Hair Care: Chemicals, Shampoos, Vitamins and Protective Styling
Have you noticed that more women are serious about hair care and protecting their own hair? Increasingly more women are taking hair care supplements and seeking better alternative hair care. Many are whipping up their own conditioners using all natural ingredients and some are turning to products from the Carol's Daughter line and other hair companies using core natural ingredients.
Often we have been told that beauty comes at a price. Well what if the cost was thinning hair? This does not have to be your situation. Many women are experiencing tremendous hair growth with sewin hair weaves. Hair extensions can be a protective styles because of the fact that hair extensions can be colored flat ironed all without the use of damaging chemicals on your own hair.
See what Natural News Barbara Minton, Natural Health Editor is saying in her Naturalnews.com article:
Thinning Hair in Women: Warning Sign of Underlying Health Issues
Hair is probably a woman's most important feature. Signs of thinning hair can take the sail out of almost any woman's day. It may seem vain to pay so much attention to hair, but signs of thinning hair are really the first signals of such conditions as hormonal imbalance, vitamin deficiency, excessive stress or poor nutrition, all symptoms of declining health status. Paying attention to hair can reveal developing conditions before they get out of control. When you have restored your hair to a full head of vibrant healthy strands, chances are the rest of your body will also exhibit vibrant health
Hair products containing toxic chemicals promote hair loss
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) is the dominant ingredient in almost all shampoos sold in traditional outlets such as supermarkets, drugstores and discount centers. In addition to having toxic effects on your immune system, SLS has been shown to corrode hair follicles and impede hair growth. It has been blamed for many cases of hair loss. The Material Safety Data Sheet provided by the U.S. government says exposure to SLS can lead to burning, coughing, wheezing, laryngitis, shortness of breath, headache, nausea and vomiting. The American College of Toxicology says SLS stays in the body for up to five days and maintains residual levels in the heart, liver, brain, and lungs.
Over-treated hair is another cause of hair loss in women. Hair dyes, permanents, and relaxers do serious damage to the hair and scalp whether they contain lye or not. They are made with toxic chemicals that must be detoxified by the liver, and are identified by the immune system as foreign invaders. Thus health of the liver and the immune system are compromised by use of these products. When the liver is busy trying to detoxify an onslaught of foreign chemicals, estrogen metabolism may not be properly completed and breast cancer may be promoted. An immune system busy fighting off an invasion of foreign chemicals may not be able to prevent infection or identify and destroy abberant cells. Damage from dyes and relaxers can only heal when those potions are no longer used on the hair.
Have you noticed that more women are serious about hair care? What protective styles are you using?
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