Saturday, March 29, 2008
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Hair Damage
What Causes Hair Damage?
- Mechanical Damage: - Caused by excessive brushing, combing and improper cutting and styling
- Environmental damage: - Caused by sun, wind and cold drying out and/or tangling the hair.
- Aging: - Caused by the natural wear and tear hair experiences as it ages
Natural Hair Loss Treatment - With Amazing 86% Success Rate
- If you are worried about hair loss, you are not alone: millions of men and women suffer from this embarassing condition. But there's something you can do to stop hair loss, before it's too late.
- Act as soon as you start noticing your hair shedding, such as falling out while you sleep or taking a shower, and you can keep your own natural hair.
Hair Loss Prevention - A Unique Botanical Formula
- Retane is a unique botanical hair tonic, composed of natural herbal ingredients rich in nutrients and vitamins. It is designed to improve the overall health of your hair and scalp.
- Retane also protects against excessive hair damage and loss in men and women.
- As you age, your hair and scalp's nutritional needs change. Retane is filled with the following essential nutrients and vitamins to ensure optimal hair health:
Vitamin B5 - In addition to its beneficial effects in helping to counteract stress and promote metabolism, building new cells, and maintaining normal cell growth, vitamin B5 also helps to protect skin and cells against the signs of aging.
Vitamin E - A powerful anti-oxidant, this skin soluble vitamin helps maintain healthy cells by eliminating harmful free radicals generated in the course of cellular metabolism.
Ginseng Panax Extract - Used in Asia for thousands of years, Ginseng's long list of benefits include regulating cellular metabolism, helping cells to assimilate vitamins and minerals, promoting protein synthesis, and improving vascular circulation.
Aloe Vera - In addition to its great healing properties, Aloe is an effective hair conditioner that helps prevent hair damage. Protodioscin - The active ingredient of the herb Tribulus terrestris L., protodioscin has been proven by many clinical studies to help regulate the body's androgen levels and may help in preventing hair loss due to the overproduction of the male androgen DHT.
Inositol - A member of the vitamin B-complex family, Inositol is essential for fat metabolism and has been shown to help maintain healthy skin and hair as well as preventing fallout.
Biotin - Known also as vitamin H, Biotin is required for healthy metabolism and growth, especially for proper fatty acid synthesis and enzyme productions. Research has also pointed to Biotin playing a key role in maintaining healthy hair, as well as preventing hair loss and graying.
Folic Acid - Necessary for the formation of new cells and protein metabolism, Folic Acid is a key ingredient for the maintenance of healthy hair and skin.
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Hair color
Types of Hair Color.....
- Temporary - Color lasts from one shampoo to the next and is deposited on the outside of the hair shaft.
- Semi-Temporary - Color lasts up to 4-6 shampoos. Usually contain no ammonia and does not have a developer.
- Demi Permanent - Color usually contains little or no ammonia and utilizes a low peroxide developer (under 10 vol.) the color lasts about 6 weeks and fades gradually back to the natural shade.
- Semi-Permanent - Color usually contains some ammonia and uses a developer of 10 to 20 vol.
- Permanent - Color formulas change the natural hair color. They require maintenance to new hair growth after 4 to 6 weeks.
- Natural Henna Hair Color: The henna plant is native to Asia and the Mediterranean coast of Africa and thrives in warmer climates all over the world. The leaves are harvested, dried, and ground into a fine powder. Henna contains hennotannic acid, a dye that bonds with the collagen in skin cells and keratin of fingernails and hair, leaving behind a coloring.
- Natural Indigo Plant: Indigo's botanical name is Indigofera tinctoria found in India and other sub-tropical countries. A blue dyestuff is obtained from the various species of Indigofera readily soluble in water. It is a very well-known and highly important dye, millions of pounds being exported from India annually.
Hair Color Tips......
- Wet your hair with bottled spring water before getting in a chlorine pool. It will dilute the harsh chemicals.
- Be careful in the sun. Please use hats, scarves or products with sunscreens to help protect against color fade and the drying effects of the sun. Great for the beach, leave-in conditioners generally contain sunscreens to protect against color fade.
- Shampoo gently with a shampoo specially created for color-treated hair.
- Use color enhancing conditioners as color grows out to help blend root areas.
- Don't brush hair when wet. Comb with a wide-tooth comb, working tangles out as you move from the ends toward the scalp.
- Don't over dry. When you blow dry, dry the hair until it is almost, but not completely, dry.
- Leave some moisture in to prevent static.
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
dandruff....
Causes of Dandruff
*Heredity predisposition .
*Emotional stress.
*Poor Hygiene.
*Lack of rest .
*Hormonal Imbalance.
*Allergic hypersensitivity.
*Excessive use of hair sprays and gels.
*Cold weather and dry indoor heating .
*Stress and anxiety.
Symptoms of Dandruff
*Itching.
*Scalp may turn red resulting from scratching.
*Skin lesions.
*Hair Loss.
*Redness
*Skin Scales.
*Plaque.
Treatment of Dandruff
*Scalp treatment (ozone treatment).
*Hot oil therapy.
*Henna treatment .
*Herbal shampoo.
*Use of antiseptic lotion.
*Dandruff shampoo containing active ingredient Zinc pyrithione.
*Anti-dandruff shampoo containing active ingredient Selenium sulfide.
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