February 21st, 2012

Hormones and Your Hair

 

Your hormonal health can have a lot to do with your hair loss. In fact, it could be the single reason behind your hair loss. This is true for both men and women.

 

If your thyroid gland is not working properly, this can cause hair loss. Whether your thyroid is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. Once your thyroid symptoms are controlled, this kind of hair loss will resolve. The trick is to get your symptoms properly treated.

 

Improper balance of male and female hormones can also cause hair loss.  Your body requires both male and female hormones to be controlled very precisely. To diagnose this issue, you need to see a doctor who understands the proper levels for your hormones so that you can get the right treatment. If this is the cause of your hair loss, it is a matter of correcting the imbalance, which may mean medication. However, in some cases, this can be as simple as the right supplement.

 

For instance, excess DHT is the primary culprit behind typical male pattern baldness. DHT is a form of testosterone, and it needs to be kept below certain levels, or it will kill off hair follicles by depriving them of nutrition. Your level of DHT can be controlled by Saw Palmetto, an herb that reduces DHT in the body. You can make use of the benefits of DHT either by taking it in capsule form or by applying it topically. Topical products like SureThik Shampoo and Serum with saw palmetto can help to deliver the supplement directly to your hair follicles to protect them from the effects of DHT.

 

Women can be very susceptible to hormonal issues after pregnancy and breastfeeding. Most women will have the best hair of their lifetime while pregnant. The pregnancy hormones prolong the growing phase of the hair. You end up keeping hair that would otherwise enter the resting phase. However, nature catches up with women later – most will have a significant hair loss about three months after they’ve weaned their baby, as hormonal levels return to pre-pregnancy and lactation levels.

 

Other hormonal changes can affect hair loss too. You can lose hair when you stop taking birth control pills. You can also lose hair as part of menopause.

 

Hormonal changes can also be caused by stress or illness. For instance, it’s very common for individuals to lose hair as a result of stress, whether emotional or physical. What really happens is that the hair is pushed into the resting phase sooner than it should be. While this can be hormonal, it can also be caused by events such as high fever, excessive weight loss, surgery or nutritional deficiencies.

 

The good news is that ass soon as the resting phase is over, the hair begins to grow again. It is not a permanent hair loss, but it may take several months to have noticeable hair regrowth.

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February 7th, 2012

Skin Conditions That Cause Hair Loss

 

It’s not always your hair that’s the problem. Sometimes, it’s actually your skin that is causing you to lose your hair! Hair loss caused by a skin condition is often reversible, so understanding what is causing your hair thinning is an important first step to treating it.

 

Seborrheic dermatitis (also known as seborrheic eczema) is an inflammatory skin condition, which results in white to yellowish scales that flake away. Typically, you’ll see these scales in oily skin areas, such as the scalp, eyebrows, creases of the nose, behind the ears and inside the outer ear.

 

If you’ve had a child with cradle cap, you’ve seen seborrheic dermatitis. However, adults can get it too.

 

Seborrheic dermatitis tends to run in families – just like cradle cap does. The condition can be worsened by such things as stress and fatigue. However, it can be reversed by proper cleaning and care for the scalp. A good cleansing routine, including items such as SureThik Shampoo and Serum to clean and nourish the scalp properly, will improve your scalp’s condition. While seborrheic dermatitis is not caused by poor hygiene, cleansing to keep follicles clear and healthy definitely helps. Daily shampooing may clear it up more quickly, by working to loosen the scales and wash them away.

 

Psoriasis is another skin condition that can cause hair loss. Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition where skin cells are building up quicker than they are being shed. As a result, it causes the creation of red or pink colored lesions on the surface of the skin.

 

The lesions cause not only hair loss, but also scarring and follicle damage. The good news is that your hair may come back if the condition is quickly and properly controlled. However, only an examination by a knowledgeable physician will confirm if the follicles are healthy enough for hair to regrow.

 

Scarring is a primary feature of scleroderma, another autoimmune disease, which is caused by a build up of collagen in the skin and other connective tissue. So much collagen can build up due to the scleroderma, that the skin actually feels hard!

 

Any kind of trauma to your skin – whether burns, infections or disease – can cause scars. Once scar tissue replaces normal tissue, hair cannot grow through it! This is called scar alopecia and it’s permanent. So, if you have been diagnosed with scleroderma (or any other serious skin disease or trauma) it’s important to have it treated early by a qualified professional. If you can avoid the scarring to your scalp, you can avoid the hair loss.

 

Once there is scarring, the only option to improve your hair loss will be hair restoration.  While hair transplant technology has come a long way since the dreaded “hair plugs”, the ideal situation is that you don’t lose your hair in the first place. So take the steps now to make sure the skin of your scalp is as healthy as it can be.

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January 24th, 2012

Can my diet prevent hair loss?

Your diet does make a difference. Obviously, your body can’t provide the right nutrients for hair growth if you don’t provide your body with the right food or supplements. It’s pretty much that simple.

 

However, you also want to balance your diet properly. Too much of the wrong things can be just as bad as too little of the right things.

 

Start out with salmon as a great food for overall nutrition. Salmon is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids, which are important for a healthy scalp.  Too little omega-3’s will cause the scalp to be dry. Salmon is also an important source of protein, which is needed to grow the actual hair. The hair shaft is made up of keratin, a form of protein, which the body can synthesize from dietary protein.

 

Just because you need protein, doesn’t mean that you have a license to go out and eat a steak every day. Your diet should include protein sources from eggs and legumes too. Eggs are a source of both vitamin B-12 and biotin. Biotin in particular supports healthy hair growth. Legumes are not only a source of protein, but also low in fat as well. Low fat sources of protein will do you the most good, even if you aren’t trying to lose weight. Too much fat can contribute to too much testosterone, and too much testosterone can make male pattern baldness worse.

 

Don’t forget your veggies while you are filling up your plate with protein! Dark green vegetables are a source of vitamins A and C. Without vitamins A and C, your body can’t produce sebum. Sebum is the only substance that your scalp secretes, which conditions the hair. Of course, you also get lots of other benefits from green veggies, not the least of which is iron. Iron deficiency is a common cause of hair loss.

