Monday, November 28, 2011

Going Organic for Healthy Hair Growth

Hair grows differently from one person to another. But the rate of hair growth can be improved if people know to how to properly care for their mane and use the right products.

Using a shampoo is important in cleaning the hair. Today, there are specially formulated shampoos that not only clean but promote hair growth as well. Many brands are in the market nowadays but what matters most is being able to pick the one that suits your hair type.

The attitude shouldn’t be to just try out the most popular or most expensive shampoo because in the end, you still might not get the results you want. If you choose the one that fits your hair type, you’ll have a greater chance of keeping your mane healthy and even boosting its growth.

Mild and gentle shampoos are the most ideal to use. This is highly recommended for people experiencing hair loss so as not to damage their hair and scalp any further.

Organic shampoos have lesser chemicals that are commonly used in the traditional man-made shampoos. They are known as organic because they only use natural ingredients that can properly nourish the hair and make it grow faster. These products include some of the famous herbs.

• Chamomile – known as a hair tonic, this helps in keeping the hair shiny and strengthening it to prevent split ends.

• Thyme – this is helpful in nourishing the scalp and preventing dandruff.

• Rosemary – stimulates the hair follicles to promote proper hair growth and helps prevent dandruff as well.

• Lavender – cleans and soothes the scalp as well as gives a nice smell.

• Aloe vera – this helps nourish the scalp and promotes hair growth. It has anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties as well.

• Jojoba – removes blockages from the follicles and hastens hair growth.

• Soy protein – boosts hair growth and improves volume.


The following are other considerations when looking for a hair growth product:

• It contains amino acids and botanicals to help hasten hair growth.
• Nourishes the roots of the hair to make them grow properly and healthy. It also contains vitamins to stimulate hair growth.
• It not only helps hair grow healthier but strengthens it and gives it a unique shine. It contains moisturizers and emollients for gentle cleansing and nourishing.

Also, it is best to seek the advice and help of a hair care professional or a hair loss expert in choosing a hair growth product.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Searching and Researching for the Ultimate Baldness Remedy

Scientists at the Berlin Technical University revealed they had grown the world’s first artificial hair follicles from stem cells.

The leader of the research team claimed that within five years, millions of hair loss sufferers could grow new hair from their own stem cells and have it implanted into their bald spots.

A study by the University of Pennsylvania suggested that bald men were not bald at all — it was simply that their stem cells were producing growths too fine to be visible to the human eye. According to the team leader, Dr. George Cotsarelis, ‘The fact that there are normal numbers of stem cells in a bald scalp gives us hope for reactivating those stem cells’.

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that a chemical called astressin-B showed ‘astounding’ results for hair regrowth after one jab per day for just five days. The tests were on mice, but the researchers were confident that a cure for baldness could be found in 5 to 10 years.

A British company announced that their scientists had pioneered a brand new technology to combat hair loss. The new technology had ‘been designed to improve hair growth and even re-awaken dormant hair follicles’. The company claimed to have developed a new ‘growth factor complex’ (sh-VEGF) which would stimulate hair follicle growth on balding scalps.

Taken together, this seemed to herald a revolution. Over the years, there has been no shortage of unrealistic headlines promising an end to baldness — but most of this new research seemed to emanate from respectable academic institutions, and all of them seemed to be promising the same thing: the end of baldness.

Even if the research proved to be disappointing in the long run, there appeared to be other developments in the world of hair repair taking place, too — not in biochemistry, but in the technology of hair weaving and transplants.

There were rumours that a new hair transplant technique — FUE, or Follicular Unit Extraction, which transplants follicles from the back of the head one by one instead of in a long strip — used robot technology to enable thousands of follicles to be replanted at once, thus producing a more sophisticated and convincing result. Perhaps a new crop of hair could be bought, right now, without having to wait for genetic science to take the necessary leap forward.

Why does baldness matter so much to men? Stories of men — and women — becoming suicidal after hair loss are not uncommon. This is not just about looks, but mortality, the passage of time.

It is a paradigm of ageing, a signal of loss of control over our bodies on a continuum with, say, losing the ability to stand up or the loss of a faculty. We suddenly become describable as just an old biddy or an old fool. Baldness quickly swallows up a person, like ‘just’ a fat person or an ill person.

Therefore, it is no wonder that experiments, research, and clinic trials have become a constant in the hair restoration industry.

Monday, November 14, 2011

3 Tips to Head Off further Hair Loss

There are few things more discomforting than shedding your full head of hair. You may feel like you might be looking at someone else in the mirror if you have a bald spot. You are looking older and your sense of self is becoming distorted. This situation is challenging if you feel insecure because of your bald spot. The restoration of hair is not an overnight process. People have been worried about it, but the process takes time regardless of the method chosen.

It’s not only the older folks that go bald. Age is not a limiting factor for the tendency to go bald. Hair loss may be due to environmental, lifestyle and hereditary factors. There are several strategies you can consider if you want to regain your hair.

1. Precautions

Proper nutrition has done many people a world of good. Your hair is affected by your moods and the amount of proteins and vitamins in your diet. Pressure can contribute to hair loss faster. This is due to biochemical changes that happen inside the body due to stress. Place air filters so that your environment is clean enough and contributes to good health. A filthy environment will lead to more problems besides hair loss.

