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Hair thinning and loss is something that many of us tie to age, and for good reason. Male and female pattern baldness, also known as androgenic alopecia, is a gradual form of hair loss that we most typically think of when someone is showing signs of going bald. In men,
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The Hamilton-Norwood Scale classifies the stages of Androgenic alopecia, better known as male pattern baldness. It ranks the stages of balding from 1 to 7 – based on the severity and pattern of hair loss. Typically shortened to the “Norwood Scale,” doctors use this system to assess the progression of
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There are many factors that can cause or accelerate hair loss – stress, environmental, dietary, and genetic… for instance. The average person naturally sheds between 50 to 100 hairs per day, a natural process that should raise no concern. When you start to see more than that, it is time
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Perhaps your hair is not as thick, full, and soft as it used to be. Or maybe you’re experiencing significantly more shedding than you’ve seen in the past, and your hair just isn’t growing back like it did when you were younger. If this sounds familiar, you may be experiencing
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While some amount of hair loss is an inevitability for the vast majority of us as we age, that doesn’t mean there aren’t a number of things we can do in our day-to-day lives to help promote good hair health and keep our hair strong as long as we’re able
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Beta blockers (also called beta-adrenergic blocking agents) are medications that lower blood pressure and can block the effects of adrenaline. They help widen veins and arteries to improve blood flow. They are generally prescribed to treat various cardiovascular conditions like high blood pressure, angina, and arrhythmias. These medications are great
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Everyone’s hair is a little different. For some, they have hair of a certain thickness and volume that is conducive to the styles they want to pursue. For others, unfortunately, hair thinning and loss can limit what they can do with their hair and go as far as impacting self-confidence…
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January is National Hobby Month, a time to focus on our favorite pastimes and possibly even try a new one. From sports to gardening, from cooking to crafting, Americans spend an average of five hours each day on their hobbies. At first it may seem that hobbies are unrelated to
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We all know that here and across the industrialized world, sugar consumption is too high. A high-sugar diet has numerous negative consequences for the vast majority of us. High amounts of sugar can lead to all sorts of problems – including type-2 diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses. One
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The type of brush you use can affect the health and appearance of your hair. Whether or not your hair is thinning, you can benefit from a brush that moves gently and easily through your hair. Boar bristle brushes have long been an excellent option for healthy, shiny hair.
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Hair loss can result from many causes. When one notices unusual or excessive hair loss, it is often assumed to be due to one of the big three – stress, genetics, or medical condition. What is often overlooked is the profound impact that diet (and dieting) has on hair loss.
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Insulin is a hormone that moves sugar from the foods you eat from your blood to the other cells of your body to be stored as energy. If a body doesn’t produce the correct amount of insulin (or doesn’t use the insulin as it should) then excess sugar can build
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Advances in technology in the past several years have led to an increased interest in beard transplants as the results in the modern day appear fuller and more natural than earlier attempts. As with all hair and fashion trends, the beard is one that comes and goes with the times…
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We all know and understand that the vast majority of us will experience male or female pattern baldness over the course of our lives. Some of us are lucky enough to be mostly unaffected well into middle age or even into our early senior years, but many start showing signs
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Our hair plays a large part in the way in which others see us and how we see ourselves. Many people, for as many varied reasons, seek hair transplants in order to align the vision of how they see themselves with how they wish the world to see them. The
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Your eyebrows are a key part of your face’s structure: they frame your eyes and help you telegraph a variety of expressions and emotions. They also protect your eyes from water, dust, dirt, and sweat. What can you do if your eyebrows are naturally sparse, or if you sustain an
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