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Cancer ‘cost me my femininity’

April 30, 2007

SINGER Delta Goodrem says she felt she lost her femininity as cancer treatment caused all her long hair to fall out.

But Goodrem, 22, now in remission four years after she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, has made her first public appearance as a patron of British charity Leukaemia Research at one of its biggest fundraising events, the Alternative Hair Show.

The event was held at a company that specialises in the production of wigs and hair extensions.

“There is something really fitting about my first task with Leukaemia Research being about hair,” Goodrem told British newspaper The Observer.

“When I was first diagnosed and told my hair would fall out, I just accepted it as part of the challenge.

“It fell out gradually and rather than go bald quickly, I had it cut shorter and shorter.

“It was like playing with a doll’s hair. You’d just run your fingers through and a few strands would come out, or maybe a whole clump at a time. Eventually I was totally bald.”

The loss of her hair as she underwent powerful chemotherapy and radiation treatment had a dramatic psychological effect, Goodrem said.

“I always had long hair. When you lose it, you realise just how important it is to your identity,” she said.

“In losing my hair, I felt I was losing a lot of my femininity.

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“I love having my hair back. It is so important to how you feel, how you dress, how you look.

“Whether you have it short because you’re feeling funky, or long and you love playing around with it, or you want to do something wild, it’s just such a big part of what we are.” While Goodrem said she was fit, working and happy in her private life with boyfriend Brian McFadden, she said that, in remission, the spectre of the disease and its effects remained — including its effect on her ability to have children.

“I don’t know if you are ever in the clear because obviously you are more susceptible to a low immune system,” she said.

“We’re not sure if I can have kids yet.

“I’ve met a lot of inspirational people; many women would come up to me saying that against all odds, they had a healthy, growing family when they didn’t think it was possible to have kids, which is amazing.

“I’m too young to worry about that right now. Only time will tell.”

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Balding clerk’s fear gets the better of him

April 26, 2007

A balding bank clerk who stole $43 000 (about R300 000) from a client’s account in Hong Kong to pay for expensive hair-loss treatment was in custody Thursday after pleading guilty to theft.

Alex Chan, 32, stole the money because he was terrified of going bald and had already racked up debts of more than $16 000 on anti-balding treatments.

According to testimony at a court hearing Wednesday, Chan’s fear of hair loss drove him to steal money from a dormant bank account at DBS, where he worked, to pay off his debt and seek further treatment.

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Defence lawyer David Boyton told Hong Kong’s Eastern Court that Chan committed the crime out of “vanity, not greed,” and appealed for him to be spared a lengthy jail term.

Chan, who has since paid back all the money he stole, was remanded in custody until May 17 when he is scheduled to be sentenced, Thursday’s South China Morning Post reported.

Magistrate William Ng called for a psychological report on Chan’s fear of hair loss to be prepared before he decides how to punish him. It was not clear if the hair-loss treatments had been effective.

Hair-loss treatments are popular among Hong Kong men who have seen rates of baldness climb sharply in recent years because of stressful work environments and unhealthy lifestyles. - Sapa-dpa

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Women across the U.S. Donate Wigs to Provide Support and Comfort for Women Battling Hair Loss

April 24, 2007

West Bridgewater, MA (PRWEB) April 23, 2007 — Many women today will choose to purchase a product that supports either a charitable organization or funds a larger cause like the Gap’s Red campaign for Africa. And while most businesses do not have the influential power of the Gap, one company is proving that it can help their customers to make a difference with the products they choose. WigShop.com is encouraging its customers to lend support to women dealing with the trauma of medical hair loss by organizing donation outlets for new or gently used adult wigs.

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We are so pleased to announce a partnership with three outstanding organizations that will accept donations of wigs and distribute the products to women who can use them due to medical hair loss or any other issues that causes stress related hair loss in a women’s life
“We are so pleased to announce a partnership with three outstanding organizations that will accept donations of wigs and distribute the products to women who can use them due to medical hair loss or any other issues that causes stress related hair loss in a women’s life,” said S J Moore of WigShop
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Organizations currently participating in the WigShop.com wig donation program include the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara Brooke, Miles Perret Cancer Services in Lafayette, Louisiana, Army Medical Center in Houston, Texas, and the Veterans of Foriegn Wars Women’s Auxiliary in West Virginia. They are accepting gently used and cleansed fashionable wigs to distribute. In America, it is estimated that the number of new cancer cases is estimated to be around 1.4 million people.

