Hair Care and the means to do

Hair Care and the means to do
Despite the fact that the main theme of the site is a hair treatment, proper care of them - is also extremely important. From the entire spectrum of treatments for hair wash is a major component, as intended as a hygienic and cosmetic purposes. For healthy hair, no damaged or depleted, correct and timely cleaning is a minimally adequate care procedures. However, because such hair is now becoming increasingly rare, and rarely consider in more detail this issue.
First, the frequency of washing. Spread of options here is large enough: from washing your hair everyday, up to 1 times in 8-10 days. He solved purely individual - Wash your hair as often as you need it. This implies that walking with dirty hair is meaningless, and wash them more often than you need - even worse.
Healthy hair is quite normal fat content allow a hair wash every 4-5 days. It does not take into account the time of the year, the special conditions of your work, vehicles used for washing, etc. If you have oily hair, you know perfectly well what they look like on the second or third day after washing. In passing, it should be said that the frequent brushing oily hair stimulates the sebaceous glands to further develop the secret, from which the hair is salted faster. Also do not forget that the consumption of food rich in carbohydrates (sugar, flour, sweets, etc.), fats and high calorific food, too, to a large extent affects the speed of hair clogging. So, for oily hair is quite acceptable frequency wash one every 2-3 days, of course, that you are using shampoo for oily hair. For those who prefer to wash your hair frequently, you should use a mild shampoo for daily washing, alternating them with a shampoo for oily hair.
Holders of dry hair is, apparently, do not wash them more often than 1 time of 8-10 days, but in between washes to carry out strengthening and moisturizing procedure, because dry hair often is combined with the fragility and exhaustion.
Importantly, what water you use when washing hair: it is known that the usual tap water is quite hard, which contains many salts. Much better to use pre-boiled water, and boil it should be long. You can also use additives: baking soda (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water), ammonia solution (1 teaspoon per 2 liters of water), glycerin (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of water), and others to lather your hair once is not enough, you need to do it at least twice. This is due to the fact that the first soaping his hair is only removed part of the dust, dirt and sebum. Do not forget that after the use of detergents, hair should be washed thoroughly with water, not allowing to remain on the surface of the elements of an alkaline detergent. Shampooing is recommended to combine with a massage of the scalp.
It is also not recommended to wash your hair too hot or too cold water. The fatter the hair, the cooler should be water. The optimal water temperature for washing hair is 35-45 ° C. In addition, you should not pour shampoo on dry hair: you must first soak the hair with water, then pouring some shampoo on the palm, already apply it to damp hair. It is believed that the hair is well combed to wash, comb and will be better after. Do not forget to follow Threat clean combs; Do not share combs. Recommended short hair comb from the roots, and long hair comb from the ends, gradually moving to the roots. Wet hair is better not to comb, and if it is necessary, not metal combs, and plastic or wooden. Beneficial effect on the use of hair conditioners, especially if the hair is weak by nature or depleted. Rinsing can be used as a ready-made compositions, and prepared themselves.
Sometimes we come up with the idea "why-would not wash your hair with soap?" Indeed, what could be better than a good old 72% soap. That's really otmoet so otmoet - get rid of all the latest hair on his head (no hair - no problem. ")
But seriously, what is bad hair washing soap? Firstly the fact that soap destroys the water-lipid emulsion film as a hair, and with the head, but we already know that this film plays a protective role. Hair after a wash become excessively dry. Solid soaps are highly alkaline environment conducive to the fact that the scales of the cuticle, "disclosed" and "ottopyrivayutsya, some even crumble, resulting in damaged hair, combed worse. Second, after washing your hair with soap, they lose their luster and vitality, "covered by a salt coating (consisting, in large part, of calcium magnesium m), become more dim. However, I had one patient who really used the salt deposit on the hair (a sort of "scum"), which appears after washing hair with soap, for thickening and strengthening of a depleted and weight loss of hair.
In order not to cause such harm to the hair while still wash your hair from the accumulated grease, dust, otshelushivshihsya cells and there are shampoos. As a rule, almost all modern shampoos are slightly acidic environment (around pH 5.5), which is a natural for our skin and hair. They act much softer than soap. However, some "very advanced" shampoos can not even form a rich foam, but their effectiveness is not reduced by this.
