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		<title>Healthy Hair tips: Stress induced hair loss are- Bald truth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a fact of life, and when it is beneficient effect may be, more and more rapid achievement for us and we are more focused and work in a rapid, a taken as an excessive stress person may be harmful to both psychologically and physiologically. An excessive stress of the impact of a scientist and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s a fact of life, and when it is beneficient effect may be, more and more rapid achievement for us and we are more focused and work in a rapid, a taken as an excessive stress person may be harmful to both psychologically and physiologically. An excessive stress of the impact of a scientist and more painful condition is called Telogen Effluvium. In the words of the common man, it&#8217;s really creepy name that means a person&#8217;s hair thinning due to the stress begins.</p>
<p>Stress of a straight hair loss for, but do not contribute. Despite what most people think that in May, it really is that person that doesn&#8217;t stress a person&#8217;s hair loss is a direct physical effect seems to prove a fact. Being fast to pop your head because your hair is not stressed out, but when a person is tense, he is in fact in some personal habits that lead to hair loss have to. The private one, a direct effect of stress, and with them to reduce stress related hair loss will help in tackling. Here&#8217;s a few of these habits, to avoid them and you can take some precautions are:</p>
<p>Poor diet &#8211; When people are overstressed, they neglect to have their food habits. Finally, one of the various physical ailments will suffer from a very unbalanced diet is one person, hair loss and clear in this case concerns a person at least will be. However, hair loss is a relatively mild warning sign that your diet and start eating right should be right. How a poor diet affects a person&#8217;s hair to show, here&#8217;s a little fact: normally a person will shed hair, roughly about 100 a day, andthese finally body naturally are replaced follicles.</p>
<p>Alcohol and cigarettes &#8211; is sad to say, some people blame for the turn to face the stress of stress as a result. Alcohol and cigarettes relaxants, and being readily available and legal, sometimes people are in the midst of high stress are the overindulged. While the volume is in the middle, both the fault of your already taken up the same health risks. However, only in times of stress or social drinking smokers are people too sudden a sudden as a means of coping with their consumption may increase. During this time, increased consumption of alcohol or nicotine causes physical problems. You know, that used a series &#8211; smokers, for example, is a yellowed finger nails or yellow teeth can be seen.</p>
<p>Hair &#8211; negligible &#8211; as a joke, a lot of people still think that in times of stress and more clear to take a lifetime to feel nervous with them. In fact, some of the causes of hair loss. Someone who their purse, walking ballpen with a nail, cut the Bella &#8230; Then there are people who in one form or another fiddle with the hair. Some girls, for example, chewing the ends of her hair, which a lot of split ends is to do something when the habit of leadership is upset. Nerve is that most hair loss is for the more stringent versions of hair-nibbling, or actually pulling his own hair turn when, angry or scratching your head when stumped as those involved are leading.</p>
<p>If you have these nervous habits, then a beautiful solution to your roots when their children blow up the kitchen or your boss for you on your time frame and started shouting to stop yanking your hair out for a lot of discipline to include a people are. If you will be a nervous habit, find something relatively harmless &#8211; buy a stressball, it will also strengthen your grip.</p>
<p>All of them, and keep the world a healthy, light, positive attitude and be happy with getting on top of that force is you. Keep a smile on your face and in your heart, and you wonder how this deal can get a general in the rest of the universe.</p>
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		<title>Hair Loss Home Remedies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A clump of hair in the shower drain or scattered on the pillowcase can alarm anyone. For many folks, their mane is their crowning glory. When they&#8217;re having a &#8220;good hair day,&#8221; it adds extra zip to their step. So anytime it looks like they may be losing their locks, they&#8217;re not happy. In reality, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.healthcontents.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hair-loss.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-397" title="hair-loss" src="http://www.healthcontents.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hair-loss-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>A clump of hair in the shower drain or scattered on the pillowcase can alarm anyone. For many folks, their mane is their crowning glory. When they&#8217;re having a &#8220;good hair day,&#8221; it adds extra zip to their step. So anytime it looks like they may be losing their locks, they&#8217;re not happy.</p>
