Maintaining healthy hair involves understanding how to protect it from damage and manage wave textures. From Ayurvedic oils to keratin treatment aftercare, discover how to reduce oiliness and prevent brittle hair at home.
Your appendix is a small organ that is attached to the right side of your large intestine. Most of the time, the appendix does not cause any problems, but occasionally it gets blocked with feces or becomes infected and inflamed. This inflammation is called appendicitis, and constitutes a medical emergency.
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If your tresses are looking frizzy, dull, dry or out-of-control, you may have damaged hair. Common culprits that cause damage are chemical processes, such as bleaching or straightening, and mechanical causes, including excessive blow-drying, sun, wind and teasing.
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An essential in the kitchen, eggs aren't limited to their uses in cooking and baking. Since at least the 1940s, women have applied homemade egg hair treatments and used shampoos containing eggs.
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Skin abscesses are pus-filled pockets that develop just under the skin as a result of infection due to bacteria, injury, or infected hair follicles or nearby tissue.
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Achieving glossy locks may seem like an elusive dream, particularly for those with dry or textured hair. The pure moisture your hair craves can be found in olive oil, rather than your collection of creams and serums. Olive oil functions as both an intensive leave-in treatment and a daily frizz remedy.
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When most people think of frizzy hair, they envision wavy or curly hair puffed up to look dry and untamed. However, straight hair gets frizzy, too, and might end up shriveling or kinking when exposed to humidity or harsh hair treatments.
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There are vast numbers of beauty products available for managing hair health and style. Getting the right product for your hair type is not always a straightforward process. This is especially true if your hair is difficult to manage.
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Dandruff can be caused by sensitive, dry scalp or skin diseases such as eczema, psoriasis or seborrheic dermatitis. Additionally, styling agents, shampoos and hair dyes can cause your scalp to become red, dry and itchy. This causes your scalp to shed flaky dandruff.
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One of the first remarkable effects I witnessed, as a young woman interested in holistic health care, was the benefit of a Vitamin B complex on slowing the graying of my mother's hair. Inspired by nutritional best-sellers, such as Adele Davis's, "You Can Get Well," I suggested she try Vitamin B complex daily.
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Professional shampoos and conditioners are sold in salons and spas. The most important thing to consider when selecting professional shampoo and conditioner is hair type, whether it is dry or damaged, fine or thinning or color-treated.
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As your follicles stop producing melanin -- a process ruled by your genes more than your lifestyle -- your hair pigment fades and you go gray. While the graying process is simple, the acceptance process often comes with a few complications.
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If you have a simple haircut, you may be able to trim your own hair between salon visits, which will save you time and money. Simple haircuts include one-length cuts and long layers, a style in which all of the hair is combed upward to the same location and bluntly cut.
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Hair is often straightened with a flat iron -- which applies direct dry heat to the hair -- or with chemicals in a salon. Although these processes can make hair look smooth and shiny temporarily, over time they strip hair of lipids and oils, removing proteins and drying out the cuticle, the outer layer of the hair.
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Learn how to fix over-processed hair and repair damaged locks with our step-by-step guide. Discover the best ways to minimize hair damage, prevent breakage, and restore your hair's natural health.
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Fine hair tangles easily when worn long. These tangles can cause hair breakage and be painful to remove when brushing and styling your hair. Wind, sleeping and sports activities all contribute to fine hair tangles, and it often seems impossible to prevent this from happening.
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Hot oil treatments can be a great way to add moisture to relaxed or damaged hair. If you are African-American and your hair has been relaxed with a chemical treatment, you may want to consider using a hot oil product to add extra moisture and shine to your hair.
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