Is Laser Therapy Better Than Topical Creams?

Niz | Hair | Sunday, 06 April 2008

Are laser therapy like IPL laser and laser hair removal techniques better than topical creams and lotions like wrinkle reducer creams, hair-removing creams etc? Well, the answer for this question can be subjective. The answer depends mainly on the experience that each person has had. However, we will discuss the pros and cons of both the methods.

Pros And Cons of Laser Treatments: Laser treatments give accurate results. Laser techniques are better than insertion techniques as pain is discarded. However, the methods are quite expensive and the benefit completely depends upon the laser operator. If the laser operator is inexperienced and not skilled enough then there can be many side effects or problems that you will have to face. Thus, it is important that the surgeon who handles the laser instruments does a good job. Otherwise, there will be problems for you.

Pros And Cons of Topical Creams: Everyone wants to look young and people who can not afford the expensive laser treatments for hair removal and wrinkle reduction fall for topical creams. Firstly, you will have to do good research work so that you find out a good brand or a reputed cream. There are so many companies that are making false claims about the results that their creams are giving. Select a good brand and you will get good results. However, the working is slower. But people who want to get good results at low cost can try this out.


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Color Your Hair At Home

abrogers | Hair, Homemade Recipes & Remedies | Thursday, 15 June 2006

There are a great number of women who change their own hair color themselves. There are a lot of different tools that are available to help change the hair color and these tools have made things pretty easy. The hair color adds texture, volume and gives shine to the hair. You do not have to make any appointments with your hairstylist to get your hair done and you can do that at home pretty easily.

1. How To Last Your Hair Color Longer: We must take note that the dry air and the sunlight takes out the hair color that we apply and the color fades away at a very fast rate. It must be noted that after applying the hair color, you must not apply shampoo for at least one day so as to extend the hair color longer. There are hair colors in the market that ensure that they last longer and have specific chemicals inside them that ensures that. So you must remember that you do not shampoo much so as to extend the duration of your hair color.

2. How To Get The Same Shade As The Package: It seems almost impossible to match the shade of hair that you see on the box. You must do a test on a strand of hair that are not on the surface and then you will know as to what color you are going to get. By testing the color before you would be able to see as to what outcome will be there and it would prevent you from having a look that you never wanted or thought of. So you must stay within two shades of your natural hair color.

3. How Can I Color My Hair That Are Gray: It must be noted that the gray hair do not take on the dye as they do not contain melanin, which is the binder of the dye. The gray hair are coarser. The only option that the person has is that they opt for a permanent hair dye and leave it on their hair for the complete amount of time that is specified on the hair color box. You must also apply the warm towel after you have placed it in a dryer and wrap it around the hair as it will let the hair color develop.

4. How To Color The Roots: You must use the head color with the special Root Touch Up Kit, which allows you to target the roots more effectively.

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Get The Hair You Want

abrogers | Hair, Homemade Recipes & Remedies | Friday, 24 February 2006

You spend lots and lots of money to get your hair in shape and keep them healthy. In order to make that possible, you surf around a lot of Internet shops, visit a great number of stores and going through a lot of products that are used to keep your hair healthy.

There are many products that must be according to your choice but if we see it clearly we are popping up ourselves with a lot of chemicals. Here are a few easy ways with which you can maintain your hair in the best possible shape and health.

Shape Your Frizzy Hair:

Take a little coconut oil on your hand and then apply it moderately on your hair, do not apply too much oil, as it would give your hair a greasy look. You should not shampoo your hair a lot as it helps prevent your hair from going dry as the shampoo takes off the natural oil from your hair and leaves your hair frizzy.

Remove Shampoo And Styling Chemical Remains:

You can get rid of the shampoo and styling remains by rinsing your hair with the application of a mix containing one tablespoon of baking soda in one cup of water.

Add Vitality And Shine To Your Hair:

You can mix one lemon in a cup of water and rinse your hair with it and this will add vitality and shine to your hair.

Add Extra Shine To Your Hair:

Mix half a cup of apple cider vinegar in two cups of water and this will give your hair the extra shine that you want.

Make Your Own Hair Rejuvenator:

You can add the ylang ylang oil to the shampoo, conditioner and the styling agent and this mix will rejuvenate your hair, as ylang ylang oil is believe to stimulate hair growth.

Rest, Live Stress Free:

Taking the rest that fulfills your body requirements as well as living a healthy life with much less stress will help you to have healthy hair.


