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Herbal Medicines For Hair Problems.

09.01.2008 in TRICHOLOGIST

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Hair reflects our inner health and becomes dry, brittle, or greasy depending on the foods we eat, the environment we live in, and the amount of stress in our lives. Natural yogurt is a wonderful natural conditioner, and rinses containing rosemary and thyme promote natural hair health.

Dry hair can indicate a deficiency of vitamins A, B12. or C; deficiency of zinc; or a lack of wholesome protein in the diet. The solution is to increase vitamin and mineral intake, avoid harsh chemical hair treatments, and massage the scalp with a few drops of olive oil. Greasy hair is caused by overactive oil glands, which can be caused by a hormonal imbalance during the teenage years or ill-health. The solution is to rinse the hair with the juice of a lemon and warm water.

Excessive hair in women can be caused by a hormonal imbalance caused by higher than usual levels of testosterone (the male sex hormone). The solution is gentle hair removal using either a sugaring waxing process.

Baldness

Hair loss is normal for some older men and women, but it can be caused by stress and shock. Hair loss in women can result from a dietary deficiency or hormonal imbalance (it can happen after pregnancy, daring the menopause, or in a woman who also is suffering from hypothyroidism).
Treatment Aromatherapy and Herbal Medicine

Promote the blood circulation in the scalp and the regrowth of hair by massaging sage, cedarwood, and rosemary oils firmly into the scalp. Rinse with an infusion of nettle.

Dandruff

A dry, itchy, and flaky scalp is often the result of seborrheic eczema, and, more rarely, psoriasis or a fungal infection. Dandruff is common and usually not serious.

Treatment

Herbal Medicine Massage vitamin E into the scalp at night. Infuse fresh or dried rosemary and sage and use it as a daily hair rinse, or make up a cedarwood rub in a lotion base and leave overnight before using it to rinse the scalp.

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HAIR LOSS NEWS AND PRESS RELEASE – The Westminster Practice (Europe's Premier Trichological Practice) are NOW in the TOP 5 says GOOGLE.

08.01.2008 in HAIR LOSS FACTS

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Thanks to the hard work by Fresh Egg and their SEO Team lead by Mr. Lee Colbran SEO Director, The Westminster Practice (Europe’s Premier Trichologistical Practice) has entered the top 5 ranking of Google on most of the 1,000 Key Phrases in our industry since starting work with the Fresh Egg SEO Team back in 2000.

Since 2000 our overall rankings have steadily climbed seeing our latest positional jump with the major Key Phrases ‘Hair Loss’, “Male Hair Loss”, “Female Hair Loss”, propels our site on to the first page of Google.

More importantly in the current crop of results we are the highest ranking clinical practice as the other sites are all self help sites such as NHS Direct.

Thanks to Fresh Egg we receive an average of 400 to 500 fresh visitors on our website a day, totaling 15,000 new visitors on an average month. They are also responsible for the success of our Blog.

The teams at Fresh Egg under Lee Colbran guidance are already working on new SEO strategies to improve our organic results further and are now looking to consolidate and improve on these top 5 positions in the longer term.

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HAIR LOSS NEWS AND PRESS RELEASE – The Westminster Practice (Europe’s Premier Trichological Practice) are NOW in the TOP 5 says GOOGLE.

08.01.2008 in HAIR LOSS FACTS

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Thanks to the hard work by Fresh Egg and their SEO Team lead by Mr. Lee Colbran SEO Director, The Westminster Practice (Europe’s Premier Trichologistical Practice) has entered the top 5 ranking of Google on most of the 1,000 Key Phrases in our industry since starting work with the Fresh Egg SEO Team back in 2000.

Since 2000 our overall rankings have steadily climbed seeing our latest positional jump with the major Key Phrases ‘Hair Loss’, “Male Hair Loss”, “Female Hair Loss”, propels our site on to the first page of Google.

More importantly in the current crop of results we are the highest ranking clinical practice as the other sites are all self help sites such as NHS Direct.

Thanks to Fresh Egg we receive an average of 400 to 500 fresh visitors on our website a day, totaling 15,000 new visitors on an average month. They are also responsible for the success of our Blog.

The teams at Fresh Egg under Lee Colbran guidance are already working on new SEO strategies to improve our organic results further and are now looking to consolidate and improve on these top 5 positions in the longer term.

Do you have Hair Loss Problems, read our Hair Loss Help

Direct Link to Fresh Egg: http://www.freshegg.com/

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Medicines offer hope for regrowth of hair: By Aliki Nassoufis.

07.01.2008 in MALE HAIR LOSS

BERLIN — First the forehead gets higher, then a spot at the back of the head clears — hair loss is for many men the worst thing they could possibly suffer as they get older.

While balding men used to place their hopes in all kinds of remedies or attempt to conceal the areas with hair pieces, effective hair growth medications have been available for years. But they can’t guarantee the return of a full head of hair.

There are good reasons for the anxiety men feel when their hair starts to fall out.

“Studies show that to other people, bald men appear to be an average of three to four years older than they actually are,” said Ronald Henss of Saarbruecken.

“They also are perceived as less stylish than men with a full head of hair. In the eyes of many beholders, a bald head means the loss of attractiveness. One small comfort: “Most people think of bald-headed men as family men and faithful husbands,” said Henss.

The likelihood of hair loss increases with age. By their 80th birthday about 80 percent of men are affected, said dermatologist Natalie Garcia Bartels of a center’s of excellence for hair at Berlin’s Charity Hospital. Up to 100 individual hairs fall out per day from a normal head. Anything over that is considered hair loss.

