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Vitamins
Good nutrition is vital to healthy hair growth, just as it's essential to overall good health. Although your body needs a variety of vitamins and minerals to maintain proper body functions, there are several that are specific to hair growth and health.
Minerals
Good nutrition is vital to healthy hair growth, just as it's essential to overall good health. Although your body needs a variety of vitamins and minerals to maintain proper body functions, there are several that are specific to hair growth and health.
Sulphur and Hair Growth
Scientists have found that eating sulphur-rich foods and applying sulphur creams to the scalp may help promote hair growth.
Hair Loss Diagnosis
When visiting a trichologist to diagnose your hair loss problem, there are several routine examination procedures you can expect to encounter. Learn all about what you can expect when visiting a trichologist.
Essential Oils and Hair Growth
Essential oils have been proven to encourage hair growth in people with alopecia areata. Find out which essential oils helped people with alopecia areata regrow hair.
Pregnancy And Hair Loss
Many women experience hair loss during and after pregnancy. Pregnancy-induced hair loss is usually a completely normal - and temporary - problem. But it can point to larger concerns like nutritional deficiencies.
Camouflaging Thinning Hair
Expert stylist and salon owner Mark Garrison knows a thing or two about camouflaging thinning hair. He shares his top professional tips for camouflaging thinning hair with clients and stylists.
HairMax Laser Comb
The HairMax Laser Comb is a low-level cold-beam laser that has received good reviews for helping makes hair look thicker, fuller and healthier.
Indian Head Massage
Indian Head Massage has played an important part in Indian life for nearly 4,000 years to combat hair loss and promote healthy hair growth.
Historic Hair Loss Remedies
For thousands of years, man has struggled to prevent hair loss and stimulate new growth with a variety of lotions and potions.
Perricone Hair Prescription
Good nutrition is extremely important for healthy hair and it's one of the first things you should work on if you're experiencing hair loss. Dr. Nicholas Perricone's book, [i]The Perricone Promise[/i] will greatly improve the condition of your hair, especially if poor nutrition is contributing to your problems with hair loss.
Ban The Brush
Overbrushing is one of the leading causes of mechanical damage to the hair. Healthy hair starts when you learn how to 'ban the brush' in favor of scalp massage and combing.
Soap-Based Shampoos
Soap-based shampoos harm hair by swelling the hair shaft and leaving it rough and dull. Learn more about how soap-based shampoos harm hair and get information on natural alternatives.
Norwood-Hamilton Scale
The Norwood-Hamilton Scale of Male-Pattern Hair Loss - A useful reference tool created to classify the different ways in which male-pattern baldness progresses is the Norwood-Hamilton Scale.
Hair Loss - FAQs
An index of FAQs for the Hair Loss guide site.
Can Herbs Cure Baldness?
Frequently asked questions about hair loss: Can herbs like Dong Quai or Saw Palmetto cure baldness?
How many hairs?
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: how many hairs are there on my head?
A Session With Dr. Kingsley
Dr. Philip Kingsley is one of the premiere hair and scalp experts in the world. Learn about what a visit to his Trichological Clinic is really like, including hair diagnosis, treatments, and product recommendations.
Detox Tea
This recipe for detox tea is based on Chinese medicine for cleansing the kidneys and promoting healthy hair growth.
Summer Scalp Care
UVA and UVB rays can cause sunburn and skin cancer on the delicate scalps of those with thinning hair, bald spots, and those who are completely bald. Protect yourself from the sun's UVA and UVB rays with the right hat and sunscreen.
Hair Piece Imaging
Use our Hair Piece Imaging service to see what you would look like with a flattering hair piece or transplant surgery.
Cutting hair
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: will cutting my hair make it grow faster or thicker?
The Crude Oil Baldness Cure
A look at psychic Edgar Cayce's truly alternative baldness cure, Crudoleum®, made from pure Pennsylvania crude oil.
Washing Hair
Answers to frequently asked questions about hair loss: can washing my hair cause it to fall out?
Practicing Champissage
Part 2 of our look at the ancient practice of Indian Head Massage to combat hair loss.
Diffuse Hair Loss
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: Does diffuse hair loss lead to baldness?
Make Thin Hair Look Thicker
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: Which hairstyles will make my thinning hair look thicker?
Sutherland Hair Grower
In Victorian America, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, The Seven Sutherland Sisters promoted their brand of baldness cure. The box containing their "Hair Grower" featured two drawings of their father, Reverend Fletcher Sutherland: one shows him completely bald, the other with a "luxuriant, healthy growth of hair."
What is normal shedding?
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: How much hair loss is considered to be normal?
FAQ - What is DHT?
DHT, or Dihydrotestosterone, is a hormone believed to destroy hair follicles in people with hereditary hair loss. Learn more about DHT and how it causes hair loss.
Ludwig Hair Loss Scale
The Ludwig Hair Loss Scale measures the typical progression of female-pattern hair loss.
Why won't my hair grow longer?
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: why won't my hair grow past a certain length?
Hair Pulling Treatment
Frequently asked questions about hair loss: Why does my friend pull out her own hair and how can she stop?
Wigs For Kids
Wigs For Kids is a non-profit organization that creates hair pieces for children suffering from hair loss due to burns or illness. Learn how you can help children dealing with hair loss by donating to Wigs For Kids.
Illness & Hair Loss
Frequently asked questions about hair loss: What illnesses can lead to hair loss?
Riquette Hofstein
International hair growth expert Riquette Hofstein discusses her prescription for growing healthy hair.
Hair Culture
Hair science has come a long way since the early 20th century when men were advised not to wear hats in order to prevent hair loss.
Hair Loss - Recipes
An index of Recipes for the Hair Loss guide site.
Hair loss and chemo
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: Can I prevent hair loss during chemotherapy?
Hair Loss - Articles
An index of Articles for the Hair Loss guide site.
Dad is bald - will I be, too?
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: If my father is bald, will I automatically lose all of my hair?
Most natural hair transplant
Frequently asked quesions about hair loss: What is the most natural-looking hair transplant procedure?
Anagen
The anagen phase is the hair's growth phase.
Catagen
Catagen is the intermediate phase of the hair's growth cycle during which the hair "rests" for an average of 10 days.
Hair Loss - StepBySteps
An index of StepBySteps for the Hair Loss guide site.

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