Tips for healthy hair

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><img src="http://www.girlishh.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/healthy-hair-tips.jpg" /></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">THE HAIR requires nourishment from the inside to maintain its health. Your diet is as important for hair as for every part of the body.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An unbalanced diet could lead to problems of hair like dryness, brittleness, dandruff and ultimately hair loss. So, include the following:</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Protein is necessary for strong healthy hair as hair is made up of keratin which is a protein. So, include for non-vegetarians - lean meat, fish egg and for vegetarians - paneer, yoghurt, dals, peas, beans and nuts.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eat whole grain cereals instead of cereals like rava or maida.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The B-Complex vitamins are extremely important for hair. It has been seen that these vitamins not only help to maintain the health and shine of hair but also prevent hair fall.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Therefore, your daily diet must contain adequate quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables eaten raw as this ensures the supply of vitamins, minerals and enzymes.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Minerals that are essential for healthy hair are iron, zinc, magnesium, sulphur, potassium, phosphorous and iodine.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A deficiency of iron is the cause of dull and brittle hair and if not corrected, can lead to hair fall. Sulphur and iodine play an important protective role.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sulphur is necessary for the proper functioning and utilization of the B vitamins and thus contributes to the strength of the hair.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Iodine is necessary for the healthy functioning of the thyroid gland and iodine deficiency can lead to many hair problems.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To make sure that you take plenty of minerals & vitamins</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">eat a green leafy vegetable or keerai daily.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Eat whole grain cereals like wheat, atta, ragi - atleast once a day.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wheat germ contains concentrated minerals. So, buy a bottle of wheat germ and sprinkle 1 teaspoon into your milk, porridge, upma, toast or anything you eat for breakfast.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Follow your grandmother's advice. Take 5-10 soaked almonds daily. These are high in minerals and vitamins.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Include a salad made with vegetables like carrot, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, cabbage everyday in your diet. Add sprouts to this salad. They contain a lot of vit. C and B complex. For low calorie dressings, use lemon juice.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yoghurt (curd) is a wonder food as far as hair is concerned. So, take as much of yoghurt as you can.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Avoid overcooked, fried foods, confectionary items, aerated drinks which provide empty calories and have no nutritional value.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Coffee, alcoholic drinks and cigarettes cause a depletion of vitamins.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Do's and Don'ts</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In case of baldness due to fungal, viral or bacterial infection, consult a dermatologist.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Use a soft brush and well spaced bristles - do not comb your hair when wet; detangle from bottom to the top.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sanitise your implements i.e. brushes, combs etc by washing them in dettol at least once a week.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There is scientific evidence that the B Complex vitamins may play an important role in restoring the health of hair. So, add a B complex capsule as a supplement. Take it after breakfast.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You can also drink a glass of vegetable juice made with carrots, tomatoes, spinach and lettuce to which juice of half a lemon has been added.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Take 2 tablets of yeast (brewers yeast) if you do not want to take the B complex.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Take iron tablets if you are anaemic.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The most important aspect of any treatment is the correct diagnosis. It is advisable to seek professional help by consulting a tricologist or a hair therapist.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Home made care for falling hair:</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oils - use only natural oil avoid perfumed oils. The application of oil with a right massage helps to stimulate blood circulation to the hair follicles.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oils have their own particular benefits and properties - you can choose the one which is easily available.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Always warm the oil and then apply with a piece of cotton by sectioning the hair.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Olive oil - helps to restore the natural acid mantle of the scalp and keeps it healthy.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Castor oil - restores the health of the hair that has suffered damage due to the use of chemical dyes, perm, lotions or over use of hair dryers.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pure coconut oil - is the most commonly used oil in our country. It improve the texture of hair and help hair growth. A pinch of camphor added to coconut oil and applied on hair helps to prevent infections and lice infestation.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mustard oil contains sulphur which protect the scalp from bacterial & fungal infection.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Make your own tonic oil</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">To a bottle of oil, add fenugreek (methi) seed, a pinch of camphor and red hibiscus leaves. Let is stand for 10-15 days and then use to massage your hair.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hair rejuvenating treatment:</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Powder 10 gms each of lime seeds and black pepper. Make a fine paste in plain water or ginger juice.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Apply this paste on the head every night; leave it on for at least a couple of hours and then rinse it out.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Massage your scalp for 5 minutes while applying the paste.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Squeeze the milk out of a half a coconut, add the juice of half a lime and massage into the scalp. Leave it on for 4-6 hours. Wash it with a mild shampoo or crushed hibiscus leaves mixed with a tablespoon of crushed fenugreek (methi) seed and made into a paste.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Finally the condition of hair depends not only on the state of health and mind, but on regular external and internal care or lack of it. Like skin, hair also responds to the right kind of care.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Usually in case of excess hair fall, to grow back the lost hair is partially successful; but, the hair that remains needs to be taken care of.</span></div><div align="justify" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It will help you a lot to set up a protective-care routine as protection is the best way of preventing problems like hair damage and hair loss. In fact, a proper routine would also help reverse the damage and nurse the hair back to health.</span></div></div>

Tips for healthy hair

THE HAIR requires nourishment from the inside to maintain its health. Your diet is as important for hair as for every part of the body. An u...

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