Here are some simple and easy ways to get rid of dandruff and dry scalp at home without spending money on dandruff shampoo or expensive hair care products!
►Wet your hair well with Vinegar and massage into the scalp. Leave the vinegar in the hair for about 5 minutes.
►Once it starts to dry wash your hair.
►Repeat this process daily until the dandruff disappears, usually within a few days.
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“Yeeee gads! My hair is falling out!” This is a cry that can affect your whole family for long, awkward moments. What is it with your hair? Is it gone forever?
Let’s clear up some confusion and try to notch down some panic about this kind of a look in the mirror.
About Hair
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Healthy hair simply looks good. The healthier your scalp and hair follicles, the better your hair will look. If you’re starting to experience some hair loss and a general decline in the overall health of your hair and scalp, it has probably been deteriorating for a while, and you’re only now seeing the effects.
Hair grows in a cycle of three phases. Each individual hair is in a growth phase (anagen phase) for 2-6 years, before it enters a transition phase (catagen phase) for 1-2 weeks, and then a resting phase (telogen phase) for 5-6 weeks. After that, the hair dies and falls out. Then the follicle returns to the growth phase, and a new hair begins to grow.
In normal, healthy adults, the approximate percentages of hairs in these three different phases are:
· 84% in the growth (anagen) phase
· 0-1% in the transition (catagen) phase
· 14-15% in the resting (telogen) phase
Returning your hair follicles to the anagen growth cycle is the objective of any plan to regrow healthier hair.
DHT Effects On the Hair Follicle
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The medical term for hair loss is alopecia. This is defined as a state where 20% or more of a person’s hairs are in the telogen (resting) phase.
In cases of alopecia, the hair growth cycle has been altered so that the anagen (growth) phase is shortened. This results in an increased percentage of hairs in the catagen and telogen phases.
The enzyme conversion of testosterone creates a compound called Di-Hydro Testosterone (DHT). The effect of DHT on the hair follicles and oil glands of the scalp can be detrimental to the anagen phase that you want to lengthen.
In areas of hair thinning or loss, the follicles have more sites to which DHT can attach, and more DHT at those sites. This buildup of DHT near the follicles can shorten their growth phase and increase the numbers of hairs in the transition and resting phases. A continuation in this buildup of DHT will actually shrink the hair follicles, which causes their hairs to become thinner, weaker, and look less healthy.
Reality Check: No product known today will grow a hair without a viable hair follicle. Only a healthy hair follicle can grow a hair.
A healthy hair follicle can resist the negative effects of DHT buildup and continue in a normal growth cycle longer than an unhealthy one can. Hair care products that seek to lessen DHT work by binding to the same sites on the hair follicle to which DHT attaches. This blocks the abnormal response of the follicle to DHT, so it blocks the harm that is causing the weakening and loss of the hair.
The nutritional supplements recommended by a naturopathic physician work by helping the body to normalize its hormone levels, while increasing the circulation of nutrients and elimination of waste products from the hair follicle. This increases the strength of the follicle and protects it from further damage.
The amounts of the conversion enzymes that create DHT from testosterone, as well as the amounts of testosterone or cortisol, are thought to be genetically determined. This is why some people tend to have less of a problem with DHT than others.
The good news is that a person’s genetic expression (i.e., how their body is now) can be changed by what that person does in the upcoming weeks, months, and years, as well as how they do it. With advances in the scientific understandings of these physical events, you can arm yourself with the right information and learn to make the changes necessary to stop a hair loss problem. We’ll next explain how.
Hair Loss
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A variety of health conditions and environmental factors can cause hair loss. Likewise, many different approaches can be taken to stop hair loss and even grow hair back.
Certainly, having great hair is important to us, but the body has many other important things to do on a continuous basis. Some are higher priorities than maintaining lustrous hair — things like breathing, eliminating waste, absorbing food, protecting itself from infections, fleeing from danger, and so forth. If the body has a limited budget of energy, nutrients, and strength, it starts to redirect its resources to the tasks it deems most important. This is fortunate for us.
If stressful events occur to lower that ‘budget,’ the body may find it necessary to prioritize other functions more highly than hair growth.
For example, if a person undergoes a series of radiation treatments to kill cancer, the treatments incur a major stress on the body. The body’s first priority then becomes to live and breathe to grow nice hair another day. As a result, hair loss is often the consequence of radiation treatments. Hair regrowth after this type of trauma is possible, however, depending on the state of the hair follicles and the person’s overall capacity to return to health. Naturopathic doctors call this their “vital force.”
