Nutritional Tips for Healthy Hair
A healthy diet is key to healthy hair and hair growth. So – we thought we’d make the road to happy hair days easier for you with these useful weekly dietary tips! #1 Start the Day with a Good Breakfast It’s here where a proper nutritional boost is most needed – Energy available to your … Read more
Alcohol in Products Dries the Hair, Skin & Scalp: Dispelling the Myth
A common misconception is that products containing alcohol dry the hair, skin and scalp. While this might be true if you happened to pour a cup of rubbing alcohol onto your tresses, beauty and hair products contain a different type of alcohol: Fatty Alcohol. And these are in fact moisturizing! Fatty alcohols belong to a … Read more
Thyroid Disorders and Hair Loss
We were recently asked to write a post concerning thyroid function and its effect on hair loss and the scalp. While a healthy thyroid helps support hair growth, thyroid imbalances can negatively impact it. To our knowledge, thyroid disorders usually don’t affect the scalp itself. However, it can interfere with the hair growth cycle. If … Read more
How to Improve & Maintain Hair Growth
Hair is the 2nd fastest growing cell in the body (intestinal cells being the 1st) and its growth can be influenced, both positively and negatively, by many factors. In this post we will talk about what you can do to get your hair growing at its optimum rate – and how to prevent hair loss … Read more
Products For Curly Hair
We were recently asked on Twitter to write a post concerning the best products for curly hair. So – here it is! Curly hair can either be medium textured, coarse or Afro-Caribbean, and depending on which texture category your curly hair falls into, the products will differ. To help find out your specific hair texture, … Read more
THINNING HAIR AWARENESS WEEK: Dispelling The Women’s Hair Loss Myth.
Thinning hair and hair loss can be a psychologically distressing experience for both men and women. How our hair looks and feels can play such an important role in our day-to-day morale and self-confidence – and even if our peers may not notice the hair loss issues we are experiencing, it can really effect how … Read more
BEAT THE WINTER HAIR BLUES
Winter can be quite harsh on your hair and scalp, as well as the skin on the rest of your body. Flaking and itching of the scalp become more common and hair also tends to get frizzier. While we can’t change the freezing cold weather or stop the gale force winds, we have some great tips to … Read more
January Jones’ Hair Loss
Mad Men star, January Jones, recently revealed that her hair has been ‘falling out in clumps’ due to frequent hair colour changes. “I have been every colour and now my hair is falling out in clumps,” Ms. Jones told Grazia Daily at the Sundance Film Festival. “I’ve been blonde, red with extensions for this film … Read more
Common Causes of Hair Not Growing.
‘My hair won’t grow’ is a frequently brought up concern in our consultation rooms. However, even though both frustrating and upsetting, there is always a cause for hair failing to reach past a certain length – many of which are quite easy to remedy. In this article we will address two of the most common causes. CAUSE: HAIR BREAKAGE Hair … Read more
Is Dandruff Contagious?
A rather common misconception is that dandruff is contagious. This probably stems from the fact that a flaky/itchy scalp is influenced by the presence of bacteria (microorganisms) and many people associate these words with all things catchy and contagious. However, this is a myth – you cannot catch dandruff as you already have the makings of it and all scalps are … Read more
