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Oct
31

The Actual Facts On Which Product Really Is The Best Hair Staightener

by Hairloss_Guru, under Hair Loss

For turning wild frizzy hair into your own sleek
sleek & smooth and natural-looking style that doesn’t suffer from itchy scalp, millions of women around the globe invest in quality hair straighteners, hair dryers, irons for curling, and hair relaxers.

Top brands and companies are also investing in creating new products; the line of Sedu flat irons, Sedu hair straighteners, and ceramic hair straighteners are a hot choice for women interested in a basic style that stays in line with today’s technology updates and new hairstyling trends. When the Solia flat iron was introduced, many women found this to be a better option than any of the other competing products available on the market at that time.

The process of drying hair, then curling, relaxing, or straightening it is one that takes quite a bit of a time commitment and the use of quality tools and products. If you are using the wrong hairstyling products and tools, hair can easily become over stressed, weakened, and even break. This can lead to poor moisture, itchy scalp and “dead” hair that is difficult or impossible to continue to style. Finding the right type of hair dryer for the task at hand is just as important as finding the best styling tools, such as hair straighteners and curling irons. Hair relaxers are most commonly used for women with excessively curly, thick, or African American hair.

Americans spend approximately 7 billion dollars per year on hair management equipment, salon visits, and general hair maintenance. Yes that number is grossly accurate and we understand it sounds like it may even be larger than the annual budget of a few of the tiny countries. Although there are many beauty benefits of staying ahead of the season’s trends, changing the condition of the hair on a regular basis can cause hair damage.

Hair straighteners are one of the most popular ways to achieve a sleek and chic look, and many different methods have been tried. Still, one of the best ways to achieve this look is by using Sedu hair straighteners. These are combination of ceramic hair straighteners and ionic tourmalilne technology that make use of infra red heat. When a woman decides to use one of these tools, their hair becomes flat and free of curls without damage or getting itchy scalp, because the heat they output is not so damaging than steam and standard flat iron hair straighteners in general.

Ceramic hair straighteners are becoming a popular choice because they are lightweight, can heat up quickly, and leave very little damage to the particles of the hair. Women who do decide to straighten their hair at home need to find the best hair straighteners for their hair type, along with the best hair dryers for a complete routine. Many choose Sedu flat irons, simply for their ease of use and even heat distribution. The Solia flat iron is another popular choice and is constructed in a similar fashion as the Sedu flat iron. We have not found that you could go wrong with the purchase of either.

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Sep
26

Are Vitamins Really Necessary For Proper Hair Growth Or It That Just A Hoax?

by Hairloss_Guru, under Hair loss Products

Vitamins are necessary for your body health as well as hair health and especially helpful in fighting a bad case of itchy scalp. Different vitamins contribute to maintain your body’s metabolism and hair growth. These also prevent your hair from falling. So it is very important for you to take different vitamins in your daily diet in sufficient quantity. Some of the most important vitamins and minerals that are needed in maintaining your hair growth are biotin, folic acid, magnesium, sulfur, zinc and inositol. Having these vitamins and minerals in enough quantity will prevent hair loss and maintain your hair growth. However, consuming these vitamins and minerals in large amounts may cause a lot of problem. So it is very important for you to know, how much of these vitamins and minerals you needs in your daily diet. You can take the help of your nutritionist to gain knowledge of this. You also can get sufficient information from internet websites and magazines etc.

Scientists have performed a number of studies on these vitamins and minerals to know how these helps human hair either to grow or prevent them. And from different studies the vitality of these vitamins and minerals for human hair has been established. For example; scientists have found that a deficiency of magnesium results in hair loss and itchy scalp in most people. Similarly, a deficiency of inositol or biotin result in total hair loss or complete baldness. Luckily, the complete baldness has never been the case with females, to date.

If you think that you are losing your hair and need some more vitamins to consume in your diet, you can choose from various food diet rich in vitamins necessary for hair growth. You also can opt for multivitamins. But before choosing any option, it would be better in your interest to consult your doctor or nutritionist to know the precise intake that you need to have. As you know that the excess of vitamins and minerals also leads to problems like hair loss. So think for a minute, if the reason of your hair problems is an over consumption of vitamins and minerals.