Major Causes of Hair Loss
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Hair loss might also be caused by various types of injury to the scalp, such as burns, radiation, acid spills, or scrapes. If the follicles are destroyed and replaced by smooth skin or scar tissue, a lotion or vitamin routine won’t very likely restore hair growth. At this point, it may be time for an implant, a weave, a wig, or a toupee. Or maybe it’s just time to accept the reality of a lack of hair. Bald can be beautiful, too.
Furthermore, various diseases, genetic tendencies, and auto-immune disorders can direct the body to neglect the health of the hair follicle, or even attack it directly. Some of these attacks might be triggered by environmental toxins, the side-effects of drugs, nutrient deficiencies, irregularities of hormone metabolism, or poor elimination of wastes. Here, we could discuss lifestyle choices and explanations of natural sciences such as nutrition, physiology, and biochemistry until your eyes glaze over.
If you have been taking anti-depressive medications like Zoloft or Paxil, you should be aware that the known side-effects of these types of drugs can include hair loss. The vicious cycle of compounding one’s depression by having to deal with hair loss makes these drugs a thing worth trying to avoid. Work with your doctor and be smart about your use of any medications, because many drugs have negative effects on hair growth.
If you are a “stress puppy,” and the slightest disruption in your plans tears you to pieces for hours or days at a time, your body’s response to those stress hormones can be yet another factor in hair loss and graying. Some training in stress management or anger resolution would be your best bet, while treating the resultant hair loss with physical medicines and lotions.
Sudden Hair Loss
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Sudden hair loss can occur after severe psycho-physical stresses like illness, childbirth, menopause, losing a job, or loss of a loved one. This type of hair loss appears within a few weeks or a month of the trauma, depending on its severity. It is often reversible with time, emotional healing, and the principles of physical support described here.
Hair Loss in Women
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Women seldom lose their hair for reasons of genetic predisposition. They do, however, experience hair loss from the other causes we’ve already mentioned. In addition, women are more commonly the consumers of hair treatments which are known to damage the hair and cause breakage and thinning. Rough handling, harsh commercial shampoos, perms, hair color, bleach, and cosmetics all can damage the hair follicles. Hormone fluctuations through life events of men or women also contribute to stress on the physical condition of the hair follicle.
Factors to Consider
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What does your body need to keep your hair looking good? Factors include good nutrition, effective elimination of wastes, exercise affecting the circulation, a good attitude, use of safe non-toxic products, and sensible protections from injury. These contribute to healthy glandular functions, especially of the thyroid, adrenals, gonads, and liver. If the links in this chain of hormone functions are weak or broken, your hair will probably be the least of your problems. It might just be the most visible one in your mirror, though.
Before you spend significant amounts of money on lotions or supplements to treat hair loss, try to figure out what is causing your hair to fall out, and change what you can about that underlying situation.
Enlist the help of your doctor to figure out any internal causes. Have your hormone levels tested for thyroid, adrenal, pituitary, and functions of the ovaries or testes. Make sure your nutritional intake and digestive functions are up to par. Again, this is a complex issue. It may take some study about the lotions and natural medicines available to find a plan that works for you, but the benefits to your health and appearance will be worth the effort.
For a detailed description of Dr. Lee’s treatment recommendations, visit
http://www.naturodoc.com/hair_comeback.htm.
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From shaping lengthy locks for the pages of top fashion magazines to cutting celebrity tresses, hair stylist Steven Dillon is making his mark on the beauty world.
Dillon quickly rose to star stylist status by working at the most prestigious salons in New York: Peter Coppola, Gil Gamieli, Brad Johns and, most recently, Pierre Michel.
His clients include Susan Sarandon, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Renee Russo, Elle MacPherson, Gisele, and Heather Graham. You can submit questions to Steven Dillon at steven@yourlookyourlife.com.
Q. What are your tips for making fine hair look more full-bodied?
A. Of course, a good haircut is key. However, if that is not possible, I would wash with volumizing shampoo daily, followed by a light, volumizing gel that is not too sticky. To style, I would turn my head upside down and get about 70% of the hair dried, then use a round large brush to style, taking small sections from the nape of neck to the crown. When you arrive at the top of the head, use tension and roll the brush vertically up and down until desired volume is achieved. Voila! Instant volume.
