Showing posts with label hair care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hair care. Show all posts

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Haircare tips

Hair is one of the most important beauties for humans. Hair loss may causes lack of confident in people. Proper care of our hair requires awareness regarding external application of products which are natural. Some effective ways to stop falling of the hair and promote growth:

1. Shampoo should not be used very frequently. Most of the shampoos have detergent and chemicals which are harmful for the health of our hair. Using shampoos alone over a period of time generates dandruff and then falling of hair.

2. Every third day would be sufficient for a cleansing effect.

3. Always massage coconut or mustard oil gently with finger tips before using shampoos.

4. Oil massage should be done few hours before taking bath.

5. Never use shampoo alone, always use equal quantity of mustard oil or any other oil such as coconut etc, along with shampoo available with the chemist.

6. Anti-Dandruff shampoo can be discontinued once dandruff is over.

7. While washing the hair during the bath, use a pressure shower on all parts of the head for 2-3 minutes to provide the natural lubrication along with the oil used in the shampoo.

8. No shampoo should be left or remain unwashed in the hair. Must wash with pressure shower twice daily i.e. , morning and evening/night and after hair dries a little, one should massage with non-greasy hair oil. This oil has no smell and does not stick to the clothes. It rather gives luster to the hair and makes them look lively.

9. Do not use the hard brush or hot dryer to dry the wet hair, let them dry naturally.
10. Perming and coloring is the worst thing for the hair. The chemical used in the perming such as hydrogen peroxide, can really destroy the hair due to after effects of dryness and dandruff created by the use.

If proper care is not taken then growing Baldness and Alopecia are the end results.

Thursday, 30 April 2009

What is Hair Loss

Hair loss
Hair growth in humans is always unstable which means while some of the hair grows that time remaining hairs remains in resting stage. For a person who is not losing his hairs, about 90% of the hairs on his head are in a 2-7 years growing phase. The remaining 10% are in a phase of experiencing a 2-4 month resting phase. As one hair sheds, a new one replaces it. This is a process which repeats itself over and over again for many years in most of the people.
Problem of hair loss occurs when this continues process becomes skewed. Instead of the increment in re-growth rate of hairs faster than the shed rate, it decreases, thus, in result to this shedding exceeds the rate of re-growth.
DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) is a kind of hormone. Presence of this hormone is directly linked with hair loss. DHT hormone is formed when testosterone and 5-alpha-reductase merge. This excess of DHT leads to follicles that grow back shorter and thinner. After some time, this DHT imbalance leads to baldness.
Reason behind DHT imbalance is believed to be caused by genetics or an underlying medical condition.
Some of the reasons behind hair loss are:
1. Improper Nutrition supply in body
2. Different Medications
3. Hair damaging products
4. Heavy medical treatments
5. Scalp Disease or Infection
6. Disease
Most of these can be treatable with a variety of products that are available at various shops according to prescription. It is advised to consult the doctor to help diagnose the problem.