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During pregnancy period, especially on late terms, hairs often make a woman glad. They become strong and shining. You just cannot believe that, while looking at comb, you can see no hairs on it. This happens due to your organism’s satiation with vitamins, nutritive substances and favorable hormonal background. However, 3-4 months later you can see a reverse process: hairs fall out sometimes, suffer from fragility and look lifeless. Don’t panic! Your hairs soon will gain beauty again, but you definitely should help them.
“Delicate” life of a hair
One loses about 60-80 hairs per day. At the same time new ones come to take their place. On average, a hair grows 1-1,5 cm per month. When a new hair is formed in a bulb, old one falls out.
What do we know about our hair?
- Female hairs live up to 10 years, while male ones only … 3 years
- Blondes have most thick hair – about 140 thousands of hairs. Brunettes – 102 thousands, brown-haired women – 109, red – 88 thousands.
- Nationality, place of living influence thickness of hair. It is known, that natives of South have richer scalp, than natives of North.
- During day time hairs grow quicker, than during night.
- In spring-summer time hairs grow significantly more actively, than in autumn and winter.
- Speed of hair growth depends on age. The most active growth takes place between 15 and 30 years, any by 40 years speed of hair growth begins slowing down significantly.
Business-ladies are in danger!
Unfortunately, not all women can boast of wonderful chevelure in modern conditions of life. According to statistics, by 2010 year alopecia threatens to 70% of men and 10% of women in Europe.
First of all, business-ladies are in risk group. The matter is, that in strong women’s blood there’s an excess of male hormone testosterone, and it contributes to “business” pelade.
Why do hairs fall out?
When conditions of head skin and blood circulation are normal, there is no excessive falling out of hairs.
Sudden falling out can start because of:
- significant decrease of quantity of estrogens (female sexual hormones) after pregnancy, childbirth;
- taking of some contraceptive preparations, containing substances, increasing level of androgens in blood;
- bad blood circulation;
- lack of nutrition for hair roots;
- operations with usage of general anaesthetic, inflectional diseases of head skin;
- excessive greasiness;
- poor nutrition (lack of vitamins and microelements);
- stresses;
- chronic not getting enough sleep.
Young mother may have several reasons for hair loss: from hormonal ones to problems with sleep, you know, not every baby will sleep 5-6 hours per night since first months, especially if he is on free feeding and is put to breast upon request.
Recipes to keep your hair
In fact, you will not find such advices, like “you need to sleep at least 8 hours per day”, or “forget about stresses and be always calm” here. We have to repeat again, that full-value sleep and soul balance are almost unique events for a young mother.
Another obstacle: constant lack of time for yourself. So try not to refuse from your relatives’ help: it will be good, if someone of them takes care of a baby during 15-20 minutes, while you will take care of yourself.
One of our readers writes:
- Hairs started fall our strongly 4 months after childbirth. And during following 3 months I lost, probably, 30% of my hairs, they definitely became thin. If I had enough time for myself, I would not lose so much hair. However, when I got tired, during first time I always chose an opportunity to take a nap for another 30 minutes, than doing something useful. When I sounded alarm, I started using tried remedies for hair treatment, and process of falling out slowed down, I saw fewer hairs on my comb. And 2 months later I noticed that my hairs were back to normal again. Sometimes my husband helped me to steal moments for myself, sometimes it was my mother, and I’m very grateful to them for this.
It is important to note, that anyway, you should not panic, as falling out of hair stops on average in 4-6 months simultaneously with hormonal reconstruction of organism. But the question is about how much hair you can lose. While correct care you can prevent excessive hair loss, and renew damaged hair and head skin.
So, try one of following effective methods of struggle against hair loss:
1. Apply steamed out rye-bread on wet hair, rub in skin slightly and wrap up your head with a warm towel. 30 minutes later, massaging head skin and wiping hair, wash out bread and rinse with one of herbal extracts, for example, nettle or rosemary extract.
2. Rub egg yolk in moistened hair, massaging head skin, wrap up head warmly and in 30 minutes wash your hair the way you wash them with shampoo.
3. You can wash you hair with warm buttermilk, rubbing it carefully in head skin.
Wrap up head for 30 minutes, and then rinse with warm herbal extract or decoction carefully, according to following receipts:
- Prepare a decoction of honeysuckle stalks (6 table spoons for 1liter of water, boil 10 minutes, draw for 30 minutes, filter) and use for washing your hair, if you suffer from shedding, during 3 weeks every other day.
