Hair Loss

Supplements and Hair Loss

Supplements and hair lossOverall health can impact the health of your hair. Maintaining a diet rich in the vitamins and minerals the body needs is an important part of taking care of not just the body… but also your hair. Circumstances may contribute to certain deficiencies in these vitamins and minerals, which will have an adverse effect on general hair health.

Fortunately, there are several different supplementation options available that are generally accessible. Let’s go over a few of them to better learn which vitamins and minerals are useful in treating hair loss. Of course, speak with your doctor before starting any sort of new supplement routine.

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Scarring Forms Of Hair Loss

Scarring Forms of Hair LossAny form of hair loss can be frustrating, upsetting, or even embarrassing. For most of us, some amount of hair loss is an unfortunate part of life to which the risk of experiencing it increases with age. While the majority of those experiencing hair loss as they get older will be tied to male or female pattern hair loss (or related to stress), there are other sources of hair loss that affect people every day.

One such form of hair loss is folliculitis decalvans. This is a type of alopecia that involves scarring in the affected area – like the scalp. So, what is it that triggers folliculitis decalvans?

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The Link Between Mental Health And Hair Loss

The link between mental health and hair lossMany of us have come to understand there are multiple factors that lead to hair loss. The most obvious of which is hereditary. If our siblings, parents, or grandparents experience male or female pattern baldness… there’s a good chance we will experience some level of that as well.

We also understand that outside environmental factors could come into play as well as certain illnesses.

While physical illnesses can certainly affect our hair health (as a result of malnourishment or our body’s own immune system mistakenly attacking our hair follicles), our mental health can affect our hair health too. But what is the link between mental health and hair loss?

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Nicotine & Hair Loss

Nicotine and hair lossThere is a wide array of factors that can contribute to hair loss, some more obvious than others. When examining health issues that can contribute to hair thinning, it is worth considering whether there is a link between smoking and hair loss.

First of all, this is really a question about nicotine intake. These days smoking is only one delivery mechanism for nicotine and others, such as vaping and smokeless tobacco (dip/chew), should also be considered.

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How Stress Can Cause Hair Loss

How Stress Can Cause Hair LossIt’s undeniable: stress is hard on our bodies. Stress can have a negative impact on all the body’s major systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, nervous, endocrine, and reproductive. It can even affect our appearance, wreaking havoc on our skin and hair.

In observance of National Stress Awareness Month, we will examine how stress harms our hair and what we can do to lessen its effects.

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Can Drinking Just One Glass of Soda Lead To Hair Loss?

Can drinking just one glass of soda lead to hair loss?We’ve all heard how what we put into our bodies can have an impact on our overall hair health. Different kinds of foods and medications can affect our blood vessels – which bring nutrients to our hair follicles as well as our skin. Many fried and oily foods can be linked to poor health, which affects our hair. Some beverages can potentially affect our health as well.

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Normal Shedding or Hair Loss: What Is The Difference?

How to tell the difference between normal shedding and hair lossYou’re brushing your hair and, when you’re done, there is a significant amount of hair that is now on your brush and not your head. You wake up in the morning to find loose hairs on your pillow.

In these (and similar) circumstances, thoughts often stray to the possibility of hair loss. However, there is a difference between the amount of hair that is shed on a daily basis and excessive hair loss that can affect the volume of your hair.

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Does Hair Loss Affect Your Career?

Does Hair Loss Affect Your Career?For many of us, our careers are one of the single most stressful aspects of our day-to-day lives. Our financial futures, health insurance, where we live, and much more are determined – to no small degree – by the jobs that we hold. This leads us to closely examine what may or may not help us to move ahead in our careers.

Factors beyond our competency at our jobs often determine our career trajectory. Being able to navigate office politics can certainly weigh heavily on our ability to secure a promotion. Our confidence and attitude play a role as well. Could our hair also be a factor?

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Are Caffeine Shampoos Effective At Treating Hair Loss?

Are Caffeine Shampoos Effective In Treating Hair Loss?As we get older, many of us examine our hairline with more scrutiny and look more closely at the products we put in our hair. We hear and read up about all sorts of things from the kinds of shampoos and conditioners we should use, how often we should use them, if we’re using all-natural products, and more. All in an effort to give our hair the best protection we can give it.

One hair product that’s been talked about in recent years is caffeine shampoos. Can they be effective in treating hair loss?

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