Posts Tagged "hair loss"

Many people are worried about hair loss these days. There are tons of articles on the internet that talk about the causes and prevention of hair loss. Of course, there are some myths related to this phenomenon as well and this article aims to bust that myth.

Myth: Frequent hair washing cleans dandruff but leads to hair loss.

Reality: Dandruff happens when your scalp is too dry or too oily, and daily hair washing can actually improve the problem without causing hair loss.

A lot of people prefer to wash their hair daily, which is good as it keeps your scalp clean. However, people who complain that daily hair washing leads to hair loss, should check the products that they apply to their hair.

A common (and neglected) cause of hair loss is using hair products that do not suit you. Many people just buy every new product that is launched in the market without realizing whether it’ll help them or not. And in some cases, they end up with negative results and get worried about hair loss.

The best option to try new hair products is to ask your hairstylist about them. Every salon has a wide range of various hair care products which they recommend to their clients. So the next time your stylist is snipping your hair with barbering scissors, try and ask him/her about their opinion on which products you should use.

Your hairstylist would give you good recommendations after studying your hair and your needs. This will not only help you in having healthy and beautiful hair but will keep hair loss at bay.

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Hair can be your best – or your worst- asset, your best friend or worst enemy.

And according to scientists at Bonn and Düsseldorf Universities, there’s hope for those who view it as their worst enemy.  An important hair-loss gene has been uncovered. The researchers investigated over 500,000 positions in the human genome, and found a gene variant which occurs clearly more frequently in bald men than in control persons. 

If you or – if you’re a stylist – your clients, have little need for high-end hair trimming tools like yoko scissors, professional shears, expensive products etc., because they, well, just have very little hair, this could be an answer as to why. 

These are the same scientist that characterized the first hair-loss gene as being inherited through the maternal line, and explained why hair-loss in men often reflects that of their maternal grandfathers. This new gene, however, focuses on the gene’s relationship between father and son, and may explain similarities in cranial hair growth betweenthe two. This new study reveals that there is the potention for the son being bald – or exhibiting similar hair loss patterns – if his father is also bald.

This is only the second region of the genome that can definitely be associated with premature hair-loss, and hopefully it leads to a breakthrough in hair growth technology.

“We are now trying to discover the role played by this genomic region in hair-growth”, says Dr. Felix Brockschmidt of Bonn University. “Only then will we know whether we on the right track for new forms of therapy for male hair-loss”.

 

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