To select a shampoo, use a simple principle: First, carefully read the text on the package and use the shampoo, which is designed for your hair type, and after the use of carefully analyze the results. While the variety of detergents, which are on the market today, you can choose wisely for washing any problem hair. Positive results of using the shampoo can be considered: a well-washed hair, no fat on them, the luster of hair after drying, good raschesyvaemost and obedience, no irritation of the scalp. And do not forget that a quality product can not be cheap.
In addition, a good shampoo should compensate for protein, moisture and nutrients, increases elasticity of hair and protects the hair cuticle and smoothing the cuticle scales, do the hair too heavy, have a UV filter (SPF - sun protection filter); remove static electricity from your hair; give your hair silky. In order to understand what this shampoo does not suit you, only one-two-fold use, but to come to the conclusion that this shampoo is just for you - you should regularly use it for at least several weeks. After you picked yourself a shampoo that you are completely satisfied, we should not change it for another, actively advertised everywhere. Unnecessarily, I think, to remind you that buying products of famous brands in Specialized store, you are risking less to buy substandard products, or even fake.
Using a concentrated shampoo, it is worth pre-diluted with water in the palm, rub between your hands and then to be applied to the scalp. The resulting foam is distributed evenly through the hair. If the hair is weighed down with layers of styling tools, then be repeated washing. The main direction of movement of the hands during washing is considered - from roots to tips. Conventionally, all existing shampoos can be divided into the following groups: normal neutral (intended only for purification), treatment or care, tint (differ in the way of application - not on the scalp and the hair), for deep cleaning. For example, a well-known dandruff shampoo "nizoral" in fact is not a shampoo, a treatment mask for scalp and shampoo "Seborin" which has the effect of peeling off - it is rather peeling scalp.
Composition of the shampoo range, but it is most often encountered the following components: detergents (or surfactants), surface-active agents (surfactants, are hard and soft), antioxidants, preservatives, excipients, chelates, emollients, emulsifiers, humectants, lyubrikatory (lubricants); proteins; silicones, UV filters, various types of air conditioners, functional and medical supplements, preservatives, thickeners, perfumes, solvents, vitamins. Let us dwell on some of them.
Detergents are a major component of shampoos, because we use a shampoo especially for washing hair. Accordingly, when buying a good shampoo, first check its contents. The most commonly used detergents are (to the Quality Improvement): ammonium lauryl sulfate (ammonium lauryl sulfate), ammonium laureth sulfate (Ammonium Laureth Sulfate), sodium lauryl sulfate (sodium lauryl sulfate), sodium laureth sulfate (Sodium Laureth Sulfate), TEA layril sulfate (TEA lauryl sulfate), TEA laureth sulfate (TEA Laureth Sulfate), sodium laureth-11 carboxylate (Sodium Laureth-11 carboxylate). The operating principle of surfactants is simple - they contain water-soluble and fat-soluble components, bind and envelops the dirt and sebum (the reaction "saponification" or "alkalization" fat), after which the last leave the surface of the hair and dissolve in water. In addition, surfactants often form a foam, for which we are used to evaluate the quality shampoo that is not always true. Often used by several of detergents in a shampoo.
Air Conditioners, though not related to shampoos in the narrow sense of the word, nevertheless have several functions. The original meaning of air conditioners was to a normal and unproblematic drying hair, but then they began to be used also for moisture, giving shine, volume, recovery of damaged hair, giving flexibility, uniform distribution of heat (for example, for those who often uses a hair dryer), preventing the formation of static electricity when combing. Some conditioners contain dimethicone or cyclomethicone, which are derivatives of silicone, these additives perform both cosmetic and restorative function. Often, air conditioners are added to shampoos (2 in 1), although it is believed that the separate use of the air conditioner will be more effective (in the world the principle of 2 to 1 or 3 to 1 is no longer used). You can find conditioners that do not need to wash - they serve primarily a protective function, as well as help to preserve the color intensity of dyed hair. Using an air conditioner should first wash your hair with shampoo, then apply conditioner, rinse, wash it, dry hair and rub them all over the surface protective conditioner that leave the hair to dry completely. Shampoos conditioners differ from more acidic environment.
Rinses, in turn, are intended to facilitate the combing of hair after washing - they covered their hair with a protective film. In some fabric softener added herbal extracts that provide hair and scalp with nutrients. A few minutes after you have done to rinse the hair should be thoroughly washed off, after combing the hair comb with fine teeth. Particularly important conditioners for people with curly hair.