 

Avoiding iron deficiency is a snap, as long as you include a few iron-rich foods in your diet! How about raisins if you are craving something sweet? Cherry juice is another good source of iron, that isn’t hard on the taste buds.

 

Why not make your own trail mix with raisins and nuts? Nuts are full of great nutrition. Brazil nuts will give you a good dose of selenium, which works like an antioxidant in your body (even though it’s a mineral). Walnuts are a particularly good addition to your trail mix, because they contain omega-3 fatty acids, and zinc. Zinc is another mineral that can lead to hair loss, if you have a deficiency.

 

Whole grains can provide you with a regular dose of zinc. However, if you are feeling more adventurous, consider oysters! Oysters are not only known as an aphrodisiac, but are a great source of zinc.

 

The most important thing in your diet is to eat a wide variety of foods, making sure that you are providing the right nutrition for your hair, as well as your life.

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January 18th, 2012

Can medications cause hair loss?

 

Drugs can often have unwanted side effects, and hair loss may just be one of them. While it’s true that some medications can help you to grow hair, it’s also true that there are medications that can cause excess hair loss!

 

The issue is that the drug may be affecting either the growth phase of the hair, or the resting phase of the hair. Your hair follicle grows during the anagen phase, which usually lasts three to four years. Your hair follicle rests during the telogen phase, which usually lasts three to four months. At the end of the telogen phase, the existing hair falls out, and a new hair begins to grow.

 

Medications can cause two kinds of hair loss called telogen effluvium and anagen effluvium. Of the two, telogen effluvium is most common. If hair loss is related to a specific drug, it will generally start within two to four months of starting the new prescription. With telogen effluvium, the drug is influencing hair follicles to go into dormancy early – therefore, falling out early. With this type of hair loss, people will lose 100 to 150 hairs daily. This amounts to about 30 percent more hair loss than normally.

 

A large number of drugs can cause hair loss. Common drugs that will affect hair include acne medications, antibiotics and antifungals, birth control pills, cholesterol drugs, high blood pressure drugs, steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pain medications.

 

If a prescription drug is causing anagen effluvium, then the drug is preventing the matrix cells in the follicle from dividing normally. This stops the hairs from growing properly and they fall out. If your medication is causing this kind of hair loss, it will become obvious within a few days or weeks. Chemotherapy is the most common cause of this kind of hair loss, and can be quite severe.

 

In most cases, if you stop the offending medication, then the hair loss stops. However, it can take as much as three months for the hair loss to end. If you are on multiple medications, you may need to stop one at a time to determine which drug is the problem. Your doctor will know alternative medications that you can take to manage the same health condition – but without the negative side effect of hair loss.

 

When you stop taking a drug, but the hair does not come back, you may need additional help. In this case, it’s time to consider hair products that nourish the scalp, and even other prescriptions that help to grow hair. If you are looking for natural products to promote hair growth, good options include products like SureThik Shampoo and Serum. When the scalp is nourished well, you have the best chance to grow healthy hair.

 

In some cases, you will need to be evaluated for medical treatment of drug-induced hair loss. A doctor who specializes in hair loss will be best able to evaluate you for the best possible treatment, whether that is hair growth medications, hair transplantation, or other options.

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January 10th, 2012

Male Pattern Baldness and Women

Male pattern baldness is the most common form of baldness. For men, it takes the form of thinning hair, leading to complete or partial loss. The pattern of baldness on the head is also well known and often results in a receding hairline, which may lead to complete baldness on the top of the head. Typically, most men will retain some degree of hair, starting from the sideburns and continuing behind the ears and around the back of the head.

 

This pattern of baldness is typical of androgenic alopecia. Androgenic alopecia easily recognized in men. It is not so easily recognized in women.

 

However, women can (and do) develop androgenic alopecia. Unlike their male counterparts, women may develop this condition as early as late teens and as late as full menopause, and may not have the same obvious hereditary association as men do. As women begin to lose more hair, they also may not know if the hair loss will be permanent or just temporary. It’s quite possible with women that a variety of other conditions can affect hair loss, including recent pregnancy or breastfeeding cessation, low iron, hormonal issues or other illness.

 

If you do have androgenic alopecia, there are a number of patterns of hair loss that you may see:

 

  • Generalized thinning over the whole head, with more thinning at the back of the head
  • Generalized thinning over the whole head, with more thinning at the front of the head (but not the hairline)
  • Generalized thinning over the whole head, with more thinning at the front which involves hairline (such as “receding” at temples or hairline)

 

What can you do? First of all, alopecia is associated with high levels of DHT. DHT is dihydrotestosterone, which will cling to hair follicles and starve out the hair. A simple blood test can help you determine if you have too much DHT. If your DHT is too high, saw palmetto – a natural supplement – can help.

 

Topical serums and shampoos are an ideal method of getting saw palmetto to your scalp, because your skin will absorb anything that is applied to it. Be sure to get a product that includes the known best ingredients for scalp health. One such products combination is SureThik Shampoo and Serum. This particular product line posts relevant research on its site to support the kinds of ingredients used.

 

Another way that you can get DHT to your follicles is through taking aaw palmetto as an oral supplement. This will reduce the levels of DHT throughout the body and while also benefitting the hair follicles. Saw palmetto can be found at almost any health food store.

 

The good news is that androgenic alopecia doesn’t have to mean that you lose your hair permanently. You can take steps to protect your hair follicles and your hair.

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January 2nd, 2012

Am I losing too much hair?

Maybe hair loss runs in your family. Or perhaps you’ve noticed what looks like too many hairs on your comb or brush recently. For whatever reason, you are concerned that you are losing too much hair, and have noticed what looks like thinning.

 

Let’s begin with a few facts. It is completely normal to lose as many as 50 to 100 hairs per day. Not all will be on your brush, however. You may lose a few hairs while having your shower; you may lose some while pushing your bangs out of your eyes. So, don’t expect to count the hairs on your brush and know for sure how many hairs you typically lose.

 

The reason that everyone loses a certain amount of hair is that each follicle enters the anagen – or resting – phase many times over the course of a lifetime. A follicle may stay in this phase for three or four months. However, this is a relatively short phase in comparison to the catagen – or growing – phase. Depending on your genetics, your hair may be growing for three to ten years at a time!

