Hair Regrowth after Chemotherapy

A lot of patient these days who have hair fall related problem are turning towards homeopathy. Homeopathy treatment can suit people of all ages. There is always a need for people in the age group of 30 to 40 to get a complete health checkup. Some tests which are included when we talk about complete body checkup is ESR, Routine haemogram, calcium density and mammography.
Anemia, PCOD, Thyroid disorder, high blood pressure, acidity, breast cancer are some of the disorders in which a person looses a lot of hair.

A person suffering from breast cancer feels like they have a muscle ball on the chest. Feeling warm, a slight pain, swelling, feeling heavy and pains are some of the symptoms which can raise an alarm towards breast cancer. The treatment which is chemotherapy or Radiotherapy for such diseases can result in hair loss in huge quantity. Hair Loss is termed as huge when it becomes impossible to count the fallen hair. This finally result in complete baldness.

Some doctors in homeopathy claim that they have a solution to this. By using the blister packaged homeopathic medicines the doctors say they can regrow the lost hair naturally. The treatment helps in regularised menstrual cycle, keeping blood pressure normal, controlling the hemoglobin levels, acidity, stress and also taking care that the women will never face the problem again. Modern blister pack homeopathy helps the patient to take the required dose and also helps in maintaining effectiveness, purity of the medicine.

Note: The points mentioned in this article are researched online, not practically.

Hair Straightening Health Risks

Who doesn't love to straighten their hair in no time. In this busy busy world very few people have time to do blow drying hair for 30 minutes. These people then have none other option than hair straighteners. However when we save our time using hair straighteners, are we aware of the hair straightening health risks? Yes, every comfort comes at a cost and we will decide today if hair straightening health risks are worth using the straighteners!

Hair Straightening Risks
1) Hair Split Ends. A lot of people who used hair straighteners have reported split ends.
2) Burnt Hair. Sometimes it happens that people get burn their hair accidentally and believe me the smell of burnt hair is not very pleasant. One can use ceramic straighteners to avoid burnt hair.
3) Fragile Hair.: People are also reported to have fragile hair from hair straightening.
4) Cancer: Yes! You heard it write. There are some treatments in Brazil which use formaldehyde to smooth and straighten the hair. However many health and safety agencies consider formaldehyde to be a cause of cancer. However recent studies say that the chemicals used for hair straightening therapies are safe.

Teenage Hair Loss

Male Pattern Thinning considered as the cause of hair loss in teenagers is the process of hair follicles shrinking day by day , which further reduces the hair on the top of the head to get a U shaped formation on the head.

The time when hair loss starts is generally late teens and early 20s. The boys and girls who are affected by this MPT are all set to grow bald by the age of 30. Thus the saying goes “If you have a head full of hair at the age of 30. You will have it for the rest of life.”

We have already discussed hair loss due to anaemia here. Here is some more insight into the reason of hair loss.

Causes of hair loss in teenage girls:

1)Stress.
2)Taking steroids.
3)Smoking.
4)There is a 50% chance that if a father has got Male Thinning Pattern genes, the son is going to get bald. That does not mean, if both the parents have head full of hear then the son won’t get it. It goes like the mother can still possess the genes, which she might have inherited from her mother or father.

How to prevent hair loss

Hair loss prevention will involve a person in interfering with the inherited genes. There are certain male hormones which influence the genes leading to hair loss . The other way to prevent hair loss is, prevent those from doing so.

Other tips to prevent hair loss

* Eight hours of sleep.
* Proper diet.
* Relaxation of mind.


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Hair Loss due to Anaemia.

Hair Loss After Pregnancy

Pregnancy!! A great time for women with the feeling of being a mother on their mind. Pregnancy time is also a good time for hair. why? because this is the time when the body produces more and more estrogen, hormone that stimulates and keeps the hair in the growing phase. No wonder you see so many gorgeous pregnant woman around.
What about the hair loss after pregnancy? The estrogen levels drops in the body and the mane of hair the woman acquired before pregnancy starts to disappear. There is considerable loss of hair and woman often freak out with bunch of hair loss at the slightest touch of hand. The hair become weaker and thin due to dropped levels of estrogen. In some cases the scalp at the front and on the top become sore. This hair loss after pregnancy is called Telogen Effluvium. This process starts 3 months after pregnancy and is at its peak during the six month after pregnancy. Physical stress, hormone changes and lack of sleep adds to the hair loss after pregnancy.

How can you control hair loss after pregnancy?

a) Sleep for 8 hours at least.
b) Drink a glass of water every hour.
c) Eat food for hair like the almond, soya, dates and flax seeds.

On a leaving note, please take care when you are at telogen effluvium stage as the hair sometimes may get wrapped around baby's feet to cut off the blood circulation and the medical terms this as toe tourniquet syndrome.

Best of luck and take care. If the hair loss does not stop, women can nowadays consider a hair transplant.