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May 3rd, 2012

Top 5 Tips for Applying SureThik Fibers

When SureThik is first used, some common mistakes can be made when selecting the right color or applying the fibers so here are a few tips to help you get the most of your product!

Tip 1: Selecting the right color!

When selecting the color of your fibers, you always want to choose a color one shade DARKER than you hair! If you dye your hair you will want to base your selection on the color you dye it, NOT the color of your roots that would be growing in. Selecting a shade darker will ensure your hair color matches and that the fibers stay undetectable.

Streaks/Highlights: If you have streaks or highlights in your hair, you do not want to base your selection on the color of your highlights, you will get the mose out of your product basing your selection on the BASE color, again not the color of your roots that would be growing in or the streaks/highlights.

Tip 2: Applying the Fibers! Get them where you want!

Applying the fibers is very simple and quick. If you are trying to cover a specific area, especially for women it is best to part the hair with a comb or brush. This allows the fibers to sit closer to the root of the hair and cling to your existing hair for the best coverage. Men may also use a brush or comb to help separate the hair and attach the fibers but the shorter the hair the less need to separate the hair.

Tip 3: Applying the Fibers! Shake or Tap?

When you are applying the fibers to a given area it is best to hold the bottle about 2 inches from the scalp and tap the bottle with your pointer finger. When you shake the bottle, you may end up with more in one spot than you may like. Taping the bottle gives you more control on how much you want to apply to a certain area. General rule of thumb: less is more! Start with less and apply more if needed.

Tip 4: Setting the fibers!

The best way to set the fibers after they have been applied is to take three flat fingers and press on the area/area’s of hair you applied the fibers to. This will ensure you have the best coverage and help the fibers to cling to your existing hair. A touch of hairspray may also be applied after application to lock in the fibers but it is not neccessary.

Tip 5: I got too much in one spot!

Getting too much in one spot can happen, but can also be easily fixed so not to worry. Following tip number 3 will help make sure they are evenly applied for future applications. There are a couple ways to help spread the fibers if you happen to get too much in one spot. You can comb/brush the fibers through the rest of your hair to distribute them evenly. You may also blow dry the area while brushing them through. Blow drying your hair or getting caught in the wind will not remove the fibers from that spot, it will simply distribute the excess amount over a larger area of hair!

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March 22nd, 2012

Healthy Women Don’t Lose Hair and Other Myths

Hair loss myths abound. You’ve likely heard many of them yourself. Let’s debunk a few of these and get you some straight information on hair loss.

 

Myth 1: 100 strokes of the hairbrush daily will create healthier hair.

 

This myth has been around since your grandparents’ days. It was widely believed that 100 strokes of a good hairbrush would fix any hair loss issue by creating healthier hair.

 

Unfortunately, excessive hair brushing can actually break hairs, contributing to a thinner head of hair. You can also end up pulling hairs completely out of their follicle because of knots and tangles. So, experts recommend that you only brush to style your hair and never brush hair when it is wet! Wet hair is better handled by a wide comb.

 

While brushing doesn’t nourish the hair, you can use hair care products that will. Look for shampoos and treatments that contain hair healthy herbal extracts and nutrients. Products like SureThik Shampoo and Treatment will allow your scalp to absorb nutrition directly.

 

Myth 2: Permanent hair loss is caused by perms, colors and other cosmetic treatments.

 

This is also generally false. While perms and colors do damage your hair in order to get you the desired effect (curls or color), they should not cause permanent hair loss. The only way that these kinds of treatments can cause permanent hair loss is through chemical burning of the scalp. However, today’s perms and colors are not the same as they were even a decade ago.

 

The same cannot be said of chemical relaxing products, which may be called “perms” as well. There are documented cases of these products resulting in damage to the scalp. Once the scalp is burned by either chemicals or other agents, hair will not grow through the scar tissue. This kind of hair loss is definitely permanent.

 

Myth 3: A healthy woman will never have hair loss.

 

Our last myth is false too. A healthy woman can have hair loss for a variety of reasons. Not the least of these is the dreaded post-pregnancy shedding, which usually arrives three to four months after the baby is born. All those lovely pregnancy hormones encourage the growth of your little one, and that meant that your hair follicles grew continually instead of going into their regular “resting” phase.

 

Androgenic hair loss – the most common kind – can and will occur in healthy women as well. This is another kind of hair loss that can benefit from topical products like shampoos and treatment serums. So, while hair loss can be an indicator of some other kind of health issue, it doesn’t have to be. But, as with any health symptom, if you have any concerns, talk to your health professional.