 

This means that the true measure of whether you are losing too much hair is whether the follicles emerge from the resting phase and re-enter the growing phase. If you notice your hair is thinning, your hair follicles may not be returning to growing hair, for a number of reasons.

 

One of the most common reasons is too much DHT. DHT is Dihydrotestosterone, a hormonal component that can block receptors in the hair follicle and slowly starve the follicle by blocking nutrients from entering.

 

The good news is that there is a safe herbal supplement that can help to lower your levels of DHT naturally. It’s called saw palmetto. New research shows that this supplement is effective against DHT, helping to break it down into other substances that are not damaging to your hair.

 

So, how do you get Saw Palmetto to the follicle? While you can take saw palmetto as an oral supplement, this approach does not guarantee delivery of sufficient concentration of the herbal remedy to the follicle itself. One of the best ways to get saw palmetto directly to the site of your hair loss is to apply it to the scalp. You can get this combination with a number of topical products. One such combination is SureThik Shampoo and Serum. The advantage of SureThik (unlike some competitors) is that the company posts research on its site that documents the efficacy of its ingredients, so that the consumer understands how the formula works against hair loss.

 

Why apply the key ingredient twice to the scalp? It’s all about results. The advantage of using both a shampoo and serum combination is that it delivers saw palmetto in two steps – with a scalp cleansing shampoo and a leave-on treatment. This is a one-two punch against hair loss from DHT.

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November 14th, 2011

Tips on Reducing Hairloss and Encouraging Hair Growth

Do you wash style or brush your hair regularly? We hope so! But did you know that the WAY you do these things can drastically alter how likely you are to experience hair loss? Here are some helpful tips to make sure you are getting the most from your hair care routine, and reducing the chances you could be encouraging hair loss!

  1. Hair Styling Products can Harm your Hair!

If the products you’re using are “sticky” to the touch, and/or cause your hair to hold a shape it wouldn’t normally hold without product, consider washing them out every night before your head hits the pillow. When you lie down on a pillow with hair product still in your hair, your head will press heavily against the products allowing them to work their way into your scalp, and of course into your pores/hair follicles. In addition, most styling products contain harsh chemicals which may not be the best thing for newly “sprouting” hair.  Ensuring that you wash them out completely at the end of each day will greatly benefit your efforts to achieve a full, healthy head of hair.

  1. Use gentle, natural shampoos
    It’s becoming more well known that mainstream shampoo products contain ingredients one would never want to slather on their skin. Why we ignore this fact and continue to put these same products on our hair is beyond me. Look for shampoos that contain botanical ingredients designed to help with hairloss or use a shampoo formulated to help hair grow-such as Surethik’s Hair Building Shampoo.
  2. Ponytails are for ponies

When you pull your hair very tightly back in a ponytail, you are in essence putting a constant strain on your hair follicles. Once in while this is fine, and won’t promote hair loss. However, if this is the way you normally wear your hair; remember that constantly pulling on your hair will train your hair to grow closer and closer to the surface of your scalp. Eventually, it will become too shallowly embedded, lose its grip on the skin and fall out. This is especially true of the vulnerable fine hairs at the front of the scalp, and can be the reason for high hairlines among women.

  1. Wait until your hair is dry to brush it out
    Wet hair is most likely to break during brushing. Give your hair a brush-through before you shower, and then towel and air dry your hair before brushing again. Allowing your hair to air-dry without brushing will also help it dry faster, since the hair strands aren’t pressed down together. This provides more surface area for air to circulate, speeding up the drying process. Also, if you use leave-in hair conditioner-make sure you don’t rub it into your scalp, since this will encourage clogging of the pores.
  2. You can stimulate hair growth by brushing your scalp
    Using a stiff bristles brush with plenty of space between the bristles, brush your scalp with enough force to feel it, but not enough to cause pain. Be sure to do this to your whole scalp when your hair is clean and fully dried, and you will stimulate blood-flow to your scalp. This in turn, will encourage hair growth.

 

If you are finding hair loss or hair thinning is a problem, be sure to contact Surethik and ask about their all natural hair fibers! This is an excellent way to hide hair loss while you work to change the behaviors which led to the loss in the first place.

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October 24th, 2011

Significant hair loss has a natural solution

The normal rate of daily hair loss is about 50 to 100 hairs a day, according to the Mayo Clinic. Given that the average person has about 100,000 hairs on their head, that 50 to 100 hairs will never be noticed.

But what if you are losing more than that number of hairs? What if the hair that grows in is finer and thinner and poorly rooted? You could be on track for hair loss and thinning, unless you take some proactive steps.

One of the best steps that you can take is to clean your scalp well, using a natural shampoo designed to help alleviate and prevent hair loss. SureThik Shampoo is an ideal shampoo for those with the most common forms of hair loss. This shampoo does everything you want from a good quality shampoo, in addition to providing the most well-known and effective natural hair regrowth ingredients as part of its formula.

However, a complete solution requires more than proper cleansing – it also requires a therapeutic treatment that will stay on the scalp (rather than be rinsed away) to help address the key reasons for hair loss and thinning. In this case, you can turn to SureThik Hair Serum. This combination provides a one-two punch to hair loss, with nutrition for the scalp and herbal ingredients that are based on documented research.

The SureThik Serum uses a proprietary blend of nutrients and oils that not only nourish, but also help to protect the hair follicle from two key culprits in hair loss: Dihydrotestosterone, or DHT; and, loss of circulation to the scalp.

Research shows that one of the most common issues with hair loss is DHT. DHT binds to hair follicles, blocking off blood supply, oxygen and nutrients. DHT basically starved the follicle, which then cannot continue to grow hair. The SureThik Serum helps to reduce the amount of DHT present around the hair follicle with propagain, a combination of natural DHT blockers, which protects your ability to grow hair. Our natural serum replaces such pharmaceutical products as Propecia, delivering results at a fraction of the cost and without resorting to a drug.

Another drug known to help with hair loss is Rogaine. Rogaine grows hair by increasing blood flow to the scalp. SureThik Serum also addresses this area, but with a unique blend of Capsicum and Rosemary extracts. These extracts are able to increase circulation, without the nasty side effects of Rogaine. Good circulation will help to support hair follicles, resulting in more hair.