- In German folk-medicine they use extract of nasturtium leaves and small nettle for rubbing in head skin while hair shedding.
- If you suffer from itch while dandruff and hair shedding, then you should wash your hair with a strong decoction of equal parts of willow rind and burdock roots.
- Take 20 roots of calamus, 20 g of burdock root, 25 g of great nettle, 10 g of calendula flowers, boil everything in 1 liter of boiling water on slow fire during 5 minutes. Decoction should draw in warm place for 2 hours. After you filter it, use it for smearing your hair and slight massage, after washing your hair. Repeat the procedure 5-6 times during month.
- One of effective remedies against hair shedding is washing hair with calamus and burdock roots 3 times per week during month. To prepare it take 2 table spoons of both roots, add a couple of handfuls of hop cones, pour with 1 liter of boiling water, boil during 5 minutes, draw.
- Take 3 table spoons of nettle leaves and 3 table spoons of coltsfoot leaves, brew in 1 liter of boiling water and 1 hour later filter, wash your hair 3 times per week during month, massaging head skin.
- If you can stand garlic smell well, try to rub garlic juice, mixed with honey in proportion 1 : 2, in your head skin. Carry out this procedure every other day during month. With this procedure completed, rinse hair carefully with one of herbal decoctions with deodorant qualities, for example rosemary.
Here are some other receipts from our readers:
- Carry out a course of hair treatment, consisting of 10 procedures: once a week you need to do masks, containing: egg yolk, 6 drops of appropriate for you oils and 1 mL of vegetable oil. Jojoba or avocado oils are better. Camomile, rosemary, sage, lemon, ylang-ylang, clary, lavender – these are essential oils, most popular while hair shedding treatment. Jojoba oils are used while dandruff. If you have no jojoba oil, then you can replace it by some other one. You should spread this mixture on your hair evenly, cover head with a cap, leave for 40-90 minutes, and then you need to wash your hair.
- If you have no allergy on onion, then you can mix onion juice and honey in equal parts and rub in hair 30 minutes before you wash your head. Use hair conditioners for sure and comb hair very cautiously. You also can cut your hair shorter, so that to renew an intensive growth of stronger hair.
- Another “onion” receipt: add onion peel to an oak rind decoction. Boil during 5 minutes. This receipt is especially useful for greasy hair.
- Massage salt in head skin during 2-3 minutes, then wash hair with shampoo.
What are other ways to help to your hair?
- During post-natal period take polyvitamins for nursing mothers.
- Eat less salty, smoked and pickled food. It is easier to observe this recommendation for nursing mothers: this is one of the conditions of a diet for nursing women, to avoid baby’s allergic reaction.
- Use hair-dryer seldom – hot air deprives hair of moisture and makes them fragile. You should better create a turban of a towel, and then allow your hair dry naturally.
- Change combs more often, micro-cracks on them – are niches for reproduction of microbes that damage head skin.
By: Yana Mikheeva
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Yana Mikheeva is the creator of Baby Health Directory – Pregnancy, Birth, Parenting and Baby Care resources. Are you going to get pregnant? Visit our friendly resource and read information on pregnancy and parenting, painless childbirth, growth and development of a baby, baby health, safety, signs of pregnancy. She also has All about women site where you can find articles on various subjects, such as: diets, receipts, health, cellulite, figure, aromatherapy, wholesome food, psychology of relationships, pregnancy, parenting, fashion and many others.
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Raising capital through the integration of directories and databases of private equity firms has become a common trend throughout the PE industry. In our current economy, the pressure and need to find new buyout firms has increased. However, the creation and implementation of these databases have alleviated this pressured and have opened new avenues for business. The following article discusses the benefits of buying, using and implementing a PE firm database or directory.
Implement New Technology: Recently, I have seen an increase in the purchase and implementation of new and updated technology and programs. Before this increase, I would typically find businesses and organizations keeping their own record systems of contact information and future prospects. I have seen everything from business card file systems, physical paper based tracking, electronic documents, and the occasional excel or access programs. However, these previous forms of “in house” documenting created confusing, limiting and fragmented record keeping systems.
The creation of businesses which solely design, create, manage and update private equity firm listings has allowed for individuals to take control of their businesses once again and keep pace with the ever growing internet community. These new databases and directories provide key information to the gain the edge needed. Each buyout firm listing is complete with primary and secondary contact names, e-mail addresses, office phone numbers, personal cell phone numbers, physical mailing addresses, internet website addresses, along with a detailed description and assets under management (AUM). All of this information helps you focus your strategy to not only make yourself and your team more effective and efficient but allows you to raise more capital from prospective clients.