<p>In reality, it&#8217;s normal to shed between 50 and 100 hairs a day. That&#8217;s generally not a problem, since the typical head of hair has about 100,000?hairs. It&#8217;s simply part of the shedding phase that all hair goes through. Hair first goes through a growth stage, which lasts anywhere from months to years. &#8220;Women with very long hair have long growing phases. It&#8217;s not an acquired trait; either you have it or you don&#8217;t,&#8221; says Alvin Solomon, M.D., associate professor of dermatology and pathology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. Hair then moves into a resting phase for about three months. Finally, the shedding phase occurs, and the whole cycle starts over again with a new hair.</p>
<p>By far, the most common cause of hair loss for both men and women is pattern balding. In men, this hereditary condition affects the front and/or top of the head. &#8220;All men undergo this to some?degree,&#8221; says Douglas Altchek, M.D., assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. Pattern hair loss in women isn&#8217;t generally as severe as it is in men, and it&#8217;s more diffuse, with the thinnest patches of hair usually at the top of the head. Still, the number of women with pattern balding is &#8220;much more than most people think,&#8221; says Solomon. While there is no cure for pattern balding, there are treatments available.</p>
<p>Hair loss does occur for other reasons, some of which you can have control over if you know about them. In most of these instances, the hair loss is temporary, although you may have to wait six to eight months after the precipitating cause has been removed before you see the growth begin again. The following tips can help you prevent some of the other situations that can cause hair loss:</p>
<p><strong>Stay healthy.</strong> Easier said than done sometimes, but a whole host of diseases may have the unfortunate result of causing hair loss. &#8220;These diseases may have the effect of shortening or interrupting the growth phase of the hair cycle,&#8221; says Marty Sawaya, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of dermatology and biochemistry at the State University of New York at Brooklyn. Illnesses as diverse as measles, thyroid disease, lupus, pneumonia, anemia, diabetes, syphilis, polycystic ovaries, and tumors on the adrenal gland may all produce hair loss.</p>
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<p><strong>Watch your medications.</strong> &#8220;Literally hundreds of different medications can cause hair loss,&#8221; says Solomon. Chemotherapeutic drugs (medications used in the treatment of cancer) certainly affect the hair, but the list of offenders also includes some birth control pills, high blood pressure medications, certain types of steroids, diuretics, antidepressants, and even aspirin when taken chronically. Whether you will be affected by your medication in this way depends on your own sensitivity. Check with your doctor to see if the medications you are taking are associated with hair loss and whether there are alternative medications available, suggests Altchek. However, do not stop taking any prescription medication without first talking to your doctor about it.</p>
<p><strong>Eat a balanced diet. </strong>People who eat a very-low-protein or iron-deficient diet run the risk of shedding more than normal amounts of hair. This can happen, for instance, when someone eats a poor diet or tries crash dieting. This holds true especially for women. &#8220;We don&#8217;t understand it fully, but some investigators have been finding that in women, iron and iron metabolism have an effect on the hair cycle,&#8221; says Sawaya. On the other hand, going overboard with certain vitamins can harm hair, too. Taking Vitamin A or D in excess can cause hair loss. &#8220;People who are taking the so- called mega-vitamin regime should be very careful,&#8221; warns Altchek.</p>
<p><strong>Keep calm. </strong>Severe stress or a traumatic event like a death in the family can bring about heavy shedding of the hair. But moderate stress can leave its mark on your mane as well. &#8220;Gradual hair loss or thinning of the hair can be brought on by?constant, low-grade stress,&#8221; says Altchek. Try to find a way to cope with stress and minimize its effects on your health?and your hair. Do whatever works for you, whether it&#8217;s exercising, practicing meditation or some form of relaxation technique, or making time for a hobby.</p>
<p><strong>Don&#8217;t overprocess or overstyle your hair. </strong>We do many things to our hair to make it look beautiful, but some of them may not be good for our tresses. Cornrowing, tight braiding, bleaching, teasing, chemically straightening, and using hot rollers or hot combs can all cause hair breakage. &#8220;The rule of thumb here is the less you do to your scalp, the better,&#8221; advises Altchek. Whoever told women to brush their hair 100 times a night gave them &#8220;the worst possible advice,&#8221; he says. If you can&#8217;t forgo the styling and processing altogether, at least try to space them out a bit and give your hair a break from these treatments whenever possible.</p>
<p><strong>Check out your supplements.</strong> Selenium supplements taken in excess and foreign herbs that contain heavy metals can cause hair loss. If you are taking any such supplement and notice hair loss, discontinue the supplement and see your doctor to be sure that the supplement has not caused other complications that may not be as readily apparent as the hair loss.</p>
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