The SureThik Serum can be applied to the scalp 1-2 times a day. Apply directly to the scalp. Use light massage to enhance absorption.

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October 17th, 2011

Tips to Avoid Hairloss

Hair loss may not be a problem now, but you may have family members that have lost fullness or thickness in their hair, so it’s natural to ask: ”How do you avoid going down the same road?”

 

An important part of your plan to keep you hair should be SureThik Hair Stimulating Shampoo. This product is designed to address key factors that promote hair loss:

 

  1. Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) – this hormone underlies a lot of hair loss issues in both men and women. In fact, it’s a normal part of human metabolism. However, if you end up producing too much DHT, it can attach itself to the roots of your hairs resulting in thinner and finer hair during each growth cycle, until your hair no longer grows. The presence of DHT at the follicle slowly starves the hair of blood, oxygen and nutrients! The answer to this issue is an ingredient that fights against DHT. SureThik Shampoo includes Propogain, as well as the herbals Saw Palmetto and Nettles extract. These natural ingredients are alternatives to Rogaine and Propecia. New research shows that Propagain is effective in promoting healthy hair growth.

 

  1. Low Circulation – scalp circulation delivers nutrients and vital factors to the hair follicle. Without good circulation, hair follicles die as they are starved by the tiny blood vessels that feed them.  Why worry about circulation? Research indicates that balding men have as much as 3 times less circulation in the scalp as men with healthy hair! SureThik specifically addresses the problem of circulation with a proprietary blend of Capsicum and Rosemary, which improve circulation and ensure that your hair continues to get a healthy blood supply.

 

  1. Clogged Follicles – Everyone’s scalp will produce sebum, which is the natural oil that lubricates the skin and hair of all humans. However, if your scalp produces too much sebum, the hair follicles can become plugged, resulting in reduced hair growth.  SureThik Shampoo is designed to keep follicles clear and open, with ingredients that cleanse the scalp of existing sebum build-up, while exfoliating dead skin cells so that they are removed before they can clog hair follicles. The end result is a healthy scalp, and a healthy environment for your hair to grow thick and strong.

 

When you use SureThik Shampoo, even before hair loss starts, you ensure that your scalp and hair remain healthy and that key conditions that contribute to hair loss are stopped before they begin!

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March 29th, 2011

The Truth About Hair Loss By: Dr. Rita Louise

The Truth About Hair Loss

By: Dr. Rita Louise

It is normal to shed hair every day and the truth is we loose between 100 – 125 hairs on any given day. Hair that is shed falls out at the end of growth cycle. At any given time 10% of our hair is in what is called a “resting phase” and after 2- 3 months resting, hair falls out and new hair grows in its place. Some people, however, experience more hair loss than is normal.

As we get older, both men and women experience some hair loss. It’s a normal part of the aging process. Called Androgenetic Alopecia, it accounts for 95% of all hair loss. Androgentic Alopecia often runs in families and affects some people more than others. In men it is often referred to as Male Pattern Baldness. It is characterized by a receding hair line and baldness on the top of head. Women, on the other hand, don’t go entirely bald even if their hair loss is severe. Instead, hair loss is spread out evenly over their entire scalp.

Hormones play the dominant role when talking about Androgenetic Alopecia. Simple put, both men and women produce testosterone. Testosterone can be converted to dihydrotestosterone ( DHT) with the aid of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase. DHT shrinks hair follicles causing the membranes in the scalp to thicken, become inelastic and restrict blood flow. This causes the hair follicles to atrophy. As a result, when a hair does fall out, it is not replaced.

Needless to say, men produce more testosterone than women and experience more hair loss.

While Androgenetic Alopecia is the number one reason why individuals experience hair loss, it is not the only one. Medical conditions such as hypothyroidism, ringworm and fungal infections can cause hair loss. Certain medications such as blood thinners, gout medication, birth control pills and too much vitamin A can cause sudden or abnormal hair loss as can following a crash diet, sudden hormonal changes, chemotherapy and radiation.

Emotional stress, pregnancy, or surgery can also cause our hair to fall out and is usually not noticed until 3-4 months after the stressful event has taken place. Stress can cause a slowing of new hair growth because a larger number of hair follicles enter into the resting phase and no new hair growth is experienced.

Another way in which individuals experience hair loss is due to mechanical stressors on the hair and scalp. Wearing pigtails, cornrows or tight rollers that end up pull on the hair can scar the scalp and cause permanent hair loss. Hair products such as hot oil treatments and chemicals used for permanents can cause inflammation to the hair follicles which can also result in scarring and hair loss.

For some, hair loss may be the early warning sign of a more serious disorder such as lupus or diabetes, so it is important to talk to your doctor. If you or someone you know is suffering from hair loss, here are some alternative health ideas that can help naturally.

Recommendations For Wellness

If you are taking prescription medications, talk to your doctor and find out if your medication is contributing to your hair loss.

Avoid mega-doses of vitamin A. Too much vitamin A can cause your hair to fall out.

Exercise, do yoga, meditate or find some other practice that will help to reduce your anxiety and stress levels.

Massage your scalp with rosemary oil in an olive oil base. Both rosemary oil and massaging the scalp can stimulate the circulation in the scalp and promote hair growth.

If you are a women, have your female hormones tested. If they are imbalanced, talk to your health care provider about bio-identical hormone replacements.

If you wear pigtails, cornrows, use a curling iron, hair dryer or hot rollers, try changing your hair style to one that puts less pressure and stress on your hair and scalp.

If hot oil treatments or chemicals such as those used in permanents are causing inflammation to the scalp, discontinue their use, or reduce the number of times you are using them.

Use gentle shampoos and conditioners to avoid any unnecessary damage to your hair.

In men, herbs such as saw palmetto and licorice root help block the formation of D HT. The same holds true for supplementation with zinc. As an added benefit, studies show that these supplements can also help prevent prostate enlargement.

Author Bio
Dr. Rita Louise, Ph D is a Naturopathic Physician and the founder of the Institute Of Applied Energetics. Visit http://www.soulhealer.com or www.appliedenergeticsinstitute.com for more information.