There are numerous benefits to investing in a database or directory of PE firms. My recommendation is always to assess your current practices, and to then find a service which not only provides you with the product and benefits needed but which also comes with user support and subsequent updates on new releases. Therefore, because of the aforementioned items, investing in a directory of private equity firms is essential in raising more capital.
By: Theo O'Brien
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Did you know that over 70 percent of households in the United States share their lives and living space with pet dogs and cats? Yes, this is a fact and this report is to help those who love their pets and desire to live with them as comfortably, happily and allergy free as possible!
First you need to know that it’s not your pet’s fur, dander or hair that is the real problem. The real culprits are tiny proteins that are secreted by glands in your dog or cat. The allergen protein is found in the fur, saliva, urine, mucous, salivary glands and hair roots. This protein will stick to your pet’s fur and dander {Dead Skin} but know that the fur and dander itself is not what you’re reacting to.
For cats the protein is called the Fel D1 Glycoprotein,
For Dogs it’s called Can F1 Protein
These proteins are very potent and can quickly cause an allergic reaction for those that are sensitive to them. They are also very sticky and quick to stick to your clothing furniture, bedding and carpeting in your home or office environment. Unfortunately these proteins are not sticky enough to prevent them from going airborne into the indoor breathing environment when disturbed. Cat allergen is often stronger then dog allergen and more people react to cats. Dog allergen can also be very strong but reactions from dog dander vary from breed to breed.
The good news is there are steps that can be taken {important steps} to allow you or your allergic family member{s} to limit and control the pet allergen so you can live in harmony with your beloved dog or cat! If you are diligent and follow these guidelines it can make a huge difference for those that suffer from dog and cat allergies.
The Steps to follow
First and foremost, KEEP YOUR HOME CLEAN!
Be diligent about cleaning hard services, carpeting and furniture of dust and allergens. Use a damp cloth or micro fiber cloth to clean hard surfaces and Vacuum Often! NOTE: It is very important to own and utilize a quality HEPA vacuum cleaner that is totally sealed! Most vacuum cleaners including so-called HEPA and HEPA type vacuum cleaners leak air and allergens from their case even if the HEPA filter is sealed in the machine. If you have a dog or cat many of the allergens that escape from an unsealed vacuum cleaner will be from your pet{s}! If you would like to test your vacuum cleaner for leakage it’s easy to do. Just place your vacuum cleaner into the beam of light that shines through your window and turn on your vacuum cleaner.
Don’t even clean with it. If your vacuum cleaner is not sealed {and most are not} you will see thousands of particles including pet allergen spewing from your vacuum cleaner and back into the air that you breath! We have found that the Air Storm HEPA vacuum cleaner to be the best on the market. It’s sealed like a drum and no pet dander will escape from it. NONE! The Air Storm HEPA vacuum cleaner is also made in the USA, it’s lightweight and easy to operate. I’m going to say this again because it’s very important. Vacuum Often!!!
The next step is to have quality HEPA room air cleaners or HEPA air purifiers in any room that you spend time in. HEPA room air cleaners are very important in the fight to remove airborne pet allergen, other allergens and dust from your living space. A quality HEPA air cleaner or air purifier should be able to clean pet allergen and other airborne allergens in an open room or area up to approximately 1000 square feet or be able to exchange the air through the HEPA air cleaner or air purifier to clean an average bedroom sized area approximately 12-15 times per hour. It is also important to choose HEPA air cleaners or air purifiers that have low filter replacement costs.
Stay away from so-called air cleaners and air purifiers that do not have HEPA filters in them to actually remove the pet allergens and other allergens from the air. Also stay away from ionizers that will drop floating allergens from the air and onto your furniture, carpet and onto your bed while you are sleeping. Ionizers do not filter the air and are not the answer for pet dander problems. We have found these brands of HEPA air cleaners and HEPA air purifiers to do the best job. The Austin Air Healthmate HM-400 HEPA air cleaner, The TRACS HEPA air purifier and the EZ Air HEPA air cleaner.