“Our patients come in daily to the Cancer Center of Santa Barbara and because of the WigShop.com donations, they are pleased to see there are wigs available here for them,” said R. Campuzano.

Thinning hair or hair loss is extremely common for women, especially as they age or if they are dealing with a medical issue. Hair loss can be devastating and an emotionally challenging experience. Thankfully, women today have so many more options for high-quality, trendy wigs than in the past. Wigs are available in every conceivable style, color and length. They are also extremely comfortable and natural feeling.

“Many of our wigs weigh two ounces or less,” says Moore. “And instead of the old one size fits all mentality, many wigs are now available in sizes, which will ensure that the wig will remain comfortably and secure in place.”

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Keep Your Crowning Glory: How to Deal with Hair Loss

April 18, 2007

Hair loss is a big problem for millions of men and even for some women. These times, people pay so much attention to looks and a full head of hair is one of the prerequisites of looking good. Fortunately there are ways of knowing how to deal with hair loss, from the simplest to the most advanced. These steps may help you to learn how to deal with hair loss or prevent it from taking place.

Here are some tips on how to deal with hair loss:

1. Use milder shampoo – a lot hair loss problems stem from using shampoos that are harsh and damaging to the hair and scalp. The best way to prevent losing or stop your hair from thinning this way is to use mild shampoos. Usually clear ones are milder than others. You might even benefit from baby shampoo, whose ingredients are mild enough to deal with sensitive infant hair.

2. Another tip on how to deal with hair loss is avoid using your finger nails when shampooing – a lot of people think that using their fingernails when shampooing can stimulate hair growth. This actually over stimulates hair follicles and makes them work too hard that hair fall off. It is better to use just the pads on your fingers instead.

3. Avoid harsh manual and chemical treatments is another tip on how to deal with hair loss – people try very hard to make their hair look good, but some of the usual steps for doing hair can actually cause damage, sometimes irreparable. Avoid getting perms, straightening hair, dyeing, tight braiding, bleaching, blow drying, or at least keep these things at a minimum. Be sure to have such processes done only by professionals who know more about hair care than you do.

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4. When drying hair, just pat it dry – avoid rubbing your hair with a towel because it can split hair and cause damage. If you need to dry your hair quickly, use the coolest setting of the blow dryer. It is better to use an Ionic blow dryer if you can find one because it helps prevent damage from heat and static electricity.

5. Do not brush wet hair – hair is at its weakest point when it is wet and brushing just after washing your hair can easily damage it, causing you to lose more hair.

6. Sport an easy to wear hair-do – not only is it easy to have a wash-and-go hairstyle it is also a good way on how to deal with hair loss or preventing it from happening as you would not need to subject you hair to damaging styling routines. Shorter hair is usually good for this purpose.

7. Protect your hair from the sun – when you are going to a beach or just going out on a sunny day, apply leave-on conditioner, preferably one with sunscreen, on your hair to prevent sun damage.

8. After you swim, wash your hair with shampoo that has EDTA (ethylendiamine tetracetic acid), which neutralizes hair damaging chlorine. This substance is also found in commercial mayonnaise so if you cannot find shampoo like this, you may coat your hair with the condiment and then wash it with your regular shampoo.

Hair loss is a normal occurrence in life and there is no need to panic when you feel your are about to lose your crowning glory. Knowing how to deal with hair loss can help you prevent it from happening or worsening.

Did you know that there is a herbal cure for hereditary hair loss that you could make at home within 10 minutes with some plants and roots that probably grow in your own garden or that can be purchased at the supermarket for $1.00?

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Prevent Hair from Falling

April 17, 2007

If you have started experiencing hair loss then this is the time to go for Hair loss Prevention. As steps taken now will only benefit you in the long run. Hair loss is a very common problem experienced by most people at various age groups. This is the reason why Combat Hair Loss advises and provides hair loss treatments. However, prior beginning your hair loss regimen it is wise to know its main cause.

Hair loss can be due to various reasons, it can be hereditary, it can be after the child birth, it can be due to wrong diet and many other reasons. In hair loss prevention there is an incorrect notion that hereditary hair loss is not preventable. This is wrong as by taking a few precautionary steps you can prevent hair loss. The best hair loss prevention is to catch it early and to understand it’s root causes and treat the cause relevant to your specific situation.