To repair a damaged cuticle balms are - they penetrate into the region where the lack of scales and fill that space. In addition, balms with good composition have a regenerating and nourishing effect on the hair follicle. They should be applied on to wet, just washed her hair for 5-15 minutes, after which the hair is thoroughly rinsed. In air-conditioners and balms are used instead of SAW creamy base. To date, market development funds for the hair and scalp differences between conditioned and balms virtually obliterated.
Masks are still not well distributed and there to restore the structure of hair, food dry, lifeless hair. Often contain components of the emulsion, reducing waxes. Can be used as a regular procedure, or 1 every 1-2 weeks depending on the composition and purpose of the mask. To enhance the effect applied to the skin in the form of heat (the mask thermoeffect) or intend to wrap the head. After the procedure (5-25 minutes) the hair is thoroughly washed. Existing Cream often designed for dry and damaged hair. The main function of such drugs is power and the restoration of the keratin contained in the hair. The cream is applied immediately after washing on the still damp hair and distributed evenly across the length and not washed off. If the cream is only for the ends (or split ends), then it is applied, respectively, at the tips. Masks and creams, are generally more acidic than the shampoo, which is certainly justified.
In a narrow sense, therapeutic shampoos are not designed for the care and treatment, such as dandruff. But now, as we all know, is prevalent mode of integration and universalization. And therefore attempts to solve all problems at one stroke with a shampoo bottle will last. Therefore, hardly any serious producer will release his shampoo for consumers, designed to solve a single problem. Hence, buying, for example, dandruff shampoo for oily hair, you can be sure that this shampoo is also present many of the above. Therapeutic shampoos, moreover, are more profound effect on the hair and scalp. Designed therapeutic shampoos are not for permanent use, as the heading of: 5/10/1920 sessions, depending on the particular case. Please note that the use of, for example, dandruff shampoo for several years in a row (!), Can lead to significant hair thinning.
It is known that the best drying is a natural dry hair, sometimes with warm towels. It is desirable to use a hair dryer as little as possible, only where necessary. However, if you already can not imagine life without a dryer, it is recommended to use special preparations, intended for those who dries your hair dryer, for example, for thermal protection spray containing a resin from the shells of shellfish and wheat amino acids.
Very bad hair dry in the sun because excess amount of UV light still does not benefit anyone, as wet hair is the most unprotected from external influences. Worse over the stove to dry hair.
The range of hair care is necessary to introduce a procedure such as massage. Massage is useful for all hair types except very oily. Healing and strengthening effect of massage is based on the stimulation of blood circulation and the supply of hair and scalp with nutrients and oxygen, for more about him here. Especially needed massage holders dry scalp, dry seborrhea suffering. Duration of the massage for 10-15 minutes, it is done before washing, 1-2 times a week. This massage uses the following motion: vibrating, circular and pusher movement. It is desirable to use a variety of massage oils such as burdock, castor, liquid funds, decoctions of herbs that will allow us to once again nourish hair. The main principle of the massage head - moving the scalp relative to the skull. Massage is contraindicated: in pustular and fungal lesions, eczema of the scalp, seborrhea oleosa (except medical) at the acute stage of hair loss, hypertension.

Hair lose. Alopecia areata.

Hair lose. Alopecia areata.
Hair fall out? Carefully look for the cause of hair loss and baldness!
Of the large number of causes of hair loss in men and women, we list the main (statistically the most important first):
• Hormonal disorders - increasing the level of androgens (male sex hormones) in both men and women
• Genetic predisposition - mostly for men
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (for women)
• Diseases of the thyroid
• Disbakterioznye status and chronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
• Problems with immunity
• Infectious and inflammatory diseases of the scalp (seborrhea, dermatitis, etc.)
• Chronic diseases of internal organs, especially in the case of long-term use of drugs that lead to hair loss
• Exposure to external aggressive factors such as radiation, radiation, chemotherapy, etc.
• Long-term uncompensated stress conditions
More information about baldness, alopecia
Medical analog of the word "bald" is the term "alopecia". Distinguish alopecia, androgenetic and diffuse alopecia. Three of these species belong to the so-called nerubtsovoy alopecia, which occurs without preceding skin lesions, ie without the formation of scar tissue. Cicatricial alopecia (they are about two dozen forms) is due to scarring on the scalp, which was formed, for example, after inflammation or after injury.