If you have ducted central air or heating, it is a good idea to utilize a quality self-charging electrostatic air filter for your system. These air filters are custom made to size, washable, approximately 90 percent efficient and will last for years and years. A proper air duct cleaning company can often remove many pounds of pet allergen, dust and other allergens from your ducted central air or heating system. To find a quality and knowledgeable air duct cleaning company go to the National Air Duct Cleaners Association
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The following tips are not intended to be a guarantee to solve the female thinning hair problem, however they can go a long way in reducing the amount and frequency of hair loss for women.
Tip #1. Love Your Scalp
When we talk about what causes hair loss much of the attention is naturally focused on the hair itself. What many people forget is the important role played by the scalp in promoting healthy growth. Think of your scalp as being the soil for your hair, much like the role played by dirt when growing a vegetable garden. If you have poor soil, you will end up with a poor vegetable garden. The same can be said when looking at the scalp. If you do not have a healthy scalp, then why would you expect to have healthy hair? This fact underlines the importance of taking care of your scalp by regularly washing and shampooing it to get rid of the accumulation of dirt, oils and residues from hair care products. Also it is important to regularly do a gentle message of your scalp to improve circulation just as you would till the soil in your vegetable garden to promote good soil drainage.
Tip #2. Be Kind To Your Hair
Your hair is a living part of your body and as such needs to be taken care of! Many beauty care products sold today contain very harsh ingredients that can seriously damage your hair. Some shampoos for example contain sulfates used to produce the foaming effect of the shampoo, however chemicals such as sulfates are very hard on your body, and used for extended periods of time will harm your hair and scalp. Consider buying all natural products when it comes to shampoos and hair conditioners to help avoid this problem.
Other potential causes of hair loss include some kinds of perms, hair coloring solutions, and even heated styling devices. Simply waiting at least 6 weeks before hair treatments and allowing your hair to air dry as often as possible are easy solutions to the fore-mentioned problems.
Tip #3. Avoid Harmful Hair Styles
Not all styles are created equal. There are some hair styles that have been found to be more harmful and stressful than others which can help to promote female thinning hair problems. Any type of style that can potentially break your hair must be avoided. These include common styles such as pony tails and cornrows which can tear, rip, and stretch the hair resulting in permanent hair damage.
Tip #4. Health and Hair
Steps to preventing hair loss should never ignore the very close relationship between having healthy hair and living healthy in general. Sometimes female thinning hair problems are just a very noticeable symptom of problems related to poor health in general. To put it another way, if you want healthy hair, you need to have a healthy body. So if you are concerned with a loss of hair, consider your overall health status. Are you eating the proper foods to get the necessary vitamins and minerals to keep your body in tip top shape, getting regular exercise, drinking plenty of water, and getting enough sleep? All of these basic keys to good health will also affect the ability of your body to avoid the problem of female thinning hair by promoting healthy hair growth.
Tip #5. Hair Aid
Many people for one reason or another struggle to maintain a diet that is balanced and healthy. This is where vitamin and mineral supplements can help offset a poor eating habits and provide the necessary ingredients missing from their diet. As mentioned in Tip #4, any improvement in general body health will help with hair health. For example, taking extra calcium for bone health has a direct link to hair health, as it helps to toughen the hair roots and follicles within the scalp which can promote more and thicker hair growth.
Hopefully you realize the 5 tips discussed above would be very easy to make part of your daily living and hair care routine. Using these simple tips would be an excellent starting point when dealing with a female thinning hair problem and allow you to keep more of your precious hair on your head, rather than in the waste basket.
By: Barisa Wyse
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Barisa Wyse has earned several awards for her article writing efforts on a variety of topics. Visit her new website which focuses on the causes of female thinning hair, as well as preventing hair loss and how to stop hair loss.
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1. Stop Smoking
smoking has been shown to be one of the biggest risk factors in heart disease. That has long been a proven fact. It’s the crazy toxic chemicals that they put in cigarettes that contribute to heart disease. Besides that, smoking is starting to become one of those taboo things thanks to the shift in society attitudes. So why even keep doing it?
2. Walk. and then go for another walk
If finding time for a regular exercise program is just too much of a challenge right now, just start by walking. I have known many people who have strengthened their heart and reversed some of their conditions by getting outside and walking. Fresh air, and a nice walk through a scenic route is a great way to strengthen the heart.