According to a few dermatologists, hair loss occurs due to improper care and over usage of colouring, styling or excessive blow drying your hair. These factors may contribute to your hair loss. Thus, don’t try to strive hard for infusing more style, as this can lead to hair loss.

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Excessive styling generally damages the hair follicles and can become the main factor of hair loss for you. It has been seen that hair loss prevention is not too difficult if you keep a proper check and make it part of your daily routine. Most trusted hair loss prevention is to have a balanced diet along with plenty of water. And if it is accompanied with calcium and other sources of Vitamin A then it becomes the best hair loss prevention without the need for expensive treatments.

Apart from that using a good conditioner every time you shampoo also prevent hair from certain damage. Don’t forget to consult the expert dermatologist for knowing the best hair loss prevention as he is the one who can provide you with the expert advice. Along with all these precautionary methods also take treatments to prevent hair loss if you feel you are beginning to suffer. Amongst all minoxidil is a well known solution which can be applied to the scalp to stop hair loss by both men and women. However, this does not work for everyone and can lead to scalp irritation.

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Serenoa Repens: Hair Loss Syrup for Men and Women

April 12, 2007

Serenoa Repens is extracted from the berries of Saw Palmetto which is indigenous to the Atlantic Southeast coast of North America.

The main advantage of Serenoa Repens over other anti-hair-loss substances is that it can be used in both sexes - male and female. Other substances may only be used in male cases. Another great advantage is that Serenoa Repens, if used at the recommended dosage, has no known side effects.

How does Serenoa Repens work?
Serenoa Repens prevents and treats hair loss naturally by not permitting testosterone to convert into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT damages the hair follicle and therefore leads to hair loss. These results are achieved without the side effects typical of the anti-prostatic synthetic drug that is also being used as an anti hair loss formula.

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Serenoa Repens: Treat yourself inside out!
In cases of hair loss, whether is treating or preventing, it is always ideal to purchase a range of products. If one is combining syrup and a shampoo this would give better results than just using one type of product; the reason being that one would have the Serenoa Repens syrup working form the inside to the outside and the shampoo working locally, from the outside to the inside.

However syrups are always more effective as the ingredients are fresh and not processed so the syrup would be ideal to use at home.

Ask your pharmacist for syrups containing Serenoa Repens. When purchasing your Serenoa Repens syrup make sure that besides having Serenoa Repens the syrup also contains a base of nutrients, multivitamins, minerals and amino acids that will aid in strengthening the hair shaft and regrowth of the hair.

The Serenoa repens syrup has an excellent blueberry flavour and is a breakthrough because it can also be used by women.

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Student won’t let hair loss condition rule her life

April 10, 2007

What if in one day your biggest worry went from “how will I finish all this homework” to “what will I look like when I finally go bald?” For sufferers of Alopecia, that question isn’t hypothetical.

At first Danielle Fish didn’t think much of the few small bald spots she discovered during her routine hairstyling. She assumed it was stress or maybe a nutrition problem.

“I was blow-drying my hair and I noticed these dime-sized patches without hair. I didn’t really think anything of it,” Fish said with a shrug as she sat in the Oakes Room. She’s pretty and pleasant with a slightly shy but confident demeanor and a welcoming smile. Her perfectly arched eyebrows are not the result of a great wax job, but a talented tattoo artist. Her pretty, strawberry blond hair is, in fact, a convincing wig used to combat once-small bald spots that never stopped growing.

When the dime-size patches turned to quarter-sized, the University of Maine business student decided it was time to utilize the school’s medical facilities at Cutler Health Center. One visit with the dermatologist and an information packet later, she was diagnosed with Alopecia.

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Alopecia is a rare and curious condition. It is believed to be an autoimmune deficiency disease that attacks healthy hair follicles, making one’s hair fall out. Medical experts disagree on its cause. It seems to be a disease of “maybes.” To Fish, 20, one thing is certain: It’s real.

Alopecia’s main and most obvious symptom is hair loss. There are three different stages, varying in severity. Alopecia areata, the most common form of Alopecia affecing 4 million Americans, results in hair loss in patches along the scalp. About 1 percent of those cases develop into either Alopecia totalis, in which hair loss covers the entire scalp, or even fewer into Alopecia universalis - the most severe form - in which hair loss covers the entire epidermis.