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April 4th, 2011

Hair Loss – Tips for Success By: Adam Sharp

Many of our potential Surethik.com customers wonder if the product they’ve chosen will work for them. Everyone wants a great return on their invesment! We stand by every sale we make for that very reason-in fact, we thought the following article was a great guide to help you get the most out of the Surethik products you’ve chosen:

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Hair Loss – Tips for Success

By: Adam Sharp

Billions of dollars will be spent on hair loss solutions this year. Much of this money will go to waste. Ineffective products and misleading advertising are only partially to blame. Many consumers are not using these hair loss products in an effective way. Fortunately there are a few simple ways that consumers can increase their chance of success. Following these guidelines will ensure that your money does not go to waste:

Start a Journal
People usually try several different hair loss products before they find something that works for them. Many use two or more products simultaneously. Keeping track of all this information can be frustrating and difficult. The best way to figure out what is working is to keep a journal detailing your progress. You should record all relevant information about the treatment process: when you started, the dosage, cost, and any side effects you experience. This documentation will tell you which products are effective, which ones are not, and allow you to make changes as you see fit.

Take Pictures
Noticing small changes in your hairline over time is extremely difficult. Taking pictures on a regular basis is the most effective ways to track your progress. Always photograph your head from the same angle, in similar lighting conditions. Use a digital camera for best results, most will automatically record the date and time for you. When combined with a treatment journal, these photos provide an invaluable tool that will allow you to judge the effectiveness of products you use.

Do Your Homework
The Internet is flooded with products claiming to cure and treat hair loss. Finding out which ones are legitimate can be a difficult task. When researching products online, beware of those that sound too good to be true. If the company has before and after pictures, examine them closely. If the images were shot from different angles, or in different lighting, be suspicious. These techniques are common camera tricks used to fool the eye, and the consumer. When a company claims their product has a “98% success rate”, look for documentation of their clinical study. If the clinical information they provide is vague, or even missing altogether, be wary.

If you follow these steps during your treatment, your chances of success are excellent. One last tip – any successful regimen requires dedication. Whatever the treatment is, carefully follow the instructions from your doctor or the product manufacturer.

Author Bio
Adam Sharp writes more about Hair Loss at his website. Visit hair-loss.org to read more about hair loss products and treatments.

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April 4th, 2011

Hair loss is affecting more and more Canadians By the Toronto Sun

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Hair loss is affecting more and more Canadians

By MARILYN LINTON, Special to QMI Agency

Rhonda Jespersen had an enviable collection of baseball hats, but what was under them wasn’t so nice. Jespersen (not her real name) has been struggling with hair loss for the last 15 years. Like many women who experience hair loss, Jespersen’s story is typical: “I told my hairdresser that I was sure I was losing hair, and he would dismiss it. ‘We all lose hair daily – and then it grows back,’ he would say. But eventually I saw the emergence of a bald spot and even he couldn’t deny it anymore.”

The 47-year-old sales manager discovered a name for her hair loss: Alopecia areata, a disorder which dermatologists say may be triggered by stress, metabolic or endocrine problems. Only two percent of the population has a lifetime risk of developing the disorder, but those who have it (and that includes over five million North Americans) can be devastated by it.

Jespersen panicked when she got her diagnosis: “For a woman, especially, healthy-looking hair is a symbol of beauty,” she says. “With alopecia, the hair loss is obvious and, no matter how fabulous your body or how pretty your face, your hair is what people’s eyes first see.”

But Jespersen’s panic subsided when her dermatologist assured her that, while cosmetically a challenge, her hair loss was not a symptom of a serious disease. Plus less than half of her scalp was affected. And fortunately she did not have a subtype in which hair is lost all over the body.

What causes alopecia is not really known, but it’s believed to be an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own hair follicles; some people with alopecia also have conditions such as multiple sclerosis or thyroid disease. Sometimes, alopecia is caused by habitual hair-pulling.

It can also be inherited. Last summer, Angela Christiano, an associate professor of dermatology and genetics at Columbia University Medical Center in New York and someone who has had alopecia for ten years, uncovered eight genes that underpin the disease. Her research also showed that alopecia shares no genes with the autoimmune skin diseases (with which it was previously connected) and is actually linked to rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease. She is currently working on how these genes may predict the course of the disease.

“It’s a very emotional subject,” Dr. Sandy Skotnicki writes. The Toronto dermatologist’s stress-induced symptoms, including the shedding of her hair, sent her to Dr. Xiaolan Zhao who runs a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic in Toronto.

Dr. Skotnicki, who is featured strongly in Dr. Zhao’s new book, Inner Beauty, writes that as a dermatologist she educates her own patients about why their hair loss may be happening. “Is it stress? Is it thyroid issues? The reason will determine the treatment.”

In severe cases of alopecia, dermatologists may resort to suppressing the immune system through oral medication. Typically, treatment plans include topical steroidal or non-steroidal drugs; minoxodil, a lotion applied to the scalp, is popular. But if hair loss is triggered by a thyroid malfunction, then the thyroid hormones (once tested and found to be out of whack) need balancing.

TCM is what Dr. Zhao relies upon. TCM, she told me, associates hair with the Blood which also represents the energetic quality that circulates throughout our bodies: “Excessive hair loss after pregnancy is a sign that the Blood needs replenishing after so much has gone into making and delivering the baby.” Hair is known as Qi in TCM, she adds; it’s a vital energy or life force. “So if people lose hair it means their Qi is low.”

Dr. Zhao also sees a connection between kidney health and energy and hair loss. “The kidney is connected with the thyroid, and when the kidney Jing (or energy) is low then the thyroid may be low. When you have low-functioning thyroid, you can have low iodine and lose your hair.” TCM can help restore the energy and balance, she says. Her new book includes dozens of TCM recipes to help women restore their health.

Until now, Rhonda Jespersen has tried and rejected steroids; she has investigated hair transplants and hair extensions and bought a couple of wigs which she wears to fancy dinners. She has never tried TCM, but she likes what Dr. Zhao has to say about inner beauty: “The pursuit of inner beauty, health and balance is endlessly rewarding. Health is beauty and without health there is no beauty.” Hair or no hair, it’s as simple as that.

Hardly Hair There?

There are various kinds of hair loss and their causes, just as varied, include:

- thyroid disease

- major surgery/chronic illness

- inadequate protein

- low iron

- medications, including some birth control pills

- cancer treatments

- fungal infection

- hair pulling

What’s Normal?

