Archive for 2009

Hair Care Recipes

hair careHere we publish a compendium of the various natural formulas for hair care, divided by hair type and characteristics.

Oily hair care
Of the various existing cases of alopecia, greasy hair is one factor that requires more care.

Clay Recipe
Mix 3 tablespoons white clay (kaolita or kaolinite) with warm water to form dough. This mixture should be applied as a mask on hair roots, and should be left to act for ten minutes. Then rinse with warm water extensively. The effect of clay is to deep clean hair, while the fat is absorbed through the capillary pores. It is at the same time, a beauty treatment. Use the mask once a week.

Trick with conditioner
It is common for people not to use oily hair conditioner. Failure. In all hair care should be used a dose of reconditioning after the shampoo, as this is almost an abrasive detergent for the hair. The conditioner closes the pores open for hot water and shampoo, and works as a lubricant, and also help repair hair. The conditioner should be used as follows: apply starting from the neck and dragging it to the temples, and finish on top.

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Hair Growth Cycle

hair growth cycleThe number of hairs on an adult is around 100,000, and can say that each hair grows through several cycles of growth. There is a period in which hair grows and another that stops growing and rests, and a final in which hair falls out.

Each hair begins to grow, reaching a stage where the growth is interrupted as the hair lies, after the break, the growth continues, this is repeated until the hair dies and falls, driven by new hair that pushes them to get out the scalp (which happens in a normal, healthy hair). The hair cycle is not synchronized in humans, meaning that while some are falling, others are growing.

The stage of hair growth has an obvious length greater than the resting stage or falling, and this duration is related to the length that will ultimately each hair.

In general the number of hairs during growth is much higher than those who have served their stage, it is normal to lose 50 to 100 hairs a day.

When hair loss, ie the amount of hair loss becomes apparent, the case that a greater amount of hair has entered the period of decline, and may be due to different factors.

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Recipes for hair loss

hair lossIn this section you will find a very complete set of homemade recipes and natural hair loss.

Home remedy for hair loss
This natural treatment for hair is branded as “infallible” in various databases related to hair loss.
In a liter of water, add 100 ml of wine vinegar, and boil together with 250 grams of chopped fresh nettles. Wait half an hour, then filter the liquid and store in refrigerator. This remedy serves as a lotion after washing your hair as extra care and protection thereof. Use twice a week.

Recipe for hair growth
Dilute pills two pills in a cup of warm water, then add the shampoo normally used. The shampoo will be somewhat diluted, but this is better, because it will make it foamy, and use less quantity, also less damaging hair. Use this shampoo normally to reverse hair loss.

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Causes of hair loss

hair loss causesHair loss is due, of course, to various causes and not just one. There are genetic factors, it is true, but today it is known that a genetic predisposition to us does not suffer a wrong, but mainly we who “wake up” this or that “sentence” for genes. Beyond the cases, nothing prevents us to monitor.

Arm yourself with will and begin seriously to control and stop the hair loss. Causes of hair loss – then a list of everything that contributes to poor blood supply, condensation of sebum, greasy hair and weak hair.

1) Food poor, little and no timetable.
The whole body, but mostly the hair, suffers from malnutrition. It is not our intention to make a religion of good eating, but we will tell you all that food that will serve the purpose of looking healthy and shiny hair, strong at the roots.

Greens (rich in iron). It is proved that radicheta, spinach, chard, arugula, Brussels sprouts and other vegetables “dark” of Iron and that it benefits hair growth and fortification. NOTE: Eat raw in salads with lemon, oxidizes the iron in plant so that the human body can use it most.

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