suggested treatment is low-dose interrupted courses of corticosteroids.

It's now not so wonderful as it once seemed to be. The hair regenerator we are introducing to patients here is based on the remarkable efficacy of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs in tackling hair loss problems. External application is combined with oral administration, if necessary. And the afflicted girl or woman must be persuaded not to develop any strong neurotic reaction to the hair loss. This is the way traditional Chinese medical practitioners do their work.

In ancient China silk of the light blue color was very precious. It was used only for making rich garments. A beautiful woman's hair was compared to light-blue silk. The famous poet of the Tang Dynasty Bai Juyi noticed the pitiful fact that women also lost hair and described it in the following line:"Fell the silk of light blue and sparse grew the temples."

The situation deplored by the renowned Tang Dynasty poet has become more serious in the contemporary world. But there is no need for female to get into a panic if she finds a few hairs on her pillow in the morning. It is normal for a person, whether male or female, to lose 50-100 pieces of hair during the 24 hours of a day, because he/she is supposed to have one hundred thousand pieces of hair on his/her scalp. If the person washes his/her head and finds a lot of hair in the water, then the situation is more serious.

It is highly probable that he/she is losing hair. It is certain that a woman will feel greatly alarmed or even become ashamed of herself if she should discover that her scalp is barely covered by a thin layer of hair. This is a natural reaction, because her beauty is impaired. Now, what are the causes of hair loss in the case of females? An obvious cause is some chronic skin disease. It must not be overlooked that ringworm may bring about alopecia with scaling and pustulation. This is far more serious than alopecia which is due to other diseases, such as anemia, so far as the possibility of regrowth of hair is concerned.

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How To Stop Hair Loss And Regrow Lost Hair

Friday, 31 July 2009

Curing Hair Loss : Hair Like Samson (before he met Delilah)

A multi-millionaire will be made one day – the day a scientific researcher finds a simple, inexpensive, universally successful hair regrowth product. And that day will come. The amount of money being funneled into hair loss research is phenomenal, and as long as our society puts such great stock in appearance and beautiful heads of hair, the research will continue until that simple cure is found.

Until then, men and women must investigate and experiment with a variety of products which will have a variety of results, dependent upon the individual. Each human body is unique, with unique levels of hormones, chemicals, and enzymes. For this reason, to date, there is not a universal cure. Some people experience reduction in hair loss and solid regrowth, while others using the same product may not see the same results.

For those who experience less than desired results from the variety of topicals, pills, herbs and hair products available, there are currently surgical “cures,” if they have the financial wherewithal to pursue them. These involve a variety of transplant techniques and can be tedious and a bit painful. Such cures are available for both men and women.

Transplants: In transplants, a hair strip is taken from a donor area of the scalp, usually the back, because pattern baldness in both men and women usually does not affect the back of the head. From these stips, individual follicles are extracted and then implanted into the bald area of the scalp. The “art” of this procedure is to get the follicle in so that the slant of the hair is correct for that part of the head. There are usually 1-5 hairs in each follicle, so you can imagine how many transplants have to occur if someone wants a full thick head of hair to replace a completely bald spot. The average cost of transplant, per follicle is $4 - $6. The average cost of pattern baldness transplants is about $10,000.00 – a hefty bill for most of us. For women who have overall balding events, the cost can be greater still.

If you do not have $10,000 to spend at the moment and you must wait until regrowth products improve, you may have to be content with less preferable but effective methods like using Provillus available at http://www.provillus.com. There have been great advances in hair pieces for men, and wigs are as much a fashion accessory as jewelry for women. If you select this route, buy a good one and go to a professional who is widely experienced in developing unique hair pieces for individual needs. Generally, you get what you pay for. Fit and ability to have confidence that wind and lots of movement will not move your hair piece are extremely important. While not the permanent cure you really want, the embarrassment of societal reaction to your baldness is eliminated.

Keep abreast of research in the area of hair loss cures. Scientists are close, and the answer could come any day. In the meantime, do what makes you feel comfortable and confident, and use any product that helps you reduce the rate of your current hair loss. Stress and anxiety over this condition will only make it worse.

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Hair Replacement Unit: Wonders That Wigs Could Bring

Friday, 24 April 2009

When it comes to wigs and hairpieces there are lots of people that wear them. Individuals wear wigs and hairpieces for many different reasons. People that you see every day wear wigs and hairpieces. Some people need the wigs and hairpieces as hair replacement to cover baldness, while others just chose to wear them for the style.

Hair replacement wigs and hairpieces come in many different styles along with lots of colors to choose from. With wigs if you want layered, long, or short hair you won’t be looking long because basically any shop that sales wig will have different varieties. Anyone who wants to wear a wig can wear a wig. Woman wigs, actresses and singers are known to wear wigs rather it is for a special occasion or perhaps for a chance. Because someday they want long hairs, short hair on the next day then layered after that so on and so forth.

