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Hair Conditioners Aware

Using Hair Conditioners On Thinning Hair
• Conditioners efficiently restore moisture that has been removed through washing.
• They contain many of the same ingredients that are found in shampoos, but in different concentrations.
• They effectively flatten the cuticle on the hair shaft and de-tangle the hair, which:
• makes brushing easier.
• creates smoother texture.
• improves overall manageability.
• reduces static electricity by
• adding positively-charged ions on the hair shafts.
• neutralizing the negative electric charges on the shaft that are generated following brushing.
• They are particularly useful for dry or damaged hair.
• Overuse of conditioners can result in a flattened, limp or oily appearance.
• Apply only to the hair and not the scalp.
• The cationic polymers found in conditioners are attracted to the damaged cuticle in the hair shaft, which results in the protection and repair of these areas by filling in the defects.
Damage to the hair shaft can be caused by:
• overdrying
• vigorous towel-drying
• washing long hair too frequently (e.g., more than once per day)
• excessive combing and brushing
• chemical treatments (e.g., permanent waving, bleaching, dyeing, straightening)
• over-exposure to sun and chlorine.
Anyone using heat generating devices or chemical-based products for hair curling or straightening should be encouraged to carry out a regular conditioning regimen.
Applications that provide lubrication can somewhat reduce the damage and brittle texture that is associated with some of the chemicals that are used.
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Thinning Hair Shampoo

What Ingredients Your Hair Loss Shampoo Must Have And Must Not Have
Hair loss (thinning hair) shampoo is one of the most common treatment to prevent your hair from falling off. Most remedies that people know are external. It means people use treatment products that are directly applied on the hair. We could not say that all hair loss treatment shampoos are absolutely effective. This is simply because some actually do not work as they promise to the consumers. The main factor why some do not achieve its positive result is the ingredient used in this kind of shampoo.
So, what ingredient your hair loss shampoo must not have? What should you look for when you need to buy a shampoo intended for preventing hair loss? There is this element that manufacturers used in most shampoos. It is commonly called surfactants which was coined from the words “surface active agents”. You may wonder what it actually does as an agent. Well, it is responsible for the lather that you get from your shampoo. Now, people love it when their shampoo foams up effectively. However, others are misled that a good lather will actually give a preventive result for hair loss.
Anti hair loss shampoo that contains surfactants will not help your falling hair problem at all. Surfactants are known to be harsh. The most common surfactant is the SLS or Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. If you see this in your shampoo, you have to discontinue using it because SLS actually destroys hair growth. It [...]

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Nizoral Hair Loss

Nizoral shampoo has a main active ingredient is a drug called ketoconazole and is one of the best-proven weapons in the fight against fungal infections of the scalp, such as dandruff. Nizoral shampoo usually contains 1% or 2% ketoconazole, but in some countries,you may find that the 2% strong Nizoral shampoo requires a doctor’s prescription.
Using Nizoral twice a week will usually keep your dandruff at bay. It is not necessary to shampoo your hair with Nizoral daily because its main active substance, ketoconazole, binds to the protein of your hair and for several days keeps on attacking and killing the fungus that causes your dandruff and infections.
One of the less well documented properties of Nizoral shampoo is its ability to fight baldness. In one small study, 2% ketoconazole was shown to be as effective as 2% minoxidil solution in promoting hair growth. It is assumed that ketoconazole works as an anti-androgen, reducing the dihydrotestosterone (DHT) levels in the scalp. It should be noted that sufficient clinical evidence does not exist to confirm such assumptions.
F you are already using minoxidil then it may be of interest to know that a proportion of hair loss patients are experiencing itchiness and inflammations of their scalp caused by diverse minoxidil solutions and are relying on the Nizoral shampoo to help them fight these negative side effects, usually with very good rates of success. This enables them to continue with their hair loss treatment, avoiding scalp inflammations.
Consumer reviews of the Nizoral [...]

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Shampooing Hints

Shampooing
Shampooing regularly is the first step in maintaining healthy hair and scalp.
Sebum lubricates and protects our hair, but particles of dirt become embedded in this natural oil.
Shampooing too frequently can cause extensive sebum removal, which results in dull looking, static-prone hair that is difficult to comb.
Shampoos contain:
• surfactants – hydrophobic ingredients, those attracted to oil, and hydrophilic ingredients, those attracted to water,allow shampoo to bind to and emulsify dirt, sebum and styling products in the hair, and then remove them when rinsing.
• silicones – responsible for lubricating the hair, allowing for easier brushing and a smoother look and feel to the hair when dried.
• cationic polymers – provide unique wet-conditioning and delivery benefits – allow many consumers to forego a separate conditioner if their hair is already in good condition.
• preservatives, perfumes, and sometimes dyes and anti-dandruff ingredients.
• Added ingredients such as vitamins B and E, jojoba and aloe vera claim to strengthen hair, but there is no scientific validation.
An endless array of formulations are available, and selecting an appropriate product can be confusing. A good place to start is to determine suitability by hair type, e.g., normal or dry.
Shampoo types:
• products designed for chemically treated or damaged hair.
• mild infant formulations that do not irritate the eyes and exclude perfumes
• those with added medical ingredients
• conditioning shampoos that contain hydrolyzed proteins designed to penetrate the hair shaft
• professional-grade cationic acidic shampoos that neutralize the residual alkalinity of chemical treatments.

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Can (SLS) Sodium Lauryl Sulfate cause Mouth Ulcers?

SLS Sodium Lauryl Sulfate Contribution to Mouth Ulcers
While my initial interest was in hair thinning and the relationship with SLS (Sodium lauryl sulfate) in shampoo, as I investigated discussions on using SLS in products I came across other scientific papers. I found an old study which was investigating the effect of SLS in patients who had re-occurring mouth ulcers. I’ll put the link in at the end.
While the study paper gets overly technical on the use of an effective denaturant Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) in its role as an asynthetic detergent commonly used in toothpaste, I can reduce it to the basics here.
It was noticed that a proportion of dental patients reported re-occurring mouth ulcers [recurrent aphthous ulcers (RAU)]. These developments of painful, recurring solitary or multiple necrotizing ulcerations are problematic and have a difficult solution.
They took 10 volunteer patients aged between 13-35, 8 men and 2 women who suffered from this multiple minor RAU and screened as otherwise healthy individuals. The participants were instructed not to change diet, lifestyle, or smoking habits (three smokers) during the trial.
In order to record the number of ulcers seen during the study period all involved were given pictures of RAU and written information on recognising the signs of ulcers to allow them to record the number of ulcers in a diary. These were examined at least every 2nd week along with a visual inspection of their oral mucosa by the clinical examiner.
Before the start of the study the patients recorded in this diary [...]

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