A zillion hairs on your brush? Not good – but expect to lose 50 to 100 hairs per day. About 90 percent of your hair is growing at any one time. Ten percent of the hair is in a resting phase that lasts two to three months and then sheds itself. When a hair is shed, a new hair from the same follicle replaces it. Scalp hair grows about one-half inch per month. For more on hair loss, check out the American Academy of Dermatology at www.aad.org.

Thicker Quicker

Online products promising thicker hair abound, including several shake-on-your-hair products calling themselves “instant hair thickening fibers.” Hokey or not, Instant Hair and Sure Thik are just two of the products that stick to your roots when sprinkled on and claim to be made of the same keratin protein found in hair. They come in various colors, wash out, and cost from $20 to $50. Also cosmetic — a bevy of thickening shampoos and conditioners found in neighborhood drug stores: For the hot list, check out www.goodhousekeeping.com.

Take One Root

Dr. Xiolan Zhao’s new book Inner Beauty provides many traditional Chinese medicine recipes for women’s health, including several to enrich hair. “The ingredients can be found in any herb store in Chinatowns across Canada,” she says of the following, her recipe for Red Scalp Vigour Tincture:

20 g astragalus

15 g salvia root

15 g root bark of shaggy-fruited dittany

15 g cow cockle or vaccaria

15 g eclipta

10 g Chinese arborvitae twig and leaf

Combine all ingredients and let soak for two weeks before using. When ready, massage vigorously into the scalp.

To view the original article, please visit:

http://www.torontosun.com/life/healthandfitness/2011/03/31/17822176.html

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May 13th, 2011

Is Hair Loss Preventable? by: Roberto Sedyias

If your Dad is bald, there’s a pretty good chance you will be too. Many accept this as just a fact of life, but some don’t. For decades now, men have tried to find a cure for hair loss, or baldness. In some cases it is pure vanity but for some, premature hair loss makes them look years older than they are and they try to hang onto their thatch for as long as possible. They aren’t alone in this search, hereditary baldness also affects women.

This was a very touchy subject at one time, and women resorted to wigs and hair pieces to hide their thinning locks, but nowadays is much more accepted and recognized. Looking at other member of your family can often determine the age and the pattern with which you will suffer hair loss. This genetic pattern in passed down and the chances of you bucking the trend are remote. The male pattern usually starts with a receding hairline, followed by a small bald patch on the crown. In complete baldness these will eventually join up and the head will be totally devoid of hair. Some only suffer the receding and general thinning, still keeping a reasonable amount of hair. If there is only a small amount of hair remaining, many men choose to shave their heads as this looks better than a few tufts and a bald patch.

Women’s hair tends to thin all over, and the scalp may become visible. There are many products on the market that claim to stop hair loss in it’s tracks, and make amazing claims. The sad fact is many of these are complete scams and a big waste of time and money. There are now prescription medications available, but many will see little or no results. Non hereditary hair loss is a whole different ball game. If you start losing your hair there is a reason for it. Far and away the most common reason for this time of hair loss is Alopecia. There are many theories for why you should suddenly have small, ball patches that are tender to the touch. It can be hereditary, it could be caused by stress or lifestyle, but there is still no scientific proof as to the actual cause. It is widely thought to be a malfunction in the autoimmune system, so the body attacks its own hair follicles resulting in hair growth being stunted or stopped altogether. Thankfully there are now a wide range of creams and applications which can stop the Alopecia progressing. Your doctor will advise you on the one(s) that are best for you, and often a combination of medications will be prescribed.

Lifestyle can play a major part in the health of our hair. Many few people now walk around with a natural shine to their hair, this could be due to smoking, alcohol consumption, poor diet or something as seemingly innocent as hair products. Perming, dying, hair spray, gels, mousses, styling aids and extensions can all severely damage our hair in the long run. It is no coincidence that in every drug store there is an array of supplements purely for hair and nails. These are the two areas that first show signs of an unhealthy lifestyle. Make the most of your crowning glory, no one really knows how long they will have it for, so it makes a lot of sense to take care of our hair while it is at its best.

About The Author Roberto Sedycias works as an IT consultant for http://www.polomercantil.com.br/

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June 30th, 2011

Join us For PBA Beauty Week!

Are you in the Beauty industry?

Be sure to join us for PBA Beauty Week in Las Vegas July 30th-August 2nd, 2011!

If you’ve never seen SureThik in action, this is your opportunity to experience first-hand the best all natural hair fiber product on the market.

As a beauty professional, we don’t have to tell you that how a person feels about the way they look is deeply connected to a person’s confidence, and that self esteem affects every area of life.  But what do you do with a client who suffers from the embarrassing issue of thinning hair, but either isn’t a good candidate for transplant surgery or just doesn’t have the finances to invest?

SureThik offers a non-surgical, completely natural cosmetic solution. Visit our booth to see for yourself why customers like the one below are so excited about the difference SureThik is making in their confidence and ultimately, their lives!

“I am so impressed with this product, I cant believe that my hair is thick again like it was 5 years ago!” ~S. Malik

Visit us and place your wholesale order at booth #D14028 and receive FREE SHIPPING!Hair by 2008 NAHA Finalist Dimitrios Tsioumas

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July 11th, 2011

Tips on Reducing Hairloss and Encouraging Hairgrowth

Do you wash style or brush your hair regularly? We hope so! But did you know that the WAY you do these things can drastically alter how likely you are to experience hair loss? Here are some helpful tips to make sure you are getting the most from your hair care routine, and reducing the chances you could be encouraging hair loss!

1.) Hair Styling Products can Harm your Hair!

If the products you’re using are “sticky” to the touch, and/or cause your hair to hold a shape it wouldn’t normally hold without product, consider washing them out every night before your head hits the pillow. When you lie down on a pillow with hair product still in your hair, your head will press heavily against the products allowing them to work their way into your scalp, and of course into your pores/hair follicles. In addition, most styling products contain harsh chemicals which may not be the best thing for newly “sprouting” hair.  Ensuring that you wash them out completely at the end of each day will greatly benefit your efforts to achieve a full, healthy head of hair.

