Women's Health Blog

Have you read about this recently? For every one in four women hair loss can lead to Female Pattern Baldness (FPB). This is a serious problem now and you need to know how to fight it off the right way.

Here’s the thing. In many women hair loss can happen due to hormonal ups and downs in the body. For example, during pregnancy or menopause, it’s very common to experience some loss of hair. This is a temporary phenomenon and should be over once the hormones settle down. No worries here.

Some heavy medications like that in chemotherapy can cause severe loss of hair. Again, this is a side effect of the medicines; there is nothing wrong with your hair as such. The falling of hair should stop once the medicinal course is over. Continue reading ‘Top 3 Reasons Of Women Hair Loss And How To Combat Them Effectively’ »

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An average human scalp contains close to 100-150 thousand hair fibers, which are composed of structural protein called keratin. Keratin is the most important element in the hair structure since keratin is protein, therefore the hair strands on our head are actually dead protein.

The hair on our scalp can be divided into two parts, the root and the shaft.

HAIR ROOT AND ITS SHAFT

Hair roots are found underneath the skin’s surface and are enclosed by a pouch-like structure called a follicle. At the base of the follicle lays the dermal papilla, a structure containing tiny receptors for male hormones and androgens extremely important to your hair’s natural growth. These androgens regulate hair growth, possibly causing the hair follicle to get smaller, as the hairs will become coarse in people who are genetically predisposed to this type of hair loss. Continue reading ‘Learn The Hair Structure, Achieve Natural Luster’ »