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Get The Right Cut And Color For Your Hair

abrogers | Hair | Thursday, 02 February 2006

Introduction:

Getting the right hair cut is a big problem. We build an image as to how we will look when we enter the salon and we come out with a different look as to what we expected. This is just too annoying when we do not get as to what we want. We all just care a lot as to how we look and depend on that a lot as we go to our workplace, meet friends etc. and we all care for our image. Today, we are going to discuss a few tips as to how you can get yourself a better haircut as well as select the right hair color for you.

You Need To Pick The Right Hairstylist:

You need to have a better understanding of your hair. For example, if you have curly hair then you find a person who specializes in curly hair and have had many satisfied clients. There are many different types of hair and all have a different way that they need to be handled, so you must find the stylist that can provide you with the best results. You can do that by walking into the salon of your choice and tell the manager about your hair and the stylist you want to be referred to must know, understand and have an experience in the kind of hair that you have. Then the manager of that salon will refer you to the stylist whom he thinks is the best to suit your needs. The same case goes for the hair color, like if you want to get your black hair blonde, you need to find the stylist who has the most experience in doing that.

You Need To Be Sure As To What You Want:

This is the most important thing. You must be sure as to what you want so you can tell your stylist exactly the way you want to look rather than giving vague ideas and that leaves your stylist in mist. For example, if you say I want to look like Julia Roberts, well this would not help your stylist to understand as to what you want because you do not know what hairstyle Julia Roberts has these days. For that matter, you must provide your stylist with a picture so that they can understand as to what exactly you want to look like and they can give you the style you need rather than all ends up in a big mess and you leave the salon, all annoyed.

Be In Control And Explain To What You Want:

You should be in control of the situation and must let your stylist know as to what you want rather than saying that “Do As You Want.” You must never give out that option to your stylist because your stylist’s creativity might be something that you do not like at all. So for that matter, you need to tell exactly as to what you want and explain that in detail.

Give Clear-Cut Instructions:

You must know that you must never give out vague instructions to your stylist. You must tell them exactly as to what length of hair you want rather than saying that I want my hair till should height. You must exactly ask your stylist to show you as to how long your hair will be by asking him to hold them and you tell him in specific as to how long you want them to be. You can also mark the length of your hair by pointing them out yourself, which would be the best. All of this would allow you to have the results that you want and would not lead to any conflict with your hairstylist.

What You Need To Do When You Plan Your Looks?

If you have plans to give yourself the look that you want, which includes extreme makeovers to change your looks from what you look like, you must have a good 10-15 minute session with your hairstylist and explain all to him or her in detail, so that your stylist can have a better understanding as to what you want and can ask you any questions regarding what specific colors that you want to select or what specific ways you want to look like and what ideas he or she has for you so as to give you a perfect look. This session will always help you get the best outcome than you can ever think of.

Ask Your Stylist The Questions You Want And Listen To Them Carefully:

You must listen to your stylist very carefully after you have asked them questions regarding your hair or your makeover. For example, you can ask your stylist as to how much time would it take me to fix my hair if I get the specific style or you can ask that you wear specific outfits and what hairstyle would suit you the best, what color could go the best for your hair and after how long you need to come to get your hair done again. So whatever answers that you hear from your stylist, just be sure that you always listen to all of them pretty good.

You Need To Share How You Do Your Hair Everyday With Your Stylist:

You must share with your stylist as to how you do your hair everyday. You must tell him as to how much time you take and how you do them before you go to work, as it will help your stylist to recommend the style that would suit you the best according to your needs. You might be a person who takes a whole lot time to fix your hair or you might be a person who just fixes the hair in a few minutes and is ready to hit the road and off to work. Your sharing with your stylist will let you find the best solution for you.

Give A Generous Tip To Your Stylist:

You need to give a generous tip to your stylist so that he or she remembers you and puts in their heart and soul to make you look the best.

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Dandruff, Gives A Bad Feeling And A Bad Image

abrogers | Hair, Skin Disorders | Saturday, 10 December 2005

Dandruff is the shedding of the epithelial dead cells that fall off from the scalp. The dandruff just falls off like flakes from the hair to shoulder. On an average the scalp skin replaces itself after about every 28 days, but if the turn over increases, it speeds up to about every 11-14 days and the problem of dandruff worsens. Some people say that this problem is caused by dry skin, but the truth is that the people with oily skin have the most dandruff. As a fact Pityrosporum ovale, yeast, is the normal flora of the scalp skin and is believed to be a cause of dandruff.