3. Don’t go on a low-fat diet
One of the misconceptions of fats and your diet, is that some people think that going on a reduced low-fat diet is the only way to go. Your heart condition may get worse if you do this. Yes, you need to drop the bad fats (like hydrogenated oil and the oil in French fries and donuts) and eat more healthy fats like coconut oil, olive oil, salmon. These are the good fats that your body requires. Basically just remember, fast food french fries are bad, salmon cooked with some olive oil is good.
4. Don’t Stress the little things.
Demands on us are now at an all time high, work family,deadlines, you name it we all stress about it. If you are stressed out in a bad way all the time, nothing you eat no matter how healthy is going to make a difference in your overall health. I truly believe that negative stress has a direct impact on your heart health and maybe a factor in cancer development. Calm down, breathe deeply and try to find a positive way to deal with stress levels. Positive stress is good for you.
5. Don’t fear all saturated fats
saturated fats is not the main factor causing heart disease. what is causing heart disease is much more sinister.
processed foods, sugars and way too much carbohydrates is what is making people so sick. Again, the big misconception in dieting is the whole saturated fats issue and people forget that our processed foods we buy all the time are loaded with sugar, and other long named chemical preservatives that are really the bad stuff that you need to cut down on.
6. Reduce alcohol intake
Having a nice glass or two of wine a day or a beer is actually a good thing for you according to some recent studies. Having six glasses of wine or beer a day is not so good. Like any other drug, you build a tolerance to alcohol’s effects and then you feel like you need more. This type of constant drinking daily is not good for your heart or your liver. Moderate drinking without the intent to get plastered each time is ok. All you need to do is keep it from becoming habitual. If you wish to drink everyday, which I don’t advocate, at least limit it to one drink to be on the safe side.
By following these tips, this is a great way to prolong your life and reduce your risk of heart disease, Also you should always consult your own doctor about any issues you have and that way you can safely and effectively get to a better health level for yourself.
By: Jack Desssery
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Vitamins are required for normal functioning of the body – Growth, Digestion & Nerve Function. Vitamins & Minerals are required in small and steady amounts and they together form the micro nutrients essential to maintain healthy mind and body.
There are two types of vitamins, Essential and Non-essential. There are 13 Essential vitamins required by the body which has to be obtained through the food we eat. The essential vitamins required by the body are Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Thiamine, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Biotin and Folic acid.
Vitamins are either fat soluble or water soluble. Water soluble vitamins are essential vitamins and are not stored in body in high amounts. Fat soluble vitamins are soluble in Bile acids and they are stored by the body and used when they are required.
Vitamins taken in the form are dietary nutritional supplements are best utilized by the body when taken along with food and nutrient supplements are not the substitute for the whole foods. Dietary supplements can compliment the diet when there is trouble getting enough of essential nutrients through food. People who are healthy and eat wide variety of food including fruits and vegetables(8 servings), whole grains, legumes, lean meat and fish on a regular basis do not need dietary supplements.
Dietary supplements become essential if any one of the below mentioned cases is true
1. Do not eat enough servings of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, lean meat and fish.
2. Normal American diet which lacks in essential vitamins, minerals, enzymes and hormones.
3. Under diet or weight loss program i. e., restricted nutritional regime.
4. Vegetarian or Vegan diet.
5. Post menopausal women.
6. Special medical conditions.
7. Smoke or Drink alcohol.
8. Over 50 years of age.
9. Eating junk unhealthy food and not getting dietary balance of vitamins.
10. Can not afford diet of variety of foods that are essential for healthy living.
11. Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
12. Not in good health – physically &/or mentally.
Minerals help body grow, develop and stay healthy.They help building strong bones and also in transmitting nerve impulses. Some minerals are even used to maintain normal heartbeat and also to make hormones.
Minerals can be classified into two groups mainly based on the amount required by the body as Macro-minerals and Trace minerals. Macro-minerals include Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, Chloride and Sulfur. Trace minerals include Iron, Manganese, Copper, Iodine, Zinc, Cobalt, Fluoride, Selenium.
Vitamins and minerals help Enzymes which are also a kind of proteins in regulating the metabolic processes. These metabolic processes include formation of proteins which are the building blocks of life and also the breakdown of carbohydrates and fats to generate energy.
Body does not manufacture all the vital nutrients. All the essential vitamins and minerals come from food. People who get lot of vitamins and minerals are those who have very healthy kidneys and eat a variety of foods from all food groups. Since the kidney diet limits some food groups the body may not be getting all the nutrients it needs each day. Therefore it is very much necessary to intake certain amount of vitamins and minerals in the form of supplements.
By: Nruthya Swamy
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