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By M.E. Vier for Your Look, Your Life
More than any other season, summer takes a toll on your hair. Though disheveled beach hair may look sexy and cool, it doesn’t do much for your hair’s color, luster and texture.
As the sun cools down come autumn, your hair stops absorbing those sun-kissed highlights and you can be left with a two-tone eyesore (dark on top and light at the ends).
Tamara Saffioti, hair specialist at the Damian West Salon in NYC, says an end-of-the-season haircut is a must. Of course, there are other hair problems that a cut can’t fix. Thus we present, thanks to Tamara, a handful of common summer hair grievances and what to do about them.
Hair Vex
Hair Rx
Flyaways and split ends (breakage mainly caused by hair holders)
Prevention: Don’t pull a hair holder through the hair; remove it by unraveling or unsnapping. Also, experiment with softer holders like chopsticks or a ponytail holder with a hook closure.
Solution: Only a cut or trim will eliminate split ends.
Loose, flat curls and dry hair (heat and sun exposure zaps hair’s moisture)
Prevention: If you use a rinse-out conditioner, try a leave-in conditioner (will be advertised as a leave-in; do not leave in your rinse-out conditioner). To maintain moisture, it’s all about the conditioner.
Solution: Apply a deep conditioning treatment. Ask your salon about their treatments or look for a do-it-yourself product. Or, try heated olive oil on wet hair, cover with a shower cap and wash out 10-20 minutes later.
Lightened ends (brown turns auburn or copper; blonde turns platinum)
Prevention: Wear a hat. This also applies to color-treated hair.
Solution: A haircut. But if you can’t bear the shears, try a semi-permanent (washes out faster and only darkens or lightens one shade) or demi-permanent (lasts longer and coats your hair with more color, but not drastically) color treatment. These treatments will also condition your hair.
Chlorine damage (blonde takes on a green hue and thin hair becomes stiff)
Prevention: Wet hair thoroughly with fresh water before diving in — chlorine will not attach as much as it will to dry hair — and shampoo after your swim. And the obvious: wear a swimming cap, and consider applying a leave-in conditioner.
Solution: Use a clarifying shampoo once or twice a week (depending how frequently you swim). Clarifying shampoo strips chlorine from your hair, so don’t use too often because it can be drying.
Frizzies (damage to the hair cuticle by heat and friction)
Prevention: Comb and brush your hair from the ends up, and use a detangler. Do not overprocess your hair (e.g., dyeing and perming). Apply a protective product before blow-drying or curling.
Solution: Ask your hairdresser to recommend an anti-frizz product, which contains heavy-duty conditioners.
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London salons, faced with a shortage of hair extensions, are buying hair from unlikely sources, including Russian prisons and mental homes, according to a report in The Times.
Victoria Beckham has apparently acknowledged the trade with a flippant comment to the Sunday Times.
“My extensions come from Russian prisoners, so I’ve got Russian cell-block H on my head,” she said.
The Times insisted, however, there was no suggestion her extensions had been illegally sourced.
The newspaper’s fashion staff noted that the trend, popularised by Beckham, Kylie Minogue and Elle Macpherson, meant salons were struggling to meet demand from women prepared to pay £2000 ($4800) for longer and thicker hair without having to wait for it to grow.
To meet demand in the West, convicts in Russia were having their heads shaved. Supplies were also being taken from children and mental patients, the paper suggested.
Lyudmila Alpern, deputy director for the Moscow Centre for Prison Reform, told the newspaper: “If you go into a detention centre with long, beautiful hair, there is very little chance you’ll come out with it intact.
“They say to the women that they have to cut hair for hygiene, because of lice, but that is not true. Wardens cut the hair because they want to have a bit of business on the side,” she said.
Beckham’s hairdresser Feleny Georghiou played down his famous client’s remark.
“There is no suggestion Ms Beckham’s extensions were illegally sourced. Although the hair is from Russia, it is not actually from prisoners,” he said.
Celebrity hairdresser Simon Forbes described the practice as “immoral” and said many of the women would be horrified if they knew the source of their extensions.
“We’re hearing all sorts of real horror stuff at the moment. Why do women with lots of money in their pocket have to walk around, albeit unwittingly, wearing hair from what could be a Russian prisoner?” he said.
DPA
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There are many shampoos on the market that are advertised as hair loss shampoo. If you notice that you hair is thinning, you may wonder if this is what you should be using to help stop any further hairloss.