Is there a cure for dandruff? This is the answer what most people seek for and they try a whole array of things to handle this problem. We are going to share a list of things that are present in the market and people have benefited from different products, whichever helped them the best.

1. Zinc pyrithione shampoos, present in the market under the brand name of Suave Shampoo, Head & Shoulders, and Zincon. These products have shown to reduce Pityrosporum ovale and thus reducing dandruff and seborrhea.

2. There are tar-based shampoos, which include T-Gel, Z-Tar, Ionil T. They also reduce itch.

3. There is another category containing salicylic acid shampoos like T-Sal, Ionil, and Sebulex, which help reduce dandruff.

4. Selsun or Exsel are selenium-sulfide based shampoos. Selenium sulfide kills yeast and inhibits cell turnover.

5. As a last resort we can use ketoconazole or Nizoral shampoo, which has anti-yeast effects.

The most important thing that needs to be discussed here is that you don’t need to feel disappointed if a specific product did not work for you, you should try different products to see what helps you the best and then use that product according to the instructions written on it.

Related: Home remedies for Dandruff


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Why Dry Your Hair With Air

abrogers | Hair | Wednesday, 30 November 2005

Different people use different methods to fix their hair after shower or soaking them up with water. It is really important to take care of our hair, as it gives our personality a beautiful look and builds our confidence, as well as self-image. Therefore it becomes very important to take care of our hair pretty seriously.

The different methods that people use to dry their hair are either drying them up with hot blowing air through hair dryers, some apply creams or gels or mousse to their hair so as to fix them in the styles they want, some leave them in the air to dry it before they could apply anything to their hair, as well as drying it up with towels.

The best thing to do out of these is to leave your hair to dry in air because by applying hot air through dryers directly affect the health of hair by causing them to become frizzy and rough, which ultimately causes the hair to break. Applying something immediately to hair when they are still wet causes them to take a specific style, but results in causing the hair to get pressed close to scalp and not giving a look, which one wants.

The best way is to leave the hair to dry in air for a couple of minutes and if there is still some moisture in there, which one feels is more than what is desired, one can dry them up with soaking towels, which absorb the moisture, which helps to achieve the desired moisture one wants in their hair. After drying up the hair, one can apply creams and gels if the hair is wavy, so as to achieve the preferred style one wants, or mousse or sprays if hair are fine and straight.

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Hair Spray

Niz | Hair, Homemade Recipes & Remedies | Saturday, 05 November 2005

All you need are 2 to 4 lemons and water. Slice the lemons and cover with water in a pan. Simmer for 1 hour; adding more water as it evaporates. Let cool, then strain. Pur the lemon liquid into a pump spray bottle. Makes 2 to 3 cups. Shelf Life: About 1 week refrigerated.


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Hair Perfume

Niz | Hair, Homemade Recipes & Remedies | Saturday, 29 October 2005

Here is a homemade recipe for hair perfume:

It is pleasant to perfume the hair after washing it when the hair is half dry. The following ingredients are required to make this fragrant perfume.

6 tablespoons powdered charcoal
5 tablespoons powdered myrrh
1 tablespoon powdered red benzoic
1 tablespoon potassium nitrate
2-3 drops oil of bergamot
2-3 drops of sandalwood mucilage of tragacanth

Mix the powders together and sieve, and then add the oils. Add the potassium nitrate, and then sufficient mucilage of tragacanth to make a stiff paste. Heat the mixture over a water bath and then make into little cones and dry. Just light one of the cones and let the smoke go into the damp hair. The smell is highly aromatic and exotic.

Hope you liked the above hair perfume recipe.


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Greasy hair solutions

Niz | Hair | Sunday, 16 October 2005

Here are some useful tips for greasy hair:

  • Do not wash your hair everyday.
  • Use a ph-balanced mild shampoo.
  • Avoid conditioner at the roots.
  • Stay away from shine products.
  • Keep away from two-in-one shampoos and conditioners and any frizz serums.
  • For a quick fix solution to oily hair, rub a little talcum powder on your dried hair at the roots, and give it a vigorous brush. Later, just make sure you wash it out.

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Give Bounce to Thin Hair

Niz | Hair | Saturday, 02 July 2005

Never think of backcombing your hair to give it some body and bounce. Instead, after washing your hair, dry hair with a towel.
While still damp, bend and throw down the hair. Move your fingers in the hair or brush the hair from the roots to the tip. Take the hair on the left side to the right and vice versa. Now take the hair back with a jerk and stand up as you do so. Repeat a few times and see the difference.


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