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March 14th, 2012

More Myths About Hair and Hair Loss

As long as humans have been losing hair, humans have been making up stories about why we lose it or how to keep it. You may even have heard a few of them from your favorite stylist! Here are a few more myths and their truthfulness.

 

Myth One: Shaving one’s head will cause the hair to grow back thicker.

 

As you might expect, this myth is false. There is no clinical proof that shaving your hair down to your scalp will make the hair grow back thicker. The reason this myth persists is that when you shave yourself bald, any hair growth will look like more!

 

The bottom line is that there is no relationship between your hair loss and shaving your head. It won’t prevent hair loss and it won’t regrow hair.

 

Myth Two: Standing on one’s head will cause increased circulation and thereby stimulate hair growth!

 

While improved circulation to the scalp can stimulate hair growth, standing on your head is not the way to do it! Shampoos and treatment serums with circulation-enhancing ingredients will be a much better route. Look to products that ensure proper cleansing of the scalp combined with a leave-in treatment that addresses the issue of both nutrition and increased circulation to the follicle. Complementary products such as SureThik Shampoo and Serum will do just that – nourish and stimulate follicles to promote hair growth.

 

Myth Three: Dandruff causes permanent hair loss.

 

Dandruff won’t necessarily cause permanent hair loss; however, anything that clogs the hair follicles could create a problem for healthy hair growth. So, this is one myth where there is a grain of truth.

 

Dandruff is simply the shedding of dead skin cells from your scalp. However, those who suffer from dandruff often have much more of this shedding than the average person. It is the combination of skin cells and skin oil (called sebum) that results in the larger, oily flakes that are typical of dandruff.

 

Dandruff can be triggered in individuals who are susceptible by certain types of yeast that live on the skin. In most cases, if you get rid of the yeast, you get rid of the dandruff! In most cases, an appropriate dandruff shampoo (purchased from your local drug store) will do the trick.

 

However, given the relationship between scalp inflammation and dandruff, many experts recommend a dandruff treatment shampoo as part of your routine to keep your hair.  In fact, research shows that using some of the most common anti-dandruff hair shampoos will actually help to reduce hair loss in some cases, and will enhance other hair loss treatments. Theories on why it works revolve around ingredients that appear to reduce DHT, as well as the clinically observable effect on the activity of sebaceous glands, and clearing hair follicles.

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February 27th, 2012

Thinning Hair: An Early Warning Sign?

We all want a lovely, thick head of hair. We want it because it looks good. However, it shouldn’t just be our vanity that has us looking at why we are losing our hair: it’s possible that hair loss is an early warning sign of certain health conditions and nutritional deficiencies.

 

It can be as simple as a Vitamin D deficiency – research does show that a large percentage of people in North America are deficient in Vitamin D, and hair loss is one of the primary symptoms. The further north you live, the more likely that you don’t have enough of this vital nutrient! Recent studies indicate that intake of up to 4,000 IU’s of Vitamin D is safe, particularly given the push to use sunscreen to avoid skin cancer.

 

Low iron can also result in hair loss. Iron is arguably the single most important mineral in the human body, because of its critical function in our blood. Because of its importance in the body, it can affect a wide range of functions, including hair growth. As high as 70 % of cases of hair loss in women can be due to pervasive and long-standing iron deficiency – as such, low iron is the most common cause of hair loss in pre-menopausal women.

 

Beyond warning about nutritional deficiencies, hair loss can also be an early warning for a large number of health conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, heart disease, depression, multiple sclerosis, gum disease and even tuberculosis. Given how serious these conditions can be, get them ruled out! It is extremely important for anyone who is dealing with thinning hair to have an examination by a health professional, to ensure your health is good. Then, any hair loss that continues can be the focus of your attention.

 

Once other conditions are out of the picture, focus on the health of your scalp and your hair follicles. The best way to do this is to nourish them directly. Topical products, using hair healthy ingredients, are a great way to keep your hair looking its best and growing well. SureThik Shampoo and Serum are a combination that will deliver vitamins and herbal treatments directly to the scalp to help you to keep the hair you have and keep it growing.

 

Keep in mind that subtle hormonal issues are a significant trigger to hair loss issues. The most common hormone to torment both men and women is Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). In both genders, other adrogenic hormones can be converted into DHT. DHT then goes to work, blocking receptors in the hair follicles, which starves them of nutrition. Again, it’s critical to get the right nutrition to the hair. Look for products – both topical and oral – that contain saw palmetto. This herbal supplement helps to convert DHT into other hormonal forms, which helps to protect hair growth. The very good news is that saw palmetto is considered safe for long-term use. Taking this orally, in addition to a quality topical product, is a one-two punch to hair loss!

 

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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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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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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 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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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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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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