The advertisements that accompany most hair loss shampoo products cite clinical experiments to prove that they do actually work. However, as the old saying goes “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”, you really have to try them yourself to see if they do work.
Some of the shampoos, advertised as hair loss shampoos and hair growth shampoos, claim to contain active ingredients that block DHT production. This is a hormone that the body produces that results in follicles ceasing to produce new hair growth. Hair rejuvenation formulae in these hair loss shampoo are expected to stop any hair loss within a week. You can order these products online and receive a three-month supply. Many people claim that they do actually work, but you do have to keep using them. Once you stop, the hairloss starts again.
One type of hair growth shampoo, claims that it will actually help your hair start to grow back by as much as 45%. This hair loss shampoo is rich in amino acids and botanicals, which are important for a healthy scalp. It is good for any type of hair, whether it is thinning or perfectly healthy. It is ideal for helping hair that has been damaged by hair dyes and curling irons by restoring it to its original shine.
One thing to remember about all types of hair loss shampoo and hair growth shampoo is that taking care of your hair is as important as taking care of your health. Often the two go hand in hand. You should wash your hair and try to avoid chemicals that could damage your hair and scalp. Regular massage of the scalp will also help to keep the hair follicles and the pores of the scalp free from clogging. Proper nutrition and getting right amount of sleep are also factors involved in hair loss. If you start to experience hairloss while taking medication or while you are under severe stress, the hair loss will more than likely reverse itself when the conditions are resolved. While most people grumble about having a bad hair day, people with thinning hair or bald spots wish they could say the same thing. Hair loss shampoos may help.
Hair loss shampoo, certainly worth a try to see if it helps you, but it certainly doesn’t work for everybody.
For a website totally devoted to hair loss and hair replacement visit Peter’s Website The Hair Replacement Guide, and find out about Female Hair Loss as well as Hair Restoration and more, including Male Hair Loss and Hair Loss Treatments
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UPI News Service
A U.S. magazine poll rates Jessica Simpson’s hair as the most desirable.
Readers of In Touch magazine voted the bouffant blonde songstress into the No. 1 spot.
She was followed by Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Alba of “Sin City,” Angelina Jolie and Eva Longoria of “Desperate Housewives.”
A second desperate housewife, Marcia Cross, topped the second five. In seventh place was Simple Lifer Nichole Richie trailed by Mischa Barton of “The OC,” Oprah Winfrey and Gwyneth Paltrow.
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By Beverly Smith
Excess, unwanted hair is often a problem for a woman, or a man. Women frequently experience this condition on the face, especially the upper lip or eyebrow area, in the bikini area, under the arms or on the legs. Men often want to get rif of hair on their back or chest.
Laser hair removal systems use laser light — an intense, pulsating beam of light — to remove unwanted hair.
Your doctor may use multiple treatments to target areas such as the face, upper lip, neck, breasts, chest, underarms, back, abdomen, bikini line and legs.
A single treatment costs an average of $390, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Advantages of Laser Hair Removal
• Many people have experienced long-lasting hair removal or permanent hair reduction.
• It is considered safe if performed properly.
• It’s particularly useful for large areas such as backs or legs.
• If regrowth occurs, it will be lighter in color or finer in texture.
• Light-skinned consumers with dark hair have the best results.
Are you a candidate for laser hair removal?
Laser hair removal is not for everyone. The most important requirement is that your hair must be darker than the surrounding skin. Tanned people with dark hair should wait until their tan fades before they are treated.
Darkly pigmented people absorb too much laser energy in their skin and are not good candidates.
What areas can be treated?
Any area can be treated, except near the eyes. The most common areas requested are the face, upper lip, neck, chest, periareolar, underarms, back, abdomen, bikini line, and legs.
Will laser hair removal hurt?
The level of pain from laser hair removal depends on the patient and the person’s skin and hair type. Generally, the treatment tends to hurt less for people with lighter skin tones and finer hair. Most people tolerate laser hair removal very well.
If it is becoming uncomfortable, the laser technician can offer you topical anesthetic that numbs the skin. Depending on the type of laser being used, a cool laser tip, gel, or spray is always used to increase comfort of the laser hair removal treatment.
The sensation from laser hair removal has been described as discomfort rather than pain - similar to the feeling of a rubber band being snapped against your skin with a sensation of heat.
Permanent Hair Removal
The FDA does not allow for the marketing of technologies and services that state permanent hair removal. This is because most technologies provide for permanent reduction in hair growth 90% of the time. It is not perfect.
