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With the summer season here, there’s nothing quite like a refreshing dunk in the pool to cool off. However, there may be some who won’t step foot into pool waters because they are worried about the damaging effects of chlorine on their hair. While chlorine can turn your hair green and dry out and weaken [...]
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Many men and women use hair lightening products during the summer to amplify the natural bleaching process that is caused by the sun. However, over-exposure to the sun can result in serious sunburns. Although using these products may help brighten your locks, they may also encourage you to stay in the sun longer, causing damage [...]
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While ordering desert once in a while won’t make your hair fall out, a balanced diet is a very important for the health of your hair. If you are consuming a large amount of sugar and doing it regularly, many complications can arise, including hair loss. Hair loss wouldn’t be a direct result of the [...]
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A study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, found that weaves and braids can lead to a permanent type of hair loss common among black women called Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia or CCCA for short. Of the 326 women examined in the study, more than one-fourth of the participants had CCCA, characterized by hair loss [...]
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If this is happening frequently, it’s possible that your daughter is suffering from Trichotillomania. Trichotillomania is hair loss from compulsive pulling or twisting of the hair until it breaks off. The term “trichotillomania” was coined to describe the compulsive or irresistible urge that was noticed in some patients to pluck out their hair by French [...]
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Most households use products cleaning and gardening that contain chemicals to do their jobs. Some of these chemicals can cause hair loss or major medical issues if ingested or in some cases, on contact. Heavy metals or heavy toxins like lead, mercury, iron, and copper can be found in paints, electrical work, arts and crafts, [...]
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Swimming caps and chlorinated pool water can cause hair loss from rubbing and from Traction Alopecia if the cap is too tight to allow circulation to the hair follicles. However, this type of hair loss would come from repeated exposure to these elements and other factors such as not rinsing your hair after swimming or [...]
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Most adults lose around 100 strands of hair per day, but new moms may notice they are losing more hair than that. In the first few months after giving birth, an increased amount of hair loss is perfectly normal and is a sign that your hormone levels are returning to pre-pregnancy levels. This high-level of [...]
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Prenatal vitamins are often associated with hair growth because many women’s hair will grow much longer while they are pregnant. However, soon after the baby is born, their hair will return to normal or begin to shed more than usual. Prenatal vitamins are packed with many nutrients that are beneficial for hair growth; however, this [...]
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Traction Alopecia, or physical damage to the hair, is another common cause of hair loss, particularly in girls. The human hair is quite fragile and does not respond well to the many physical and chemical assaults it has to endure in the name of beauty. Constant teasing, fluffing, combing, washing, curling, blow drying, hot combing, [...]
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