Hair Loss - Reason Known and Unknown

Our mom used to tell so many stories about her childhood hair. How long and dense it was? How beautiful and curly it was and how she managed that hair with the help of her mom? So everybody knows their own reasons and storied for hair fall or hair loss. If you try to reason out one by one the following points will appear:

1. First and foremost is heredity - loss due to this is encoded and pre-written in the genes!
2. Long time illness - such as chickenpox, influenza, typhoid, caner, leukemia's etc.
3. Exposure to too much of dirt and dust.
4. Exposure to too much of UV radiations from sun.
5. Dry scalp or too much oily scalp.
6. Exposure to chemical or very hot atmosphere in the work spot.
7. pregnancy and hormonal disturbances due to child birth.
8. Unethical practices such as dyeing the hair with different colors and shampooing frequently.

After knowing all these points how can you afford to loose your hair. Take care of your hair!

Dandruff - Reasons and Remedies - useful tips

Causes for dandruff:

We can say the major reasons for Dandruff to affect any scalp are the following:

1. Impairment of general health
2. Poor nutrition
3. Deficiency of zinc
4. Fungus (malassezia furfur)
5. Oily scalps
6. Food allergies
7. Excessive perspiration
8. Stress
9. Yeast infections
10. High use of alkaline soaps and shampoos
11. Exposure to dust
12. Dry and cold weathers

Home Remedies for Dandruff:

1. Hot steam bath is highly beneficial for the hair and scalp. Massage hot oil and wrap a hot damp towel on the head for sometime.

2. Immerse peels of lemon in coconut oil for 8-10 days in sunshine. Now sieve and apply in the hair. Hair will become free of dandruff.

3. Hot oil therapy is the best method to cure dandruff. Massage hot oil into the scalp at bedtime. Next morning an hour before the bath, rub lemon juice mixed with cosmetic vinegar into the scalp with cotton wool. Wash your hair properly and as a last rinse use the juice of one lemon in a cup of hot water. Continue this treatment once or twice a week for three months.
4. Mix two tablespoons of cosmetic vinegar and six tablespoons of hot water. Dab this with cotton on the scalp and leave it overnight, next morning wash the hair with a shampoo.
5. Mix beetroot juice in vinegar and apply on the scalp
6. Ginger juice and beetroot juice mixed together and applied on the head also cures dandruff. Massage your scalp with the mixture of olive oil and almond oil; leave it for five minutes after you feel the burning sensation. Rinse properly for a dandruff free hair.
7. Soak two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds in water overnight. Grind the softened seeds in the morning, apply this paste on the scalp and leave it for half an hour. Then wash you hair with ritha solution or shikakai Cider vinegar added to the final rinsing water after shampooing also helps to prevent dandruff.
8. Exposure of the head to the rays of the sun is also useful measure in the treatment of dandruff.
9. Warm 300 grams of coconut oil with 3 grams of black pepper. When it starts boiling stop heating, sieve with a fine cloth and keep in a bottle. Massage with fingertips in the night gently.
10. The use of a teaspoon of fresh limejuice for the last rinse while washing hair in highly beneficial. It leaves the hair glowing and also removes stickiness and prevents dandruff.
11. Dilute cider vinegar with equal amount of water and dab this to the hair with cotton wool in between shampooing.
12. Mash beetroot leaves in henna paste and apply on the head to prevent dandruff and hair fall.
13. Rub the juice of snake gourd on the scalp for the treatment of dandruff.
14. Massage one's hair for half an hour with curd which has been left open for 3 days or with few drops of lime juice mixed with amla every night before going to bed.
15. Application of processed henna once in 15 days helps to prevent dandruff. Boil equal amounts of amla and shikakai powder in water and allow it to cool. Now mix henna powder, very small amount of fenugreek and roasted clove powder, a little lemon juice and egg.
16. Wash the hair with green gram powder in curd twice a week.
17. Immerse split black gram in milk, mix it and apply on the scalp.
18. Beat two eggs and add two tablespoons of water to it. Wet the hair and apply the egg mixture over the hair. Now massage your scalp and let the mixture on for ten minutes to fifteen minutes. Then rinse the hair with lukewarm water. This will keep both dandruff and hair fall problem away from you.

Diet and Dandruff control:

Diet plays an important role in the treatment of dandruff. The diet should consist of fresh juicy fruits, such as apples, grapes, pears, pineapple and peaches. Citrus fruits, bananas, dried or tinned fruits should not be taken. Emphasis should be on raw foods especially fresh fruits and vegetables, sprouted seeds, raw nuts and whole grain cereals. Starchy, protein and fatty foods should be restricted. Meats, sugar, strong tea or coffee, processed fruits, candies; soft drinks, pickles and condiments should be avoided.

Massaging mixtures for dandruff
• Nasturtium tea

Make a strong infusion with 1 drop of essential oil of thyme added to it. Use to rinse the hair or massage the scalp.

Dye Won't Kill You!

There has been widespread concern recently that chemicals in hair dye used by a growing number of men ad women - could cause bladder cancer, among other things. So how worried should we be?

Spanish researchers, analysed 79 studies from 11 countries. Their conclusions?
"Our results indicate that, globally, there is no effect of personal hair dye use on the risk of breast and bladder cancer," they report. The researchers say they found a borderline link with blood and bone marrow cancers, but not enough of risk-factors for any major health concern.

The area that still needs looking into is whether there is a risk to people using dye in occupational settings, since they are exposed to more chemicals.