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Learn to cut a quick layered hair cut. Sharp scissors and straight lines make this easy and affordable.
Cutting your hair can takes time, money, and talent. What if you have little of these? Using an easy technique can give you a quick, layered cut. This technique can be accomplished with long or short hair. By short we are speaking about shoulder length. Long hair would be considered anything longer than shoulder length.
Proper tools are probably the hardest part of this haircut. A pair of sharp scissors is a must. Most trouble with do it yourself haircuts comes from using scissors that are dull. It is impossible to make straight, clean cuts with dull scissors. Most haircutting scissors found in grocery or drug stores will work just fine. They usually don’t retain their sharpness as long as an expensive pair but they work for a while.
A fine tooth comb is another tool that will make this cut go fast and easy. Any type of comb is fine as long as you can comb the hair our evenly. Hair must be combed out evenly and a fine tooth comb works well. Clean hair is also a must for this cut to work. Hair can be wet or dry although most people prefer wet cutting. Make sure that hair is shampooed and snarls are combed out. The hair must be free from residue such as hair spray and gel. Make sure that you cut your hair in an area away from food and where the hair can drop freely onto the floor.
If you are trying this cut on yourself don’t bother with a plastic covering for your clothes or a towel around your shoulders. If will just get in the way and make it difficult for you to cut. The cut can be done in front of a mirror to make sure all of the hair is tangle free and smoothed out, but the actual cutting will be done by looking at the hair.
With a pair of sharp scissors, a fine tooth comb, and clean hair that is tangle free, you are ready to begin the cut. The explanation of this cut will be cutting your own hair. It can be adapted to cut someone else’s. Stand up, feet one foot to one and a half feet apart. Bend over, flipping hair towards the floor. Comb hair out straight and smooth. Make a cut straight across your hair. Depending on the thickness of the hair, you may need to make more than one cut. Just cut horizontally as straight as possible. The length from the top of your head to the scissors is how long the top layer of hair will be. All hair beneath the top of your head will be longer. If your cut is three inches from the top of your head, your top layer will be three inches and neckline layer will be approximately nine inches. All the other hair will be layered to lengths in between three and nine inches.
Be careful not to lock your knees. Locking your knees can lead to light-headedness. You may already feel some light-headedness by bending over. If you need to stop, do so, then repeat the process beginning where you left off, cutting as horizontally straight as you can.
It’s easy and it works. Have fun with your new haircutting technique.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 9 /PRNewswire/ — The Style Stars Global Hair Contest has created a special trophy for the winner of its 2006 hair style competition. Hairdressers, hair stylists and owners of hair salons all over the world can compete for the one-of-a-kind crystal and marble “Style Stars Global Hair Award Trophy” plus $150,000 in prizes and cash.
The online photo-based competition launched by hair icon Jesse Briggs is the first hair contest of its kind. To enter, stylists from all over the world can simply submit their photographs online at the Style Stars website (www.style-stars.com).
This accessibility makes Style Stars the first international-calibre hair contest to make such a valuable prize package available to stylists from all nations. Traditional hair contests require stylists to travel to the site of the competition, which limits entry to those who can afford the time and expense of such a trip.
Briggs says, “With this unique hair award trophy being vied for online, we are giving an opportunity to all hairdressers working at hair salons around the world to show off their talent and compete to become the next hair idol.”
The trophy is over 2 feet (61 cms.) tall with a dramatic crystal globe supported by a solid black marble base. The name of the 2006 contest winner will be engraved on the base and their city will be marked with an actual diamond on a map of the world to signify the global reach of this historic contest.
The winner will also receive a prize package that includes cash, trips, a diamond ring, exposure in several high-profile hair magazines, a professional photo shoot with model, expert training in hair styling and salon management techniques, and much more.
This package, valued at over $150,000, makes the Style Stars Global Hair Contest the most lucrative hair competition on record.
2006 Theme: Wavy and Textured
Each year the competition will have a different theme. In this, the inaugural year, the challenge for competitors is to create the best wavy, textured hair style to reflect the current popularity of long, romantic hair styles.
To enter, hair stylists submit their photos and information online or by mail. A panel of expert judges will choose ten finalists and then select the grand prize winner on Sept. 15, 2006.
About Style Stars
Style Stars is a global platform for hair stylists worldwide. Its mission is to find new hair styling talent and promote individual artists from different cultural backgrounds in a new and exciting way.
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