For example: vitamin A is good for your immune system and your hair health but only if you consume in right quantity. But when taken in excess may cause hair problems and many other health problems too. Essential fatty acids are another example; different fatty acids maintain your hair texture and save them from dryness, but when consumed in excessive quantity leads to problems.

This is also in best interests of yours’ to prefer diet rich in different vitamins and minerals rather than opting for vitamin supplements and multivitamins. Make sure that your diet provides all the necessary nutrients and vitamins and minerals. Eat whole grain breads, a lot of leafy green vegetables, especially greens and drink a lot of water. Include in your diet various dairy products like milk, cheese, butter and poultry products like egg, etc. Sea food like cod fish will also help your hair to look strong, gorgeous and healthy. Eat a lot of whole fruits. Although, you can have fruit juices occasionally but having more of whole fruits than fruit juices is much better idea.

You also can try on different shampoos and other hair products like conditioners or hair oils to maintain your hair health. But don’t try any product on the basis of TV advertisements. Ask your doctor or health care expert for the right kind of oil and shampoo that will prevent your hair from falling out, help prevent itchy scalp and make it healthy and beautiful looking.

No matter what you try for your hair health, it is always better idea to have food rich in different nutrients and vitamins and minerals to maintain your body and hair health.

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16

Is Your Shampoo Truly Safe? Or Are You Being Lied Too?

by Hairloss_Guru, under Beauty

We all have concerns about our health what with all the toxic chemicals we lather ourselves up with virtually every day. But is there really cause for concern for something that should be as easy as shampoo?

If your one of the millions who suffer from itchy scalp I’m sure you have several times wondered the exact same question.

Well, below of the facts concerning JUST ONE of the ingredients in virtually all mass market shampoo’s on the market today. You read it for yourself and them make your own decision.

Below please find just a few of the concerns for the chemical Sodium Lauryl Sulphate which is most likely found in your shampoo!

1. “Shampoos with SLS could retard healing and keep children’s eyes from developing properly. Children under six years old are especially vulnerable to improper eye development. (Summary of Report of Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. conference.”

2. “Sodium Lauryl Sulphate can cause cataracts in adults and delays the healing of wounds in the surface of the cornea.”

3. “Sodium Lauryl Sulphate has a low molecular weight and so is easily absorbed by the body. It builds up in the heart, liver and brain and can cause major problems in these areas.”

4. “Sodium Lauryl Sulphate causes skin to flake and to separate and causes roughness on the skin.”
5. “Sodium Lauryl Sulphate causes dysfunction of the biological systems of the skin.”

6. “Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is such a caustic cleanser that it actually corrodes the hair follicle and impairs the ability to grow hair.”

7. “Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is routinely used in clinical studies deliberately to irritate the skin so that the effects of other substances can be tested.” (Study cited by the Wall St Journal, 1st November 1998)
Taken from: (Judi Vance, Beauty To Die For, Promotion Publishing, 1998)

Below, I have included the public record Material Safety Data Sheet for Sodium Lauryl Sulphate. Please read what precautions the Government makes workers who come in contact with the chemical take. This may be an eye opener for you especially if you suffer from itchy scalp like so many do these days.

MANUFACTURERS MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET ON SODIUM LAURYL SULPHATE
Ingredients: SULPHURIC ACID, MONODODECYL ESTER, SODIUM SALT; (SODIUM LAURYL SULPHATE) Ingredient Sequence Number: 01

Unusual Fire And Explosion Hazards: EMITS TOXIC FUMES ON THERMAL DECOMPOSITION

Health Hazard Data
Route Of Entry – Inhalation: YES
Route Of Entry – Skin: YES
Route Of Entry – Ingestion: YES

Health Hazard Acute And Chronic:
ACUTE: CAUSES MILD IRRITATION ON CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES. SKIN CONTACT COULD CAUSE IRRITATION OR ALLERGIC REACTION. MODERATELY TOXIC BY INGESTION.
CHRONIC: TESTS ON LAB ANIMALS INDICATE MATERIAL MAY CAUSE MUTAGENIC EFFECTS