Almost anywhere you see people wearing hairpieces - normal people who just want to add a bit of something extra to their hair and not necessarily as hair replacement due to hair loss. They come in handy if you want to add a strand of pink, red, purple, etc. to your hair.

Wigs and hairpieces aren’t just for people who want a change in their everyday life, hair replacement wigs can be for those that have gone through chemo therapy do to cancer and lost all of their hair, this isn’t their choice, so they go out and buy a wig because they don’t feel comfortable without having hair.

Whether you are young, middle aged or old, that doesn’t make a difference when it comes to buying hair replacement wigs and hair piece. There is just about every variety of a wig or hairpiece out there. So if you are looking to try a wig or hairpiece you won’t have to look too far because you can find a wig or hairpiece in a store near you.

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Hair Loss Products & Hair Follicle Test

Sunday, 26 July 2009

With the recent advances in hair products it was just a matter of time before someone invented a test that would help to find out why men and women lose hair. This test has finally reached the public and is sure to take the beauty world by storm. We’ll take a few minutes to help you understand what this test is and how it can help.

The hair follicle test uses hair that is taken directly from your head. This can be done in your own home and mailed in to the lab. This is important as you will never have to visit a doctor’s office for this test as the hair can be mailed from anywhere in the world and a sample is easily taken. To take a sample of hair your simply run your fingers through the parts of your scalp where you perceive to have the worst hair problems. You then take that sample of hair and put it into a ziplock bag. It is important to note that you shouldn’t be plucking the hair from the scalp. You simply run your fingers thru until the hair’s simply barely come out. This should not be hard to do. You want to avoid combing to get them out as that may rip them out of the scalp as well. Next you will mail these samples into the lab.

Here is what the test can help you to understand. Many people suffer from a variety of hair problems including hair breakage, hair thinning, sebum build up on the root, bacteria build up on the root, hormonal hair problems, lack of nutrition in the hair and even stress that affects hair growth. By looking at these hairs thru a microscope most of the above can be seen and therefore the #1 factor that is causing your hair problems can be seen in the microscope. Stress shows up as a yellow color in the middle of the hair and lack of nutrition also shows in the medulla of the hair and the most obvious is the build up that is easily seen in the microscope. Each problem must be handled for your h air to become healthy again.

Hair loss is typically caused by stress, dht or lack of nutrition or even build up on the root of the hair. So what do you do if you have one of these problems? The answer is varied for each problems and many women and men will have more than one. For example dht chokes off the hair and causes the nutrition level to fall in the hair. Therefore both of these must be handled for the hair to become healthy again. The analysis can also be used to see why women or men have more breaking hair than they should have. It helps to show if hair has been damaged during perms, coloring or h ighlights. It is a great tool that can be used to define how healthy the hair is general and is used by top hair salons on their clients before they start color work to make sure that the hair is healthy enough to handle it.

As far as products go you should know about the basic hair products that help to make your hair healthy. First is a deep cleansing shampoo along with an oil that will deep cleanse the scalp and the root of the hair. The best is A Follicle Cleanser shampoo along with Jojoba oil to help remove the stubborn and deep sebum plugs and bacteria that prevent the proper amount of nutrition and oxygen that should reach the hair.

The second set of products are designed to stimulate the hair and these products help to produce a better blood flow to the root of the hair. This stimulates healthy hair growth and this in turn makes the hair stronger and ready to hand procedures such as coloring and perming. And the final set of products are nutrition based which feed the root of the hair the nutrition that it needs to be healthy. These products can range from hair vitamins to vitamin shampoos. To learn more about our beauty products visit the link below.

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Reversing Hair Loss - The Proven Hair Re-Growing Agents

Wednesday, 1 July 2009

Reversing hair loss is a feat that most men would want to achieve. Unfortunately, very few are able to get back lost hair once the hair fall becomes massive. Reversing hair loss is definitely not easy but it’s not impossible either.

Before using any particular herb or product, it is best for the patient to consult his physician. His doctor is the best person to educate him regarding the condition. And a physician is also the best person to discuss the treatments that might suit the patient’s condition. Just in case a strict budget would not allow a hair transplant, it is often always best to resort to natural and proven means of getting a full head of hair.

The Proven Hair Regrowers

Saw Palmetto - this natural remedy has been proven to stop hair fall. It blocks the formation of DHT and prevents this hormone from binding with the hair follicles. It is recommended that 1500 mg of this herb be taken daily. Patients are also advised to refrain from using shampoos that have SLS or Sodium Laureth Sulfate in them. SLS degreases the hair but it also clogs the follicles. Once the hair follicles get clogged, hair fall would soon follow. Discard all shampoos with SLS in them and hair growth would soon be noticeable - many patients have reported an improvement on their hair and scalp after ditching their old shampoos.