“Mostly it is congenital hair loss — the so-called androgenic alopecia or male-pattern baldness, which can begin in men from age 20,” said Garcia Bartels. It appears gradually as a receding hairline from the lateral sides of the forehead or hair loss as a bald patch at the top of the head that works its way gradually toward the front. “Many men are left with only a ring of hair around the lower part of their head.”

Hair loss is set off by a hormone in the scalp. An enzyme causes testosterone to be transformed into dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is believed to be the primary contributing factor in most cases of male pattern baldness. The hair follicle develops a deep sensitivity to DHT, which initiates a process of follicular miniaturization. This progressively decreases the width of the hair shaft until the scalp hair resembles peach fuzz or goes away completely.

“The result is more hair than normal is lost. Why this happens to some men and not others has not yet been researched,” said endocrinologist Gerd Hofmann of Munich.

There are other types of hair loss, but they occur less frequently. When circular patches of hair fall out, for example, the cause typically is an autoimmune disease that sets in rapidly, said Garcia Bartels. Sometimes hair loss is attributed to an internal disease of the thyroid or a low level of iron in the blood.

There are remedies available to stop hair loss caused by male pattern baldness and possibly even to reactivate the still existing hair follicles. The effectiveness of the remedies in fact has been documented in studies. Remedies with the effective ingredient finasterid, used in high doses to treat the prostate gland. It blocks the enzyme that converts testosterone into the hair follicle-damaging DHT.

Finasterid can be obtained through a prescription and it is in the form of a tablet taken daily.

“If the treatment is stopped, the hair loss as a rule will start again,” said Garcia Bartels. The price of the drug for a three-month supply is high. Somewhat more economical is Minoxidil, which is a lotion that must be applied to the scalp twice a day. Originally developed as a blood pressure medication, Minoxidil was found to have the side effect of hair growth.

Minoxidil’s success rate is however lower: while hair loss is stopped in 80 percent of the people who use finasterid, the rate is 70 percent among people who apply Minoxidil. Additionally, 70 to 80 percent of finasterid users experience hair regrowth. This is true for 50 to 60 percent of Minoxidil users.

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Dandruff Treatment and Causes – Make your Hair Dandruff Free by Dr. John Anne.

05.01.2008 in HAIR LOSS FACTS

If your scalp itches and you can’t help yourself from scratching it? And when you do, flakes like that from a biscuit falls to your shoulder? You may be having a fungal infection commonly called as dandruff.

What is Dandruff

Dandruff, scientifically termed as pityriasis capitis, is caused by a fungus called Pityrosporum ovale or Malassezia furfur. These fungi make the scalp dry, which causes the formation of scales and flakes. Though scalp�s skin normally flakes off due to regeneration of skin cells, dandruff is excessive flaking and it is abnormal. Other people consider dandruff as an allergy resulting from a trigger like food and excessive sweating.

Though dandruff is usually associated with hair loss, this physical phenomenon does not actually cause hair loss. However, since the scalp is dry, it prevents the hair follicles to stay fit into the scalp. Dandruff is experienced by people regardless of age and race without proper scalp treatment.

Factors that Causes Dandruff

Study showed that there are three factors that may cause excessive flaking in the scalp. The natural oil that is present in our skin called sebum or sebaceous contributes to this ailment. Secondly, the fungus as described above and third, individual susceptibility to internal and external causes. These fungi are known to have always been present in the scalp.
Internal causes of dandruff include hormonal imbalances. In some women, dandruff occurs during the period of menstruation because of some hormonal imbalances in the body which cause the scalp to produce more oil. Poor hygiene, lack of rest and emotional stress are also known internal factors of dandruff. On the other hand, external factors like excessive use of gel and hair products, infrequent shampooing and rinsing of the scalp and hair, cold weather and dry indoor heating and stress may also be the causes of dandruff.

Dandruff Treatments

Dandruff is itchy and embarrassing disorder. It is also annoying because as soon as it is not properly treated, it is persistent and comes back again and again. As long as you have dandruff, you will have an unease feeling when wearing your most elegant black dress or shirt because of the fear that anytime, those embarrassing flakes may fall off from your head.

Proper shampooing and using the right shampoo is the usual and easiest treatment of dandruff. Most shampoos help in removing flakes but it would be more beneficial when the fungus are shed away from your head. When the fungi are killed, most likely, the dandruff will not occur again with continuous treatment. There are shampoos that offer active ingredients that help prevent and remove dandruff. Some of these substances that are present in anti-dandruff shampoos are the following: zinc pyrithione, ketaconazole, selenium sulphide, Tea tree oil, tar and piroctone olamine.

At some cases, especially when the dandruff is severe, consultation to experts or dermatologist is needed. These people can gauge the damage in your scalp and can prescribe the best treatment.

Some expert, moreover, said that diet also plays a big role in preventing the occurrence of dandruff in many individuals. Eating food rich in vitamin B controls dandruff because it counteracts inefficient carbohydrates and fatty metabolism. Examples of such foods are eggs and cabbage. These two also gives the body some amount of sulfur, which is considered as the mineral for a healthy scalp. However, if eggs cause some skin allergies, it should be minimized but should be replaced by other food rich in vitamin B6. Avoid hair products that contain alcohol like gels and hair sprays. They are known to be one of the major causes of dry scalp.

Understanding the causes and treatments for dandruff is useful since this is a global disorder and anyone can experience it. Do yourself a favor and be confident with whatever you wear without the worry that scales and flakes called dandruff will embarrass you in front of other people.

Dr John Anne is a herbal specialist with years of experience in the field of Alternative Health Care.

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