To immediately close the issue with scar forms of alopecia, we say that the therapeutic, that is, non-surgical, treatments help patients whose scars have formed, with no hair, we can not. But surgeons are now fully mastered the hair transplant in the rumen, and this method gives good results.
We now consider this type of baldness as alopecia areata. This disease occurs frequently, and in another it is called "focal" baldness, "krugovidnym" hair loss, sometimes even a "nesting". It begins suddenly, usually as "amongst the total health", and look like rounded pockets (sometimes at first - one source), alopecia of different sizes with a complete lack of hair and can be placed on the scalp, beard area, eyebrows, eyelashes or body. If the process continues after the appearance of foci, the foci, increasing, may merge with each other, and then formed irregularly shaped kill zone. One in every four, who suffers from focal alopecia has a family history of a case with close relatives. Common today classification distinguishes several types of alopecia hair loss: conventional (with a possibility for a benign self-healing); pregipertenzivny type (usually occurs in young people who subsequently develop severe forms of hypertension at a young age), atopic (allergic variant) autoimmune (a combination of alopecia areata with autoimmune disease - Hashimoto's thyroiditis, vitiligo, myasthenia gravis, etc.) and mixed.
It is believed that alopecia areata - pluricausal disease, which greatly complicates the treatment process, because revealed no major leading cause of a disease, it is very difficult to cure it. This explains the diversity of treatments and approaches. However, even before the diagnosis of the patient should be screened for syphilis, since this disease is one of the symptoms is just the "melkoochazhkovoe" baldness. It is also necessary to differentiate alopecia areata with "ringworm" (microsporia), which often happens in children, communicating with lichens cats and dogs.
The main causes of alopecia areata are: stress, physical trauma, concomitant infections, gastro-intestinal tract, pathology of the nervous system, head injuries, diseases of thyroid system, genetic predisposition, etc. Among the mechanisms of development most likely is an autoimmune process - that is a violation immune system is the main cause of alopecia areata. It is in this direction today can expect a breakthrough in understanding the mechanism of this disease, and, consequently, its effective treatment. Also important is the imbalance of trace elements in the human body.
Patients with experience can tell you that the disease has its own character, its own ideas about when and how much weight to give exacerbation, and to take control of alopecia areata is very, very difficult. Often this takes years of hard treatment.
Specialists of the Center of Modern Medicine "at the Institute of Immunology in which I work, analyzing the currently available information and generalizing the many years of experience working with patients suffering from various forms of alopecia areata have been able to offer modern, in-depth and scientifically sound methods of treatment alopecia hair loss, giving encouraging results. Under this scheme to date has successfully treated dozens of patients with alopecia areata, most of which is in a state of stable remission, ie, For several years living without foci of alopecia.
Androgenetic alopecia - is the most common type of baldness in both men and women: it is believed that this type of baldness is approximately 95% of all types of hair loss. Due to the fact that in recent years, the issue of studying the causes and mechanism of the disease greatly progressed, it became possible to achieve success in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia.
Now established that the development of androgenetic alopecia is genetically (the question of whether one gene is responsible for it or more, is not yet resolved). Developing this type of baldness due to improve the sensitivity of cells of hair follicles to androgenic hormones. It is important to note that the contents of androgens (male sex hormones) in the blood usually is within normal limits.
In simplified form, the mechanism of development looks like this: under the action of the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase, found in the cells of the hair bulb and hair papilla, the male sex hormone testosterone is converted into a more active androgen hormone - a 5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone. The latter enters the cell and a result of a series of biochemical reactions that violates the synthesis of proteins. The result is a reduction in the size of follicles with the gradual transformation of the coarse hair into vellus, which is a characteristic feature of androgenetic alopecia. This mechanism is the same for both men and women.
In women, pattern hair loss is somewhat different (in this case is not about hair loss after childbirth): in the case of the normal concentration of androgens in the blood of alopecia does not develop in the absence of congenital mutations of CYP21. With mild increase in androgens in the blood - it is marked androgenic alopecia in women's type, with a significant increase - male pattern. Often, Androgenetic alopecia in women is combined with hirsutism. Moreover, among the causes of baldness in women, it should be noted pathological changes of ovaries, adrenal glands, a marked decrease in the number of estrogens (female hormones) after giving birth, taking certain birth control pills, which contain substances that lead to increased levels of androgens in the blood .