Emergency/First Aid Procedure:
EYES: FLUSH THOROUGHLY WITH WATER FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES
SKIN: WASH THOROUGHLY WITH SOAP & WATER.
INHALATION: REMOVE TO FRESH AIR.
INGESTION: IF STILL CONSCIOUS, INDUCE VOMITING.
GET MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR ALL CASES OF EXPOSURE
Precautions for Safe Handling and Use Back to Top
KEEP CONTAINER CLOSED. STORE AT CONTROLLED ROOM TEMPERATURE. DO NOT BREATHE DUST. DO NOT GET IN EYES, ON SKIN, ON CLOTHING. DO NOT TAKE INTERNALLY.

Respiratory Protection: NIOSH/MSHA APPROVED RESPIRATOR APPROPRIATE FOR EXPOSURE OF CONCERN (FP N)
Ventilation: MATERIAL SHOULD BE HANDLED OR TRANSFERRED ONLY IN AN APPROVED FUME HOOD OR W/ADEQUATE VENTILATION.
Protective Gloves: NEOPRENE, PVC OR EQUIVALENT GLOVES.
Eye Protection: ANSI APPROVED CHEMICAL WORKERS GOGGLES (FP N).

Other Protective Equipment: EYE WASH & SAFETY EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE READILY AVAILABLE.
Work Hygienic Practices: WASH THOROUGHLY AFTER HANDLING.
Supplementary Safety & Health Data: NONE SPECIFIED BY MANUFACTURER.

Label Required: YES
Technical Review Date: 17MAY09
Label Date: 17MAY09
Label Status: M
Common Name: SODIUM LAURYL SULPHATE, DX2495
Chronic Hazard: YES
Signal Word: WARNING!
Acute Health Hazard: Moderate
Contact Hazard: Moderate
Fire Hazard: None
Reactivity Hazard: None
Special Hazard Precautions:

ACUTE: CAUSES MILD IRRITATION ON CONTACT WITH SKIN, EYES OR MUCOUS MEMBRANES. SKIN CONTACT COULD CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTION.
MODERATELY TOXIC BY INGESTION.
CHRONIC: TESTS ON LAB ANIMALS INDICATE MATERIAL MAY CAUSE MUTAGENIC EFFECTS.
Protect Eye: YES
Protect Skin: YES
Protect Respiratory: YES

Potential Health Effects:
Signs and Symptoms of Acute Overexposure: May cause skin irritation. May cause burns to eyes.
Signs and Symptoms of Chronic overexposure: Prolonged skin contact my cause dermatitis and skin sensitization. May cause eye burns.
Medical Conditions Generally Aggravated by Exposure: Sensitive skin.

Ingestion: Relative to other materials, as single dose of this product is rarely toxic by ingestion. Irritation of the mouth, pharynx, esophagus and stomach can develop following ingestion.

Is Sodium Lauryl Sulphate safe? Is it really one of the main causes of the itchy scalp & Itchy head problem so many people suffer with? Will it harm you and your Family? You decide!

As for myself and my loved ones we all use the chemical free itchy scalp alternative.

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12

Why In The World Does My Scalp Itch So Bad?

by Hairloss_Guru, under Hair Loss

Well, this may not be the answer you really want to hear but for the vast majority of the people who are stricken with the problem of itchy scalp or itchy head as it’s many times called, it’s the truth.

And the answer is; It’s your Shampoo and conditioner. I know what you might be thinking. How can my current Shampoo and Conditioner possibly be causing my problem?

Well, there again the answer is not one that most people want to hear. The root cause are the toxic chemicals found in your Shampoo and Conditioner. But your likely saying, wait just a second I have seen it on my Shampoo and Conditioner bottles before, they say “made with natural ingredients” or “made with organic ingredients” right on the label’s.