“I called my then-boyfriend and said ‘I bet I’ll get the worst kind,’” Fish said with a sardonic smile. “He said, ‘That’s not going to happen.’” Ultimately, that’s exactly what did happen.

“It wasn’t until my hair started falling out in clumps at a time that it really hit me that it wasn’t going to stop falling out,” she said.

“The first big clump I lost all at once, I was sitting at my computer in my dorm room, and I was brushing my hand through my hair, like any girl does, and when I pulled my hand out the other end of my strands a good handful of hair came out with it.”

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Medical Hair Restoration Announces Launch of Rezultz LaserComb, a New In-Home Drug-Free Treatment That Promotes Hair Growth

April 5, 2007

The LaserComb just received FDA clearance and is the only drug-free medical device proven in clinical studies to promote hair growth in men with alopecia.

MAITLAND, Fla., March 15 /PRNewswire/ — Medical Hair Restoration’s (MHR) new Rezultz(TM) LaserComb is poised to revolutionize the hair growth industry as the only FDA-approved, drug-free alternative for an estimated 55 million men in the U.S. suffering from hair loss. Extensive clinical studies, under the direction of MHR founder Dr. Matt Leavitt, concluded that 93% of participants (ages 30-60) using the LaserComb had an increase in the number of terminal (thick) hairs over a six-month period. The LaserComb is an affordable and convenient, hand-held laser device that can be used in the privacy of a patient’s home and produces noticeable results with 10-15 minute treatments, three times per week.

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States Dr. Matt Leavitt, Founder and Medical Director of MHR, “The Rezultz LaserComb is a medical breakthrough that will bring tremendous relief to men of all ages suffering from hair loss. I am impressed with the protocol and results from the clinical trials that Lexington International, LLC (manufacturer and innovator of the LaserComb technology) has conducted. With the FDA clearing the LaserComb as a medical device, it offers a very attractive hair growth option for medical practitioners. We can now deliver a new modality to our patients and achieve strong user satisfaction.”

Using effective low level laser therapy (LLLT), the LaserComb improves the appearance of hair by increasing blood flow to the scalp and hair follicles to promote thickness and growth. The unique laser light penetrates into the scalp tissue where it stimulates micro-circulation and improves cellular metabolism and protein synthesis. The LaserComb offers an affordable, convenient home- care regimen effective when combined with hair transplantation and on its own.

MHR offers the Rezultz LaserComb as one of many medically accepted options for hair growth, including hair transplantation, Laser Hair Therapy, Propecia, FreeGaine and Rezultz Hair Care for Thinning Hair.

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Trump’s Coif Survives Wrestling Match

April 3, 2007

Good news for Donald Trump, bad news for discerning beauticians of America: The combover is staying put.

Trump’s hired World Wrestling Entertainment apprentice bested a grappler representing Vince McMahon in the so-billed “Battle of the Billionaires” Sunday, ensuring that the real estate mogul’s dubious coif will live to see another smackdown.

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The match, held in Detroit over the weekend as part of the WWE’s nationwide WrestleMania 23 festivities, drew a record 80,103 foam-fingered fans and saw Trump’s stand-in, Bobby Lashley, defeat McMahon’s Umaga.

The pay-per-view match had been hyped for weeks, with the losing billionaire agreeing not only to face national humiliation by proxy for his wrestler’s loss, but agreeing to get his head shaved post-match by the victor.

The fight was refereed by special guest and WWE alum “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, who possibly gained the loudest roar of approval during the night, when he took matters into his own hands post-bout and performed a “stunner” on Trump. The move came after Trump happily lathered up and shaved McMahon in the ring and while he was enjoying a celebratory beer with Austin.

The move, in which Trump’s head got driven into Austin’s shoulder, was only one of the spurious bouts of fisticuffs the Apprentice mastermind was involved in over the course of the evening. Prior to his own slamming, Trump took it upon himself to jump into the ring and give McMahon a mid-match beat down.

Other than the pay-per-view aspect, the evening was nothing too out of the ordinary for Trump. Last week, in a news conference hyping the fight, Trump again put the smackdown on McMahon, giving him a few slaps across the face in anticipation of entering the ring.

Of course, while McMahon is Trump’s most recent foe, he’s certainly not the most high-profile. That honor goes to View cohost Rosie O’Donnell.

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