External manifestations of androgenetic alopecia sufficiently characterized. In men, it develops, usually closer to 20 years, women - 20 - 30 years. Marked hair loss, which occurs in waves, alternating with periods of zatihaniya. Often this is coupled with increased activity of sebaceous glands, which makes patients more likely to wash my hair, which further strengthens the hair loss. Hair gradually becomes thinner, it becomes more colorless. Due to the shortening of hair length anagenovoy phase also becomes smaller.
"According to conventional classification, both men and women differentiate androgenetic alopecia for male and female type IV and I-III degrees, respectively.
When alopecia male pattern hair thinning observed triangular shape in the temporal region (I degree), then in the forehead and neck (II degree). III corresponds to the degree of diffuse hair thinning in the central-parietal region, with its progression of hair are only a small area between the frontal and central-parietal region (IV degree), this plot over time disappears (V degree). Perhaps the gradual development of total alopecia, but for women it is usually not observed.
Female type androgenetic alopecia is characterized by clinical manifestations. It is characterized by pockets of hair thinning in the central-parietal region, which has an oval shape. An important feature is the absence of alopecia at the temples and forehead. Grade I corresponds to mild, II degree - moderate, III - strongly expressed alopecia. It is believed that women's development of II degree of hair loss indicates the presence of hyperandrogenism, usually due to changes in the ovaries; III degree is generally observed in pre-or postmenopausal women at a younger age - in the presence of pathology as the ovaries and adrenal glands. "( Valeria Mordovtseva, "What is androgenic alopecia?")
In the pictures below, shows the initial stages of hair thinning, when the girls still do not think about it, but the problem is already visible, and deserves close attention. And at this stage of the treatment the hair will take much less time and cost considerably less.
   
   
Here I want to mention another important point, a kind of psychological trap that sometimes get the girl. Wanting to have a gorgeous hair, do they mean by this not only density, but also the length, which is quite natural. But do not take into account that the long and strong thinning hair look very sad.
Diffuse hair loss is usually an early stage anrogeneticheskogo baldness or hair loss age. More often it telogenovy form of hair loss (though occasionally also occurs anagenovy form of diffuse hair thinning).
One should also note that there are physiological variations telogenovogo hair loss: the loss of hair during pregnancy and after childbirth, it is thinning hair in women aged 16-19 years is senile or presenile hair loss in old age. But in all these cases, you must be sure we are not dealing with the initial stage androgenetic alopecia.
In recent years, noted that the larger the bald spot - the higher the likelihood of developing heart disease, say Boston researchers. According to them, in individuals with a pronounced bald spot, the risk of heart disease increased by 36 percent.
In addition to all of the above causes of hair loss, there are still some factors that contribute to hair loss: the constant for the duration of the stress (or short, but intense), frequent and prolonged exposure at subzero temperatures without a hat (especially with wet hair) effects on hair and scalp of the atmosphere of large cities, acid rain, the work associated with chemical reagents, lack of certain trace elements in the human body (iron, zinc, manganese, selenium, etc.), prolonged, severe chronic illness, exposure, intake of some (most anticancer) drugs; frequent perms, use of low-quality hair dyes; frequent use of the dryer without the use of protective agents, a long-term, uncontrolled use of hormonal contraceptives (or rather "a syndrome of withdrawal"); hypervitaminosis A; frequent and prolonged use of antibiotics; reception thyreostatics; ingestion antiherpetic drugs, frequent use of antidepressants and antipsychotics, anticonvulsants, duration and indiscriminate use of "Nizoral" etc.
Recently, American scientists from the study of total baldness in the family, who emigrated from Pakistan, was discovered gene hairless. Detailed report on this scientific discovery was published in the Journal of Nature Genetics in 1996.
As the researchers said, only with the study of hairless gene have a real basis for molecular biological understanding of the process of hair loss. The genetic approach will allow physicians to equip practitioners with new methods of removal, hair growth, and even coloring them in predetermined locations of the human body, and without side effects. "Over the next five years, the problem of hair loss is resolved. Hairless study of gene function will allow us to finally develop an effective form of treatment for this disease," - this opinion at a recent press conference, doctors suggested Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.