That simply means that there are some, a few, a couple of natural or organic ingredients in the product. It does not by any stretch of the imagination mean that ALL of the ingredients are that way. Made with natural blah, blah can mean two or more, it does not mean all the ingredients. This is a very big point to get across.

The majority of the chemicals that you will find in your shampoo’s and conditioner’s that cause the action of making suds are actually quite toxic and are the culprit to your itchy head problem. You can get a free report by clicking on the links on this page that will outline all the different chemicals found in YOUR shampoo and conditioner and tell you exactly what they are doing to you and your family.

This is truly invaluable insider information that the big pharmaceutical company’s would really rather you didn’t know about. Think for a moment, how would they sell you millions of dollars worth of anti itch powders and dandruff shampoos if you knew the truth and stopped using their toxic chemical products that were causing your problem?

If it were you, and you had to report to a board of shareholders and tell them why their profits are down again this year how long do you think you would be CEO? Not long. So, they poison you truthfully all in the name of profits.

You might be thinking ok sure I have itchy scalp, but poisoning me and my family, isn’t that taking it just a little too far? Ok, fair enough. But what would you call it when those same chemicals are also know to; cause cancer, baldness, erectile dysfunction and even weight gain? Don’t those challenges sound like poisoning to you or don’t they. That is a question only you can answer for yourself.

However just go Google only one of the ingredients yourself and see what you come up with or use the free report it’s a whole lot easier and less time consuming.

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Sep
05

I Just Need My Scalp To Stop Itching NOW!

by Hairloss_Guru, under Hair loss Products

I had a big dilemma, my head was itching so badly that all the white flakes on my shoulders from scratching would have had Bing Crosby singing I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas if he got within 5 feet of me. And to make matters worse I could literally see my hair thinning before my eyes.

So, I go to my medical Doc with my itchy head and ask is there anything and I mean anything at all you can give me to keep my hair in? And of course Mr. Smart Aleck hands me a shoe box. Yeah right, thanks a lot.

What is it with me and Doctors? I mean years ago I’m having my vasectomy. No kiding I’m laying on the table he’s cutting away, I’m as nervous as a cat that just jumped off a roof into a dog pound. The next thing I know I see smoke and he says oops! Of course it was just a joke, but I’m telling you, at the time it was not funny.

So anyway my heads itching like stinkin mad. I’m literally scouring the internet, going to health food stores looking at all the organic shampoo calling anyone who even acts like they care, trying to find a solution any solution.

Why? Because if you have itchy scalp you know what I was going through. It can dang near drive you crazy at times. And as you know it always seems to itch at the worst times possible. Like when you’re on your first date with someone you think might actually have potential. Or at a major Job interview for a job you actually would like to have. Of course, that’s when it decides to itch.

You know what I mean, when the itching starts you don’t care you just want it to stop, you just want to find a solution.

Plus me being a guy I sure a s heck don’t want to lose my hair on top of it. Of course my loving wife was very nurturing and reassuring about the whole thing. She said “oh don’t worry if you go bald we’ll just sell all your turtle neck sweaters at out next garage sale”. Of course I bought into it hook line and sinker and replied “why would we do that?” And her retort “so you don’t look like a big roll on deodorant”

With her comment in my back packet I knew I was at my whit’s end and needed an answer that actually worked.

My research led me to the conclusion that my problem was actually caused by the inflammation from all the chemicals that were in my shampoo & conditioner that I was already using. So I searched far and wide for any shampoo and conditioners that didn’t have any of the toxic chemicals that were causing my dilemma in the 1st place.

Like I said I went to health food stores, pharmacy’s you name it. At one store this blonde lady was so unbelievably dense that I kept thinking I should design my own hair care product. Yep you got it, it would be black hair dye to turn blondes into brunettes and the name of the product of course would be Artificial Intelligence!

After tons and tons of looking and trying all manner of things I finally found one product line that actually works.

The reason it does is just like I said, it doesn’t have the toxic chemicals that cause your itchy head problem in the 1st place. Plus, my hair looks like I just stepped out of a Salon. Yeah right I heard that on a TV commercial, but my hair does look a whole lot better than it has in years that’s for sure.

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