Men

You dont go bald because your hair is falling out (06/21/2010)
(...) The best example is Sam, who was in the shower when the 1994 Northridge earthquake hit in California. Sam never went out without his baseball cap, but when his apartment started to shake, he put a towel around his waist and ran out of the apartment without his baseball hat on. When he reached the street half-naked, Sam realized his head was also naked and immediately ran into the shaking building to retrieve it. (...)

Understanding the Potential Risks of LLLT (06/19/2010)
(...) The effectiveness data was obtained from a multicenter, randomized, placebocontrolled trial conducted at four sites in the U.S. FDA approval requires a much more rigorous process. (...)

Doing It Yourself: Hand held Home use Lasers (06/19/2010)
(...) With this system, 15 separate points of laser light irradiate the scalp. In addition, the floating laser heads of this instrument ensure that the laser light channels conform to the shape of the scalp and head. This direct contact is the main differentiating feature between this machine and the laser comb. (...)

Diagnosing the cause of hair loss before beginning LLLT therapy (06/19/2010)
(...) LLLT systems available in the doctor’s office involve the patient sitting under the machine, an experience similar to sitting under a hair dryer at the hair salon. The advantages of having laser done in the office include the following: The lasers are stronger. You get a precise amount of laser delivered each time. (...)

Low Level Laser Therapy for hair loss (06/19/2010)
(...) The major chromophores that affect your hair are Melanin (in hair follicles and sun spots) Hemoglobin (in blood vessels) Water (throughout the epidermis and dermis — layers of your skin) Medical lasers can be either high or low powered. There’s no question that high powered lasers are very effective in treating a number of medical conditions. High-powered lasers are used to destroy hair follicles and remove unwanted hair, target abnormal blood vessels (such as varicose veins), and erase fine lines and wrinkles. (...)

Hair loss and the Traditional Chinese medicine (06/19/2010)
(...) It may also delay natural graying. Practitioners of Chinese medicine use He Shou Wu for other conditions, such as strengthening weak bones, decreasing high blood pressure, and treating constipation. It’s also thought to have anti-aging properties. (...)

Helping hair with herbs (06/19/2010)
(...) ” The following sections get into a number of alternative medicines. Our goal in sharing this information isn’t to advocate the use, or disuse, of these products but merely to present them in as scientific a manner as possible. Saw palmetto Saw palmetto is a small plum plant endemic to the southeastern United States. (...)

Oils Herbs and Extracts: Alternative Hair Loss Remedies (06/19/2010)
(...) ) Ancient Indians and Polynesians used coconut oil, and ancient Africans used olive oil, all applied to the hair and scalp in an attempt to stimulate hair growth. At least one current study shows that oil application can help with some specific types of hair loss. In 1998, researchers from Scotland published their results of a randomized, double-blind controlled study investigating aromatherapy in patients with alopecia areata, a condition in which the body’s immune cells start attacking healthy hair-producing cells. (...)

Getting your daily vitamins (06/19/2010)
(...) Foods high in vitamin A include carrots, broccoli, and liver. The current recommendation of daily vitamin A intake is 900 micrograms (mcg) (3,000 IU) for men and 700 micrograms (2,300 IU) for women. B-complex vitamins The B vitamins include thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, cobalmin, and pantothenic acid. (...)

Pumping up calories and proteins (06/19/2010)
(...) Two sulfur-containing amino acids, methionine and cysteine, are most important for maintaining hair health because human hair requires sulfur for normal growth. (The body also requires sulfur for healthy connective tissue formation.) Methionine: Methionine is an essential amino acid that your body doesn’t produce, so it must come from your diet or from supplements. (...)

Eating Your Way to Healthy Hair (06/19/2010)
(...) People who don’t eat meat or dairy products may be missing out on important vitamins and minerals necessary for hair health... (...)

The Night and Morning after the hair transplant Surgery (06/19/2010)
(...) Also, you should be given a travel-type neck pillow for properly positioning the head at home. The pain will usually subside by morning. • Bandaging and bleeding: You’ll leave the office with a 1-inch band wrapped around your head, like a tennis sweat band. (...)

Hair transplant surgery is usually performed under local anesthesia (06/19/2010)
(...) There should be no pain associated with a hair transplant procedure aside from some small mosquito bite-type shots during the initial administration of local anesthesia. The amount of sedation may be the choice of the doctor or the patient, and the depth of the sedation various with different clinics. The entire procedure may take place in a surgical chair much like the chair at your dentist’s office. (...)

Before the hair transplant Surgery (06/19/2010)
(...) Reducing the bacterial count in the hair follicles is best done with good washing before the surgery. Review any paperwork you have before you head in for your surgery; this should include all the communications between the doctor’s office and you. You should have received a copy of the informed consent form that you have to sign on the morning of the surgery. (...)

Seeing results for yourself (06/19/2010)
(...) Six months later, he made an appointment with my colleague and got on the surgery schedule. I met him again the day after the surgery and was disappointed to find that he had gone forward with a transplant. To my surprise, I found out that this young man had moved out of his apartment and into his 1991 Dodge Omni (he was over 6 feet tall, so it must have been cozy!), where he had lived for the last 6 months. (...)

Buying a hair transplant requires extensive research (06/19/2010)
(...) Low-balling bids to make the sale isn’t an uncommon practice in many industries, but we’re talking about what you’ll look like for the rest of your life, so low-balling here can have a particularly dramatic effect. Are you being pressured by hard-sell tactics? Too many doctors oversell, even though it’s unethical. Does the doctor keep putting a salesperson between you? Salespeople may sell the doctor’s service like a used car. (...)

The most important factor in hair transplant surgery (06/19/2010)
(...) ishrs.org) lists hundreds of doctors worldwide who work in the field. You also may want to enter “hair transplantation” along with your city and state in your favorite search engine, and explore the results. (...)

Hair transplant surgery is generally not covered by insurance (06/19/2010)
(...) When discussing price, you need to compare apples to apples. One graft (or follicular unit) contains one, two, three, or sometimes four hairs. In general, one graft averages about two hairs. (...)

Frontal hairline recession the most common hair loss pattern (06/19/2010)
(...) Are you fully informed about every aspect of the reconstruction process? We often joke with our patients about changing our clinic’s name to The No-Surprises Institute for Hair Reconstruction. Men don’t like surprises, and few things frighten them more than surprises in cost or in the achieved results. You shouldn’t be caught unawares in any aspect of your hair transplant or future treatments. (...)

Running shoes to maximize your effort (06/12/2010)
(...)   Before purchasing a new pair of running shoes, there are few things to consider.  Size, type, and shape are very important.  The materials used in manufacturing the shoe and its construction are important for "breathability" and durability. (...)