You may try modifying the way in which you make use of hair products. Hair loss may be due to the usage of shampoo that is extremely strong in formulation. Natural products work well for this purpose. Crush some aloe vera and apply to your hair on the days that you’re not applying your strong anti-dandruff shampoo.

2. Topical Applications

If you look at all the hair thinning products out there, you will find out that there are a few effective ones. But there are some other people who can’t use these things. One reason is antipathy reaction to drugs. It has been discussed that folks applying thinning hair medication for the first time can experience mild problems like undesired hair growth on the other parts of the body. Eye irritation may also be a sign that you are allergic to the product. Some other folks also feel like vomiting or feel woozy all of a sudden. When you recurrently use the product, try not using it for a while to check if the symptoms will go away.

3. Laser and Grafting

Contemporary technology has allowed other people to have their hair restored using laser technology and surgery. There are benefits and disadvantages to these means, of course. Grafting is a process that involves implanting active hair follicles to replace lifeless ones. Some hair roots may still be revived, but need a supplementary therapy to reactivate them. These dormant follicles are treated with laser therapy to stimulate them. When the follicles are healthy again, hair will grow out normally.

Monday, November 7, 2011

A Hair Piece for Her Peace of Mind

If we discuss hair loss in ladies, it can be a very reserved and almost ‘taboo’ subject as baldness and hair thinning are most commonly related to men. This is not to say that girls deny having problems with hair loss, just that it is not regarded as something which women typically experience; and consequently, it is a subject that should be addressed with the utmost delicacy and privacy. There are a handful of extremely effective hair loss treatments for women — solutions available on the market through which can alleviate much of the concern and embarrassment associated with this problem.

Female hair loss treatment often entails an initial consultation with a specialist hair replacement consultant who is able to talk to the consumer in complete privacy about their condition and alleviate any fears they can have about thinning hair or hair replacement therapy. This consultation takes place in a quiet, relaxing environment where the client can feel confident to talk about her circumstances.

Secondly, once the client is happy to proceed with hair replacement, a custom-made hair piece is crafted to consider the individual’s natural hair density, colour and growth patterns. This will then be fitted at a future appointment and the client will be pleasantly surprised about the general look that this hair loss treatment for women can provide.

Many clients believe that non-surgical hair replacement offers them back the confidence they started to lose when their hair began receding. Many women experiencing hair loss notice that their self-esteem lowers and they won’t want to go out as much as they previously had. With a new hair piece looking as natural as if it were their natural hair, they’ll soon want to be going out and showing off their proud fresh look.

Female hair loss treatment is becoming increasingly common as women realise that they do not have to suffer this embarrassing and delicate condition and that very effective solutions are easy to come by and come at affordable prices.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Hair Regrowth Products: Sure, They’re Effective, but Are They Safe?

The effectiveness or efficacy of hair regrowth products in improving or solving hair loss problems largely depends on the type of hair loss. In other words, it depends on the cause of a particular hair loss type. Often, the solutions to woman’s and man’s hair loss vary or take on different approaches. The medical science of hair loss treatment has a rather long history. Research in this field did not begin last year or two years ago.

The longstanding research in hair loss has given today’s men and women various options of treatment. Medical treatments today have high success rate in stopping or slowing down hair loss, even in regrowing hair. Likewise, hair regrowth products have taken on a similar path of development over the years. The important question to consider is not so much whether or not the treatments and products do work; rather, the more vital issue underlying today’s hair regrowth products and treatments boils down to the safety issue.

When we talk about the safety of hair regrowth products or hair loss treatments, we are not referring to the issue of life and death. A more valid issue is the long-term safety aspects of the products and treatments. This is a very valid and important aspect.

A similar analogy will be that of birth-control pills. Back in the early days of birth-control science, the drugs prescribed were effective in the prevention of conceiving a child. However, the tragic story was the horrible consequences of some of the birth-controls pills, which were only known years and years later. Therefore, it is important for you to know as much as possible about the safety of hair regrowth products and hair loss treatments.

Bear in mind that there are many products which utilize a variety of chemicals. The chemical ingredients can cause harmful effects, including damaging the hair and scalp. Other chemicals may not damage your hair and scalp directly, but you need to understand and be aware of the consequences of introducing chemicals into your body though they may bring about effective results in terms of stopping hair loss.

Most of the chemicals used in hair loss products attempt to interfere with the hair loss process, thereby bringing about the reduction in hair loss. Such mode of action does work and produce results. However, you need to know that the reduction of hair loss in this case is not due to treatment of the root cause.

Furthermore, it is also not a good practice to interfere body processes through the action of inhibition. Some hair regrowth products are also not targeting the source but they work on the principle of supplementation of needed nutrients. This latter scenario is much more favorable to one’s body balance and health.

Most hair regrowth products in the market are based on research. If the products are FDA approved and/or recommended by the American Hair Loss Association, then chances are they have attained a certain level of safety assurance for consumer use.

Finally, here are some final tips for choosing your hair regrowth products:

• Avoid chemical-based hair growth products
• Check for any safety assurance on the label or insert
• Make sure the hair regrowth products have proper approval and certification
• If you do have the choice, always go for hair regrowth products which utilize natural ingredients