2.) Use gentle, natural shampoos

It’s becoming more well known that mainstream shampoo products contain ingredients one would never want to slather on their skin. Why we ignore this fact and continue to put these same products on our hair is beyond me. Look for shampoos that contain natural botanicals designed to help with hairloss, or use a shampoo formulated to help hair grow-such as Surethik’s Hair Building Shampoo.

3.) Ponytails are for ponies

When you pull your hair very tightly back in a ponytail, you are in essence putting a constant strain on your hair follicles. Once in while this is fine, and won’t promote hair loss. However, if this is the way you normally wear your hair; remember that constantly pulling on your hair will train your hair to grow closer and closer to the surface of your scalp. Eventually, it will become too shallowly embedded, lose its grip on the skin and fall out. This is especially true of the vulnerable fine hairs at the front of the scalp, and can be the reason for high hairlines among women.

4.) Wait until your hair is dry to brush it out

Wet hair is most likely to break during brushing. Give your hair a brush-through before you shower, and then towel and air dry your hair before brushing again. Allowing your hair to air-dry without brushing will also help it dry faster, since the hair strands aren’t pressed down together. This provides more surface area for air to circulate, speeding up the drying process. Also, if you use leave-in hair conditioner-make sure you don’t rub it into your scalp, since this will encourage clogging of the pores.

5.) You can stimulate hair growth by brushing your scalp

Using a stiff bristles brush with plenty of space between the bristles, brush your scalp with enough force to feel it, but not enough to cause pain. Be sure to do this to your whole scalp when your hair is clean and fully dried, and you will stimulate blood-flow to your scalp. This in turn, will encourage hair growth.

If you are finding hair loss or hair thinning is a problem, be sure to contact Surethik and ask about their all natural hair fibers! This is an excellent way to hide hair loss while you work to change the behaviors which led to the loss in the first place.

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August 6th, 2011

Enter Our Video Contest-and win 10 FREE Bottles of Surethik!

In honor of Hairloss Month in August, we’re looking for

The best amateur Surethik COMMERCIAL!

 Here is a video of a Television segment featuring Surethik…just to get your creative juices flowing:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bvuOJ8xAbY&feature=player_embedded#at=10

If you use Surethik Organic Hair Fibers or our Shampoo and Serum-grab a camera, and get creative!

We will choose the best video, and award 10 FREE 25-gram bottles of Surethik in your choice of color(s)-and FREE SHIPPING! That’s over $400 worth of FREE PRODUCT!!

 

Here’s How to Enter:

 

1) Create your commercial:
TIPS:

  • Be sure to show the Surethik bottle more than once! (Watch some TV commercials to see how often the product label is shown-several times is common!)
  • Include tips on application, or your own personal “tricks”.
  • We’re best known for our HairFibers, but if you use our shampoo and serum-feel free to focus your commercial on these products-let everyone know how these products make your hair feel and look.

2)  Upload your video to YouTube, and send: the link, your email, name and mailing address to: customersupport@surethik.com 

3) The winner will be chosen based on application technique, creativity and overall video production.

4) Winner will be notified on our Facebook Page first, and by email second so be sure to “Like” us!

GOOD LUCK!!!!

Note: *By submitting your video, you are granting us permission to repost on YouTube, our website or to use for any marketing purpose at any time. :)  

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August 23rd, 2011

Surethik: Our Giveaway in The Examiner

 

We are excited to announce a giveaway
 in The Examiner this coming weekend!

Be sure to buy your copy for full details on how to enter-
and good luck!!

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September 8th, 2011

Is my favorite hairstyle causing hair loss?

Slicked back ponytails. Tight chignons. Big braids. Cornrows. These are styles where the hair is pulled very tight to the head, putting tremendous and consistent pressure on the scalp. As these hairstyles become more popular, the rate of hair loss related to them also increases! However, you might want to think twice before wearing a ponytail all the time. Certain hairstyles will put more stress on the hair, resulting in more than just breakage.

 

The wrong hairstyle can actually cause hair loss! The problem is pulling your hair too tight. When you lose your hair from styles that pull too tight, it’s called traction alopecia. The worst styles include ponytails, braids and cornrows. Not only can these styles break your hair, they also can damage your hair follicles. When you damage the follicle, you lose the hair. Tight hairdos are not the only problem. You can also have style-induced hair loss caused by hair extensions and hairpieces. These items put stress on your hair because of their weight. The weight results in pulling on your natural hair. The pulling results in follicle damage and hair loss, just like tight hairstyles do. Unfortunately, this means that hair weaves – which are normally used to conceal hair loss – can actually cause more problems than they solve! The weave depends on tightly done braids, plus a hairpiece. The hair is then subject to stress and pulling both from the braids and from the weight of the hairpiece.

The simplest way to avoid traction alopecia is to make sure to change up your hairstyle. Try a looser version of your favorite chignon or ponytail. Take a break from cornrows. Make sure that any cornrows are done without excessive pulling. Skip the hair extensions or hairpieces. Your hair should not have constant pressure on it. All of these changes will help you to preserve the health and vitality of your existing hair. If you already have hair loss, try not to depend on weaves. There are other products that can help to disguise existing hair loss, while not putting stress on or pulling your existing hair.

Consider products that make the hair appear naturally fuller, without adding a lot of weight. Surethik offers all-natural, Organic hair fibers that are easy to use and come in virtually every hair color. Visit our main site at: http://www.surethik.com   for more information and to see photos and videos of customers before and after application.

If you discover that your hairstyle has resulted in hair loss, in most cases the hair will grow back. But not always! If you have been abusing your hair for a long time, your hair may not re-grow without help. One of the most important things you can do to help your hair re-grow is to nourish your follicles. Doing so will help the follicle to repair and can stimulate hair growth.

For information on hair shampoo and serum designed to nourish, stimulate and encourage hair re-growth, visit the site and read the success people have found with our product. 

Products like Surethik Hair Fibers which help to disguise your hair loss can also support you to feel more confident while waiting for your hair to grow back.

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September 16th, 2011

The Most Common Forms of Hair Loss for Women

 

While men are the ones that we most often think of when we think of hair loss, it happens to women too. In most cases, however, women do not become completely bald, as men do. Instead, women lose hair in a broader pattern over the scalp, rather than losing it completely from the top of the head (as men do). This is called female pattern alopecia, and a woman can inherit this condition from either her mother or her father. However, the most common type of hair loss for both sexes is still Androgenetic Alopecia, which results in central thinning of hair in women.