Eat foods that are rich in minerals like zinc, iron, or magnesium. These minerals are proven to be beneficial in restoring hair.

Buy a lotion that would condition the scalp. There are hair loss lotions and creams in the market that contain herbs which are proven to be effective in preventing hair loss. Herbs such as rosemary, lavender, aloe vera and coconut milk all have hair re-growing properties.

Blood circulation needs to be improved to be able to stop hair loss. Starved hair follicles tend to weaken and fall and to reverse this, it is best to purchase natural remedies which have no side effects. Ginkgo Biloba, Capsicum (in peppers), and prickly ash all improve circulation of the blood. Before getting into a regimen, it is wise for a patient to consult with a physician especially when he has existing medications for hypertension.

Olive and virgin coconut oils are proven hair growers, too. It just takes religious, daily applications to make the hair grow back.

Other Methods

Sometimes, laziness tends to consume most hair loss patients that they give up as soon as a month of applying or taking any medicine. Once they don’t see any fast results, these patients just shrug their shoulders and give up. Simple methods such as massaging one’s scalp for 15 minutes each day would greatly improve the blood circulation on that area. The massage would be further enhanced with the use of the aforementioned oils (olive and virgin coconut oils).

Stressful living could result into many ill conditions on the human body. Eliminating stress in one’s life would also improve the systems of the body. Let go and let live—relax and take the regimen you have chosen one day at a time; and before you know it, there would be baby hairs on your scalp!

A Golden Future with Hair Restoration

Friday, 17 July 2009

Hair loss affects you in many ways but the main thing that it does is destroy confidence. Without confidence you have problems going about general life. Life is ultimately a competition and without all your natural attributes, such as a full head of hair, it is difficult to see how the game is fair. It can affect relationships or future relationships, job interviews, respect in friendship groups and perhaps more generally how we react to the rest of the world. It is no wonder that people with hair loss are increasingly looking for ways to restore their hair so that they can look forward to a bold future and not a bald one.

Hair restoration is any method used that provides a way for you to replace hairs in an area that is bald or balding. There are 2 main ways that are used. The first involves the stimulation of remaining hair follicles to wake them up and begin producing hair once again. The second relies on transplanting follicles from areas of the scalp where it continues to grow to areas that are thinning or bald. There are a number of techniques used for both strategies. Certainly the stimulation of hair follicles is a good method in the first stages of balding, where as the transplant method is better for older people with more extensive hair loss.

There are a range of techniques that can be employed to promote the hair follicles that you still have. There are drugs such as Minoxidil which despite initially used to aid with the problems of high blood pressure have since been found to stimulate hair production in the scalp as a side effect.

There are still more drugs and herbal cures that work by blocking the effect of androgen male hormones on the working of hair cells. These stop a problematic hormone called DHT being produced in the hair follicles. Persons with genetic type baldness seem to have follicles that are very sensitive to this DHT hormone. They react by making far weaker hair and eventually shrinking away to nothing. These drugs and herbs reawaken the hair follicles causing them to go on to produce good hair once again.

Another method involves the use of low energy laser light. This laser light in the infra red band of the electro magnetic spectrum has been found to stimulate respiration and blood circulation in scalp tissue. This keeps the hair follicles healthy so that they go one to make hair. The usual methodology for these treatments is to first reawaken the scalp follicles, get them to make healthy hair and then keep them in this growth period so that they don't wither away and die off.

The alternative for people with bigger bald areas is to use some type of hair transplant. This always involves a degree of hair transplant surgery. methods in this area have improved greatly over the last few years. They all depend on the fact that follicles from the back of the head always continue to produce healthy hair no matter where located. For some reason the hair cells remain resistant to the DHT chemical even if they are transplanted.

Early methods used to transplant strips of scalp skin complete with follicles. This has the difficulty of causing a lot of pain, scarring at the back of the head and the problem in getting a natural look in the new location. New techniques use microscopes to identify and extract small groups of hair follicles and transplant them to the new area. In this way the level of disruption to the donor site is very small, which reduces scarring in this area. During the transplant of these follicle groups it is possible to make sure that they look natural in their new location by putting them at the correct angle and direction to lie evenly in comparison to the remaining hair.

In terms of hair transplant cost the older methods are the cheapest because they are less labor intensive. However, as can be seen there are larger benefits in the newer follicular unit treatment. It is a problem that some clinics are still using the old methods purely because of the extra profits that can be made.

These hair restoration methods that have been given could be seen as a life long process with people starting with regrowing and maintaining hair follicles and then going on to hair transplants later in life. Costs can be high as visits to clinics have to be maintained over many years. However, the results can be very good and potentially life changing making a bold future a reality.

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