 

While alopecia of both kinds can be hereditary, there are a host of other reasons for hair loss in women. In fact, hair loss in women can be caused by a number of underlying medical issues, including:

 

  • Postpartum and post-menopausal time periods, when increased hair loss is common
  • Diseases of the ovaries, including tumors
  • Low iron or iron anemia
  • Problems with the thyroid gland, including low thyroid conditions
  • Diseases of the connective tissue, including such chronic disease as Lupus
  • Nutritional problems caused by severely-restricted diets, poor absorption of nutrients, and deficiencies of protein, calories, essential fatty acids or minerals
  • Severe stress caused by surgery or severe emotional problems
  • Prescription medications, which have pushed hair follicles into a “resting” phase
  • Hormonal challenges, including increases in dihydrotestosterone, which shrinks hair follicles
  • Chemotherapy

 

Many of these types of hair loss are fully reversible – but only if the proper medical diagnosis is made and the correct action taken! This is particularly true for women who are experiencing hair loss due to medications. It can be as simple as changing the drug being taken or prescribing the right adjunct approach to minimize or eliminate hair loss.

 

For other causes of hair loss, particularly when it is related to a woman’s hormonal or nutritional status, the best action can be to nourish the scalp and help to compete with such hormonal “bad guys” as dihydrotestosterone (DHT). This is where products like SureThik Shampoo and  SureThik Hair Serum come into play. These products provide a combination of ingredients that research shows work to address the issues of DHT, hair follicle health and nutrition. The result is that your hair grows naturally, without the use of drugs or medical interventions.

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October 7th, 2011

Hair Transplantation for Women

When you think of hair transplantation, you usually think of a balding man who has completely lost the hair on the top of his head. However, that’s not the only person that qualifies for transplant procedure. In fact, women can and do get hair transplants.

Hair transplantation is rapidly gaining increased acceptance among female hairloss patients worldwide. The Society of Plastic Surgeons says that nearly 5,000 women received hair transplants in 2008, which was an increase of over 20 % since 2000.  Since this statistic only counts the women who consulted plastic surgeons, the total number of female hair transplant patients is likely much higher. Still, only 2-5 % of women with hair loss are good candidates for hair transplantation.

Critical to the evaluation of whether you are a candidate for hair transplantation is whether the hair loss is permanent and whether an underlying medical condition is causing the hair loss. Many conditions, from iron anemia to thyroid issues, must be identified and treated first before considering a transplant. Hair loss from many medical conditions may not be permanent, and therefore would not require a transplant.

Note that permanent hair loss is often caused by conditions such as Lupus, Lichen Planus or localized damage to the scalp that has permanently destroyed hair follicles. A few women may also exhibit a male pattern of baldness that could be addressed by a transplant. For those women who have permanent hair loss caused by traction alopecia (hair loss due to styling with tight ponytails, cornrows or braided weave extensions), hair transplantation is likely an option.

At issue for the ultimate success of any hair transplant is whether you have an available area of healthy, stable donor hair. Hair on other parts of the scalp must be thick enough to donate to thinning or balding areas. However, if you are experiencing overall thinning of your hair, you may not be a good candidate. Meeting with our qualified and experienced surgeon for a free consultation is the best way to determine whether you are a good candidate, and which procedures are best suited for your needs.

In the end, the success of your transplant depends on two key criteria: the amount of hair that you have available to “harvest” for the transplant; and, the quality of the hair for donation.

Of course, a skilled surgeon is critical to a good end result. Working with Dr Nelson Ferreira is one of the best ways to ensure your procedure is done professionally. Using the latest technology and techniques, Dr Ferreira has performed thousands of hair transplants, and is constantly working to keep at the forefront of the best new hair transplant developments. His track record with satisfied patients speaks for itself.

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February 15th, 2012

The Primary Causes Of Female Hair Loss

Female hair loss is not the same as male hair loss – even if some of the causes are similar. Women differ in hormonal levels and other metabolic processes, which tend to result in differing types of hair loss.

 

Women – like men – can have hair loss due to hormonal imbalance. The key hormone that directly affects hair follicles is DHT. DHT stands for Dihydrotestosterone. DHT is a male sex hormone that is present in both men and women. In fact, DHT is a normally occurring metabolite of testosterone. However, it is a more potent male, and it has much greater affinity for male hormone receptors than testosterone has.

 

The problem arises when DHT interferes with normal functions, including hair growth.

 

DHT compromises the nourishment of follicles, by blocking the receptor sites on the follicle and starving it. In the end, the hair follicles shrink and the hair gets finer and finer until there is no hair at all. This is called miniaturization, and is the process behind 95% of hair loss. The women who lose the most hair will be the ones who are predisposed to producing the most DHT.

 

You can fight DHT directly at the hair follicle. Topical products such as SureThik Shampoo and Serum will deliver natural ingredients to control DHT and nourish hair.

 

Other hormones that affect hair loss and growth are thyroid hormones. Women are typically more prone to thyroid issues than men. Whether the thyroid is overactive or underactive, hair loss can result. Thyroid disease can be easily diagnosed with blood tests.

 

Most women know that their head of hair is particularly luxurious during pregnancy. Unfortunately, nature catches up later, as hair that has stayed in the growing phase then drops out by entering the resting phase. This usually happens a number of months after the baby’s birth. Similarly, changes in hormonal status associated with menopause also tend to affect hair and increase hair loss.

 

It isn’t just hormones that affect hair. Anemia can result in excessive hair loss. Women often have greater issues with maintaining enough iron in their bodies, due to the strains of menstruation, pregnancy and lactation. When iron stores are too low, hair loss will result. This kind of hair loss is best diagnosed by a simple blood test to ensure that iron levels are optimal.

 

Women often become anemic when dieting. Dieting itself – especially severe dieting, which also results in potential deficiencies of essential nutrition – can lead to hair loss. Hair requires essential fatty acids, adequate protein, and minerals like zinc. Without key nutrients, dieting women may find that they are sacrificing their hair for a slimmer body. This is another place where nourishing topical products can help to restore the health of hair follicles.

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